Little Mix stir up charts with number one Black Magic

It gives the four piece their third Number 1 single after their X Factor winner’s single Cannonball back in 2011 and their first track post show Wings a year later in 2012.

Scottish synth-pop band Prides land at Number 24 with their debut The Way Back Up, followed by singer-songwriter Birdy, whose second studio album Fire Within (26) re-enters the Top 40 for the first time since 2013.

The quartet’s Black Magic has rocketed to the top of the new United Kingdom countdown with sales of over 113,000 in the past week and nearly 1.2 million streams.

Little Mix said: “We’re super-duper excited to be Number 1 with Black Magic – we never thought we’d see the day again”.

The move to Friday is the biggest change to the charts since 1987 when they were switched to Sunday evenings from Tuesdays. Thank you EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING, THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF ALL OUR LIVES.

Years and Years – who topped the BBC’s Sound of 2015 list in January added: “We’re so, so, so excited!”

Ed Sheeran is at two with his 2014 album x after three triumphant headline shows at Wembley Stadium last weekend, while James Bay is at three with Chaos and the Calm.

Dutch DJ Sam Feldt with Kimberly Anne entered the chart at quantity 4 with “Show Me Love”, whereas final week’s primary, DJ David Zowie’s “House Every Weekend” dropped to 5.