Kygo holds Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello off Number 1 for a second week

25 August 2019, 18:51

Kygo keeps Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello off Number 1
Kygo keeps Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello off Number 1. Picture: Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

Kygo and Whitney Houston's 'Higher Love' is Number 1 for a second week running on The Official Big Top 40.

'Higher Love' went to Number 1 for the first time last week, ending Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello's seven-week run at the top with their collaboration 'Señorita'.

Kygo was FaceTime from his home studio in Bergen, Norway as Will Manning revealed the news to him.

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The DJ and producer discussed wanting to collaborate with Ed Sheeran and Lewis Capaldi, plus partying with Shawn Mendes.

There was no change to the Top 3 this week with 'Señorita' sticking at Number 2 and Sam Smith's latest single 'How Do You Sleep?' at Number 3.

Joel Corry's huge dance anthem 'Sorry' climbed three places to Number 4 while Jorja Smith's new single 'Be Honest' with Burna Boy was the week's highest New Entry at Number 17.

There were a total of seven New Entries on this week's chart, including songs from Ava Max and 5 Seconds of Summer.

Social House - a.k.a. duo Mikey and Scootie - were also on the show to talk through their huge Ariana Grande collaboration 'Boyfriend'.

> See this week's Official Big Top 40 in full