Radio / The Vodafone Big Top 40

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The Vodafone Big Top 40 is like the British equivalent of American Top 40 hosted by Marvin Humes of This Morning fame, broadcast every Sunday at 4pm-7pm GMT^note 10am-1pm CST. It is the biggest radio programme in the UK, broadcast on at least 140 British radio channels. including Heart and Capital. The first show was broadcast on June 14, 2009 and has data taken from live iTunes downloads.

The first number one single to appear on the chart was "When Love Takes Over" by David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland. The song to achieve the most weeks on the chart is "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee (remixed by Justin Bieber) at eleven weeks, held on July 23, 2017. The runners-up are "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars, "Love Yourself" by Justin Bieber and "Rockabye" by Clean Bandit featuring Anne-Marie and Sean Paul, which were all number one for seven weeks.

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The show starts with shortened versions of the ten most downloaded songs of the week. Then there is a countdown of the 40-11 songs until 6pm, where the live iTunes top 10 is locked and said songs play out in full, with the number 1 song announced just before the end of the show.

The official website can be found here.

The current chart (August 13, 2017)

1. "What About Us" by P!nk
2. "New Rules" by Dua Lipa
3. "Feels" by Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean
4. "Rain" by The Script
5. "Back To You" by Louis Tomlinson ft. Bebe Rexha and Digital Farm Animals
6. "Despacito (Remix)" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber
7. "More Than Friends" by James Hype ft. Kelli-Leigh
8. "Sun Comes Up" by Rudimental ft. James Arthur
9. "Instruction" by Jax Jones ft. Demi Lovato and Stefflon Don
10. "Your Song" by Rita Ora
11. "Súbeme La Radio (Remix)" by Enrique Iglesias ft. Sean Paul and Matt Terry
12. "Came Here For Love" by Sigala ft. Ella Eyre
13. "Pretty Girl (Cheat Codes x Cade Remix)" by Maggie Lindemann
14. "Wild Thoughts" by DJ Khaled ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller
15. "Mama" by Jonas Blue ft. William Singe
16. "Unforgettable" by French Montana ft. Swae Lee
17. "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" by Shawn Mendes
18. "Slow Hands" by Niall Horan
19. "Attention" by Charlie Puth
20. "One Last Time" by Ariana Grande^note This song was actually released in 2014. It was re-released in May 2017 as a charity single to commemorate the Manchester concert bombing that killed 22 people.
21. "Symphony" by Clean Bandit ft. Zara Larsson
22. "Miracles (Someone Special)" by Coldplay and Big Sean
23. "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran
24. "Galway Girl" by Ed Sheeran
25. "Castle on the Hill" by Ed Sheeran
26. "Power" by Little Mix ft. Stormzy
27. "Strip That Down" by Liam Payne ft. Quavo
28. "Crying In the Club" by Camila Cabello
29. "2U" by David Guetta ft. Justin Bieber
30. "Malibu" by Miley Cyrus
31. "Rockabye" by Clean Bandit ft. Anne-Marie and Sean Paul^note Yes, you just saw a 2016 song that spent seven weeks at no. 1 re-enter the chart.
32. "No More Sad Songs" by Little Mix ft. Machine Gun Kelly
33. "Real Life" by Duke Dumont and Gorgon City ft. Nations
34. "Something Just Like This" by The Chainsmokers ft. Coldplay
35. "Boys" by Charli XCX
36. "Know No Better" by Major Lazer ft. Travis Scott, Camila Cabello and Quavo
37. "Get Low" by Zedd and Liam Payne
38. "Mi Gente" by J Balvin ft. Willy William
39. "Versace on the Floor" by Bruno Mars vs. David Guetta
40. "I'm the One" by DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne

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Tropes relating to the chart show:

• Suspiciously Similar Substitute: In 2017, Capital FM host The Bassman temporarily replaced Marvin Humes as host due to Humes' paternity leave.