This summer has seen the UK rekindle its relationship with Latin popular songs and driving the way is Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber’s Despacito (Remix), which guarantees the Official Biggest Songs of Summer 2017 in a new list , based on UK sales and streams.
Released in the UK in April off the back of its success around the world earlier in the year, Despacito hit Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart in May after Bieber hopped on a remix of the melody.
Between the first week in June and the most recent week in August – the sales period for the Official Songs of the Summer list – Despacito notched up 1.1 million combined sales ,split crosswise over 347,000 downloads and 83 million plays across streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer. Despacito’s total combined sales to date stands at 1.8m.
| POS | TITLE | ARTIST | PEAK |
| 1 | SHAPE OF YOU | ED SHEERAN | 1 |
| 2 | DESPACITO (REMIX) | LUIS FONSI/DADDY YANKEE/BIEBER | 1 |
| 3 | CASTLE ON THE HILL | ED SHEERAN | 2 |
| 4 | GALWAY GIRL | ED SHEERAN | 2 |
| 5 | UNFORGETTABLE | FRENCH MONTANA FT SWAE LEE | 2 |
| 6 | SYMPHONY | CLEAN BANDIT FT ZARA LARSSON | 1 |
| 7 | HUMAN | RAG’N’BONE MAN | 2 |
| 8 | YOU DON’T KNOW ME | JAX JONES FT RAYE | 3 |
| 9 | SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS | CHAINSMOKERS & COLDPLAY | 2 |
| 10 | I’M THE ONE | DJ KHALED/BIEBER/QUAVO/CHANCE | 1 |
| 11 | SOLO DANCE | MARTIN JENSEN | 7 |
| 12 | TOUCH | LITTLE MIX | 4 |
| 13 | MAMA | JONAS BLUE FT WILLIAM SINGE | 4 |
| 14 | WILD THOUGHTS | DJ KHALED FT RIHANNA/TILLER | 1 |
| 15 | THERE’S NOTHING HOLDIN’ ME BACK | SHAWN MENDES | 4 |
| 16 | SWALLA | JASON DERULO/NICKI MINAJ/TY | 6 |
| 17 | STRIP THAT DOWN | LIAM PAYNE FT QUAVO | 3 |
| 18 | CALL ON ME | STARLEY | 6 |
| 19 | ROCKABYE | CLEAN BANDIT | 1 |
| 20 | IT AIN’T ME | KYGO & SELENA GOMEZ | 7 |
| 21 | DID YOU SEE | J HUS | 9 |
| 22 | PARIS | CHAINSMOKERS | 5 |
| 23 | SEPTEMBER SONG | JP COOPER | 7 |
| 24 | PASSIONFRUIT | DRAKE | 3 |
| 25 | SLIDE | CALVIN HARRIS/OCEAN/MIGOS | 10 |
| 26 | ATTENTION | CHARLIE PUTH | 9 |
| 27 | PRETTY GIRL | MAGGIE LINDEMANN | 8 |
| 28 | THAT’S WHAT I LIKE | BRUNO MARS | 12 |
| 29 | STAY | ZEDD & ALESSIA CARA | 8 |
| 30 | CIAO ADIOS | ANNE-MARIE | 9 |
| 31 | PERFECT | ED SHEERAN | 4 |
| 32 | FEELS | HARRIS/PHARRELL/PERRY/BIG SEAN | 1 |
| 33 | ISSUES | JULIA MICHAELS | 10 |
| 34 | SKIN | RAG’N’BONE MAN | 13 |
| 35 | SCARED TO BE LONELY | MARTIN GARRIX & DUA LIPA | 14 |
| 36 | YOUR SONG | RITA ORA | 7 |
| 37 | POWER | LITTLE MIX | 6 |
| 38 | ONE LAST TIME | ARIANA GRANDE | 2 |
| 39 | CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM | KATY PERRY FT SKIP MARLEY | 5 |
| 40 | MASK OFF | FUTURE | 22 |
