Luis Fonsi's Despacito shows little sign of slowing down in chart race

Luis Fonsi's Despacito shows little sign of slowing down in chart race

Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee could consolidate their position at No.1 in the singles chart this week, with Despacito holding firm at the top as the first Midweeks come in.

Despacito (30,949 sales) is at No.1, ahead of DJ Khaled’s Wild Thoughts (24,088 sales). Jonas Blue’s Mama (feat. William Singe) is at No.3 on 14,353 sales, with French Montana and Swae Lee’s Unforgettable (14,330) in fourth spot. Rita Ora’s Your Song (12,895) completes the Top 5.

In the first week after the new singles chart changes came into effect, there are few notable differences in chart placings. The Top 10 in the official singles chart and the Top 200 combined tracks are identical. The highest placed track to differ from the regular singles chart is Ed Sheeran's Shape Of You, which is at No.14 in the combined 200, but No.24 in the official singles chart.

In the albums chart, Ed Sheeran’s ÷ occupies top spot; its 12,063 sales holding off competition from Calvin Harris’ newly-released Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1, which has so far shifted 11,413 copies. Stone Sour’s new release Hydrograd is in third place on 6,807 sales. Rag’N’Bone Man’s Human (5,908 sales) and Royal Blood’s How Did We Get So Dark? (5,151 sales) complete the Top 5. 

You can view the full Top 40 singles and albums charts below.

SINGLES

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

DESPACITO (REMIX)

LUIS FONSI/DADDY YANKEE/BIEBER

DEF JAM/RBMG/REPUBLIC/UMLE

15

2

2

WILD THOUGHTS

DJ KHALED FT RIHANNA/TILLER

BLACK BUTTER/WE THE BEST

3

5

3

MAMA

JONAS BLUE FT WILLIAM SINGE

POSITIVA

9

4

4

UNFORGETTABLE

FRENCH MONTANA FT SWAE LEE

BLACK BUTTER

13

10

5

YOUR SONG

RITA ORA

ATLANTIC

6

9

6

POWER

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

7

6

7

STRIP THAT DOWN

LIAM PAYNE FT QUAVO

CAPITOL

7

21

8

FEELS

HARRIS/PHARRELL/PERRY/BIG SEAN

COLUMBIA

3

8

9

2U

DAVID GUETTA FT JUSTIN BIEBER

DEF JAM/PARLOPHONE

4

12

10

PRETTY GIRL

MAGGIE LINDEMANN

300 ENTERTAINMENT/PARLOPHONE

12

7

11

I'M THE ONE

DJ KHALED/BIEBER/QUAVO/CHANCE

BLACK BUTTER/DEF JAM

10

19

12

CAME HERE FOR LOVE

SIGALA FT ELLA EYRE

MINISTRY OF SOUND

4

3

13

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER

ARTISTS FOR GRENFELL

SYCO MUSIC

3

15

14

ATTENTION

CHARLIE PUTH

ATLANTIC

11

16

15

SLOW HANDS

NIALL HORAN

CAPITOL

9

22

16

SIGNS

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

2

18

17

CRYING IN THE CLUB

CAMILA CABELLO

EPIC/SYCO MUSIC

7

20

18

SWALLA

JASON DERULO/NICKI MINAJ/TY

WARNER BROS

19

NEW

19

FORGIVE FORGET

SAMANTHA HARVEY

SAMANTHA HARVEY

1

13

20

ONE LAST TIME

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

54

24

21

MALIBU

MILEY CYRUS

RCA

8

NEW

22

SUN COMES UP

RUDIMENTAL FT JAMES ARTHUR

ASYLUM

1

14

23

THERE'S NOTHING HOLDIN' ME BACK

SHAWN MENDES

EMI

12

11

24

SHAPE OF YOU

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

26

17

25

SYMPHONY

CLEAN BANDIT FT ZARA LARSSON

ATLANTIC

16

26

26

THUNDER

IMAGINE DRAGONS

INTERSCOPE

10

34

27

BAD LIAR

SELENA GOMEZ

INTERSCOPE

7

31

28

KNOW NO BETTER

MAJOR LAZER FT SCOTT/CABELLO

BECAUSE MUSIC

5

32

29

NO PROMISES

CHEAT CODES FT DEMI LOVATO

PARLOPHONE

14

35

30

SOLO DANCE

MARTIN JENSEN

3 BEAT

25

49

31

UNPREDICTABLE

OLLY MURS/LOUISA JOHNSON

RCA

5

25

32

GALWAY GIRL

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

18

27

33

SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS

CHAINSMOKERS & COLDPLAY

DISRUPTOR/PARLOPHONE

20

29

34

ON MY MIND

DISCIPLES

PARLOPHONE

15

36

35

SLIDE

CALVIN HARRIS/OCEAN/MIGOS

COLUMBIA

19

23

36

DID YOU SEE

J HUS

BLACK BUTTER

18

NEW

37

CHINATOWN

LIAM GALLAGHER

WARNER BROS

1

37

38

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE

BRUNO MARS

ATLANTIC

22

30

39

CASTLE ON THE HILL

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

26

41

40

XO TOUR LLIF3

LIL UZI VERT

ATLANTIC

14

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

18

NEW

2

FUNK WAV BOUNCES - VOL 1

CALVIN HARRIS

COLUMBIA

1

NEW

3

HYDROGRAD

STONE SOUR

ROADRUNNER

1

5

4

HUMAN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

22

4

5

HOW DID WE GET SO DARK

ROYAL BLOOD

WARNER BROS

3

9

6

TIMELESS - THE ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS

BEE GEES

UMC/VIRGIN

2

6

7

GREATEST HITS

FOO FIGHTERS

RCA

393

8

8

TRUTH IS A BEAUTIFUL THING

LONDON GRAMMAR

MINISTRY OF SOUND

4

3

9

EVOLVE

IMAGINE DRAGONS

INTERSCOPE

2

2

10

OK COMPUTER

RADIOHEAD

XL RECORDINGS

3

12

11

X

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

159

14

12

GLORY DAYS

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

33

11

13

MELODRAMA

LORDE

VIRGIN

3

17

14

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM/CHRISTINE MCVIE

BUCKINGHAM/MCVIE

EAST WEST/RHINO

4

13

15

ADIOS

GLEN CAMPBELL

UMC

4

15

16

SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND

BEATLES

APPLE CORPS

426

23

17

WITNESS

KATY PERRY

VIRGIN

4

16

18

FEED THE MACHINE

NICKELBACK

BMG

3

26

19

25

ADELE

XL RECORDINGS

85

18

20

TIME FLIES - 1994-2009

OASIS

BIG BROTHER

326

NEW

21

TLC

TLC

COOKING VINYL

1

24

22

MY EVERYTHING

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

131

19

23

ROYAL BLOOD

ROYAL BLOOD

WARNER BROS

123

10

24

GRATEFUL

DJ KHALED

BLACK BUTTER/WE THE BEST

2

21

25

+

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

291

22

26

DUA LIPA

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

5

20

27

MORE LIFE

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

16

NEW

28

1967 - SUNSHINE TOMORROW

BEACH BOYS

UMC

1

27

29

ALL OVER THE WORLD - THE VERY BEST OF

ELO

EPIC/LEGACY RECORDINGS

366

NEW

30

HOW THE WEST WAS WON

PETER PERRETT

DOMINO RECORDINGS

1

28

31

MOANA

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

WALT DISNEY

31

36

32

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD

KASABIAN

COLUMBIA

9

25

33

COMMON SENSE

J HUS

BLACK BUTTER

8

54

34

CHUCK

CHUCK BERRY

DECCA

4

31

35

WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY

OASIS

BIG BROTHER

637

38

36

LEGEND

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

TUFF GONG

1020

29

37

GANG SIGNS & PRAYER

STORMZY

MERKY

19

32

38

DANGEROUS WOMAN

ARIANA GRANDE

REPUBLIC RECORDS

59

100

39

HOT FUSS

KILLERS

VERTIGO

374

34

40

DAMN.

KENDRICK LAMAR

INTERSCOPE

12



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