X Factor star Ella Henderson today spends a second week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.
The 18-year-old, who claimed the top spot last Sunday with her debut release, Ghost, has fought off tough competition from Australian boyband 5 Seconds Of Summer to retain her chart crown.
5SOS, who are new in at Number 2 today with their latest single Don’t Stop, had been leading the race to Number 1 all week. However, in one of the closest fought chart battles of 2014 so far, Ella pipped them to the post at the eleventh hour with a winning margin of nearly 3,000 copies.
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1 GHOST ELLA HENDERSON
2 DON'T STOP 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
3 SING ED SHEERAN
4 BUDAPEST GEORGE EZRA
5 STAY WITH ME SAM SMITH
6 WASTED TIESTO FT MATTHEW KOMA
7 HERE FOR YOU GORGON CITY FT LAURA WELSH
8 WIGGLE JASON DERULO FT SNOOP DOGG
9 WAVES MR PROBZ
10 ALL OF ME JOHN LEGEND http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-...les-chart-3104
So happy she kept 5SOS from having an undeserved no1. They had a strong first half day but then freefalled and were out of top 10 on itunes by the end of the week. Thats not a deserved no1 at all.