It is the star's fifth number one on the chart, following Destiny's Child releases Survivor, Bootylicious (both 2001), Lose My Breath (2004) and Crazy In Love - her 2003 collaboration with Jay-Z.
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Best Thing I Never Had piled on 712 additional plays and nearly 13 million extra listeners last week to top the list with an audience of 71.58 million - the highest of any track for six weeks.
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