Benny Blanco claims first UK Number 1 with Eastside on this week's Official Singles Chart

Plus there are new entries and high climbers from BTS and viral smash Baby Shark.
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Benny Blanco's Eastside heads north to Number 1 on this week's Official Singles Chart.

The US producer's debut single climbs 3 to 1 for its seventh week on the chart with combined sales just shy of 50,000, including 5.8 million streams.

Benny is no stranger to the top of the charts, having co-written or produced 12 UK Number 1 singles, including Justin Bieber's Love Yourself, Katy Perry's I Kissed A Girl and Rihanna's Diamonds. Read up of Benny's most successful productions here.

Watch Benny and his dog Larry celebrate the news below:

It was a close race on this week's Official Singles Chart; Calvin Harris & Sam Smith's Promises finishes just 139 combined sales behind, jumping from 4 to Number 2. Last week's chart-topper, George Ezra's Shotgun, slips to 3. 

New entries and high climbers

Chicago rapper Juice Wrld lands his first UK Top 10 with Lucid Dreams, lifting one slot to 10 for its 14th week on the chart, and hovering just outside the Top 10 is Jess Glynne's All I Am, up four spots to 12. 

Three songs zoom into this week's Top 20: dance DJs Dynoro & Gigi A'agostino vault 21 places to 15 with In My Mind, Marshmello & Bastille's Happier climbs 15 rungs to 16, and David Guetta's Don't Leave Me Alone ft. Anne-Marie moves three to Number 20. 

South Korean boy band sensation BTS claim this week's highest new entry with Idol at Number 21 - the first ever song by a  K-pop group to enter the UK Top 40. More on that here.

Further down, there are big climbers for Panic At The Disco's High Hopes, up nine to 25, Hardy Caprio's Best Life ft. One Acen jumps six spots to 26, and singer-songwriter Freya Ridings enters the Top 40 with Lost Without You, rising seven places to 36. 

Finally, viral smash Baby Shark swims into the Top 40 for the first time, snapping up 28 places to Number 37.

View this week's Top 100 Official Singles Chart in full


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Piran

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Never would've expected 'Eastside' to be #1, but I'm very happy about it! 'Promises' leading iTunes & Spotify puts in a very good position of being at the top next week though.
Elsewhere, I love the big climbs for 'In My Mind' & 'Happier', as well as the big debut for BTS! :)

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Rob Parkinson

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Really happy Eastside is no.1. iTunes counts for so little these days piran I wouldnt even consider it. Spotify is probably the biggest contributor to the charts but also deeper, Napster, tidal and then when you add Amazon which includes streaming and sales in their chart too which is ever growing with the use of alexia too it's all the others on top of spotify which give a true reflection

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Piran

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True, you can have songs that are #1 on sales, although don't even make the Top 10 of the overall chart now.
It appears 'Eastside' outperformed 'Promises' on most streaming services except Spotify, although I haven't looked into the YouTube numbers for either yet as they don't get revealed until next Saturday. Actually, I just checked last week's numbers & 'Eastside' got 1,2 million then, while 'Promises' got about 700,000.
That said, I'm very happy it's at the top of the charts too, although it's looking 'Promises' should have a slight edge next week.

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Rob Parkinson

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Yeah I think promises will probably it next week but great that Eastside got the number 1 it so deserved to be. Will probably be another long stint at no.1 too....