Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber's Despacito is now the longest reigning foreign language Number 1 in Official Chart history

Plus there are new entries from Rita Ora and Captain Ska's anti-Theresa May song Liar Liar.
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Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee make Official Chart history today as Despacito becomes the longest reigning foreign language Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

The track, which features Justin Bieber on the remix for its UK release, logs a fourth week in pole position with 129,000 combined sales – it’s highest one-week tally to date – made up of 59,000 downloads and 10.6 million streams.

The record for most weeks at Number 1 for a foreign language single was previously held by vocal jazz group Manhattan Transfer – their 1977 hit Chanson D’Amour logged three weeks at the top.

Only nine other foreign language singles have reached Number 1 in the Official Singles Chart’s 65-year history. See the full list here – notable entries include Psy's Gangnam Style and Las Ketchup’s The Ketchup Song.

MORE: Check out this week's Top 100 Official Singles Chart in full

Watch Luis Fonsi celebrate his Official Chart Number 1 below:

Meawhile, the rest of the Top 3 remains unchanged: DJ Khaled’s I’m The One ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper and Lil Wayne is at 2, and Liam Payne’s Strip That Down holds at 3.

New entries and high climbers

Captain Ska's protest song against Prime Minister Theresa May debuts inside the Top 5 - more on that here.

British producer Jonas Blue claims his third Top 10 single this week with Mama ft. William Singe, up four places from last week to Number 8. Close behind is Rita Ora – her first headline single in two years Your Song debuts at 13.

Further down, Little Mix’s Power ft. Stormzy makes its debut at Number 27. The track is the fourth single from their chart-topping Glory Days album and earns the group at 17th Top 40 hit. 

Check out this week's Top 100 Official Singles Chart in full

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Scott Harris

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I'm so sick of the song, please leave the top already!

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Alfred Lock

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Unfortunately until someone out streams it more( and it helps that anyone with Bieber on it is almost guaranteed a number one) it will continue to reign though please not as long as Drake but I don't think nothing will outsell Ed Sheeran Shape of You the rest of this year.

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Memento79

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Love the song! CANNOT stop playing it. Congrats to Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and the whichever bright spark thought of putting the Biebs on it. Latin music is taking over the world!

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Marcothedonjuan

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Justin Bieber, the Prince Of All Pop breaking UK records in Spanish. Congrats to Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee. Theresa who? Lol I'm The One still at no. 2. Crown JB please Queen Elizabeth.

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Jack James

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Boo kick this crappy song off the top and put Ed Sheeran in it's place.

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guilherme

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despacito is way better then anything on divide!!

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Jack James

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The only thing it's better at is needing Justin Bieber to come save it by remixing it they know they couldn't do it alone like Ed did.

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I Am A Stegosaurus

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No, he shouldn't get the top spot anytime soon

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I Am A Stegosaurus

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Divide is a great album. Shape of You however is crass

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Jack James

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How about making Castle On The Hill #1?

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A Taste Of International Music

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*off
*its
Learn your own language!

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I Am A Stegosaurus

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Too late now. Should have been #1 instead of Shape of You though