WEEK ENDING 2nd DECEMBER 2017

Showing no sign of vacating top spot yet, Camila & Young Thug make it 4 weeks at Number One this week.  Camila Cabello becomes the first female lead artist to spend as many as four weeks at the top since Ellie Goulding's "Love Me Like You Do" spent four weeks at the top in early 2015.

This is "Havana".

Spending a second week at Number 2 this week is Rita Ora "Anywhere", while moving back up 2 places to Number 3 is "Silence" from Marshmello & Khalid.

Moving up two more places to Number 4 this week is Ed Sheeran with "Perfect", which now matches the peak position it reached on its first chart run earlier in the year,  and back down one place to 5 is Sam Smith with "Too Good At Goodbyes".

Climbing two more places to number 6 this week is YouTube celebrity, comedian Michael Daapah, in character as Big Shaq with "Man's Not Hot", while up five places to Number 7 is Stormzy featuring MNEK with "Blinded By Your Grace - Pt 2".

Down five places to 8 is former Number 1. "rockstar" by Post Malone featuring 21 Savage, which reaches a sixth week at Number 1 in the US this week. 

Meanwhile, up 8 places to 9 goes this week, is Selena Gomez featuring Marshmello, giving the mystery DJ his second entry in this week's Top 10.

With her second Top 10 hit of the year, and her fourth in her career, her is Selena (& Marshmello) with "Wolves".

Closing out the Top 10 this week, dropping one place, are Zayn & Sia with "Dusk Till Dawn".

This week's highest new entry comes in at Number 29 this week.  Katie Melua has recorded her version of Sting's 1993 hit, "Fields Of Gold", in aid of this year's Children In Need.

It is Ms Melua's first Top 40 hit since 2010's "The Flood", and her first Top 30 hit in 10 years.

This is Katie Melua with "Fields Of Gold".

Up 16 places to Number 31 this week is the latest collaboration featuring the vocal talents of Moroccan-born French Montana.

This is Jason Derulo & French Montana with "Tip Toe".

Re-entering the chart at Number 34 this week for its annual run, the 12th time it has re-entered the Top 75 since its chart debut in 1994, is the Mariah Carey Christmas classic, "All I Want For Christmas Is You".

Here's the video.

This week's highest climber moves up 23 places, and gives Hackney rapper NOT3S his first UK Top 40 hit.

At Number 38 this week, this is "My Lover".

New at 46 this week is Luis Fonsi's follow up to the massive Number One "Despacito".

Featuring vocals Demi Lovato, this is "Echame La Culpa".

As usual I finish off with tracks from the US & UK Number 1 albums.  In the UK, congratulations go to Paloma Faith as her fourth studio album. "The Architect", becomes her first ever UK chart topper.

From the album here is the current single, "Crybaby".

In the US, as she did in the UK, Taylor Swift replaces Sam Smith at Number One, as "Reputation" becomes her fifth consecutive chart topper.

From the album, here is the former Number One single, "Look What You Made Me Do".

                                 UK NUMBER 1's/NUMBER 2's ON THIS DAY 

 
1 year ago - Rockabye - Clean Bandit/Black Beatles - Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane
5 years ago - Troublemaker - Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida/Something New - Girls Aloud
10 years ago - Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis/Heartbroken - T2 featuring Jodie Aysha
20 years ago - Perfect Day - Various Artists/Barbie Girl - Aqua
30 years ago - China In Your Hand - T'Pau/Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
40 years ago - The Name Of The Game - Abba/We Are The Champions - Queen
50 years ago - Let The Heartaches Begin - Long John Baldry/Baby Now That I've Found You - The Foundations
60 years ago - Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte/Party - Elvis Presley

US NUMBER 1's ON THIS DAY 

1 year ago - Black Beatles - Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane/Closer - Chainsmokers featuring Halsey
5 years ago - Diamonds - Rihanna/One More Night - Maroon 5
10 years ago - No One - Alicia Keys/Kiss Kiss - Chris Brown featuring T-Pain
20 years ago - Candle In The Wind '97-Something About The Way You Look Tonight - Elton John/You Make Me Wanna... - Usher
30 years ago - Heaven Is A Place On Earth - Belinda Carlisle/(I've Had) The Time Of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
40 years ago - You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone/Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle
50 years ago - Daydream Believer - The Monkees/The Rain, The Park & Other Things - The Cowsills

Don't forget you can see all the latest UK & US Top 40 videos on my YouTube channel - Chart Blog UK 

Tune in next week to see if Camila & Young Thug can make it five weeks at the top.

For those of you in the Vale of Glamorgan area in South Wales, don't forget to tune into Bro Radio on 98.1 FM every Tuesday from 7 pm to 9 pm, where you will hear my dulcet tones on as co-presenter on the Gareth Long show.