Drake holds off Kungs to be king of the Official Singles Chart for a 10th week
It was a close one, but Drake has managed to hold on to the top spot for an incredible 10th week, with One Dance seeing off a strong challenge from French producer Kungs.
Kungs' remix of Cookin' On 3 Burners' This Girl was the midweek leader, but Drake snatched victory – and the Number 1 – by just 1,773 combined chart sales. One Dance, featuring Wizkid and Kyla, is the first song to top the Official Singles Chart for 10 weeks since Rihanna's Umbrella in 2007.
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The Canadian rapper's first Number 1 as a lead artist was also the most streamed track of the last seven days. One Dance notched up 4.77 million listens this week.
Kungs and Cookin' On 3 Burners, then, settle for Number 2, while Justin Timberlake's Can't Stop The Feeling slips a place to 3. Calvin Harris and Rihanna also drop one, with This IS What You Came For at Number 4, and Drake and Rihanna both secure a second spot in the Top 5, with their collaboration Too Good moving up one to 5.
New entries and climbers
Cheat Codes and Kris Kross Amsterdam's Sex has broken into the Top 10 for the first time, rising two to 9, and David Guetta's official Euro 2016 This One's For You, featuring Zara Larsson, rockets 30 places to enter the Top 40 at Number 16 as the tournament gets in full swing.
Also making big gains is Dua Lipa's Hotter Than Hell, zooming 26 slots to Number 18, and the Stone Roses score their 15th Top 40 hit, with Beautiful Thing going straight in at 21.
Britain's Got Talent stars the Neales go in at 22 with I'll Be There, while Tom Odell surges 39 places to Number 40, with Magnetised.
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Chadouken94
I agree that streaming should be banned from being part of the singles chart because it is being biased towards what the public are actually buying/listening to. The same thing is happening on the Australian charts too (I live in Adelaide). But in perspective, at least Lukas Graham won't be the highest selling artist of 2016...
de Sascha
Drake is holding on! Good for him! But something's so wrong with streaming. Downloading and buying yes but just streaming and counting towards the charts is somehow wrong, just can't help thinking like that.
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Ronnie
RIHANNA IS SLAAAAYYYYIINNNG! 2016 ARTIST OF THE YEAR. Multiple top ten smashes, a hit album, hit World tour, merchandise success etc etc etc. WOW. Go RIhanna!
I Am A Stegosaurus
Only problem being her songs
Asoma Monga Joel
Once again, Drake killed the UK charts
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Southendman
Back when you actually had to get off your and go buy a single, if it was a very long runner at the top like Wet Wet Wet's Love Is All Around the artist/record company could pull the single from production! Bad news folks! Aint gonna happen in the download/streaming age!
Mrs. Brooks
Has One Dance even sold 300000 in pure sales? All of its chart sales come from streamings. How ridiculous!
Johnny McVey
Around 367,000 by my estimates
Mrs. Brooks
It how a song that has hardly sold 360,000 copies has spent 10 weeks at number one.
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Dawid Kamys
Year 2060
England finally wins football World Cup
George become The King
Ireland and Iceland become the parts of UK
One Dance reaches 2314th week as Number One on singles chart (while Drake is already dead)
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Southendman
England gonna win the World Cup again by 2060? Bit ambitious don't you think! lol
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Seb
World cup due to be played in 2058 and 2062. Or what about the centenary of their last win in 2066? I suppose there could be a world war which might change the year.
I Am A Stegosaurus
Banter XD
Zoltán Oskovits
Funny :), though there's no World Cup in 2060. So even more funny :)))
Reloaxa
Right everyone who's been listening to One Dance, stop streaming it! I'm sick of it being at number 1! Please can we stream This Girl or Can't Stop the Feeling or any other track that isn't f**king One Dance?! I cannot take it anymore.
Dawid Kamys
It's not listeners guilt. The counting system of points (too influential streaming) is killing this chart.
I still listen to One Dance, it's a great song but I agree with you.
US chart counts downloads, streaming, radio plays, youtube video watches... everything.
Officialcharts should change the form of this chart. Back to "digital and physical sales only" or count every form of listening like US did.
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Chinedu
I'm trying to understand why you mad. People clearly like the song why are you so at its success.
k_anime
I agree with these guys, I'm all for streaming data being included, it gives an extra look into how people are consuming music, but when the stream points erode and completely bulldoze over other songs with better sales, it's wrong! This is not a stream chart, its a sales chart, 'One Dance' has not been the top selling record for over a month now... if you sell 16,000 and the other sold 50,000 you shouldn't get the no.1 with 16K just because you had more streams, that's misleading! Same with charts that are influenced by Airplay, so big artist can push smaller ones out of top spots, I don't like that either. At least when Rihanna achieved a 10 week no.1 it was from legitimate chart sales so it's well deserved, this chart however is a misleading representation of what people are actually 'buying' and that's not right. Stream Equivalent figures and their influence need to be adjusted because it's too lenient at the moment, so lenient that streams are starting to hijack both the singles and albums charts.
I Am A Stegosaurus
PREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEACH. I am bored and to death at its number 1 run
I Am A Stegosaurus
One Love?
Zoltán Oskovits
If they counted everything, like the US, Drake would still be Number One. The charts should reflect which songs people buy, like and listen to. And these days you don't have to buy a song so that you can listen to it. Basically, Drake's 10 week reign at the top means that it's hugely popular. I'm sure you were bored with Rihanna, Whitney, Wet Wet Wet or Bryan Adams as well (if you were alive back in 1991). Don't worry, the next Number One will not last 10 weeks.
Johnny McVey
Hey OCC, enough already! Change the streaming rate!