‘Take that, Marti Pellow!’ Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In beats Wet Wet Wet’s UK chart record

Duetting pair spend 16th week at No 1, a record for a British artist - but they'll need 19 weeks to beat Frankie Laine's all-time record from 1953

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean have broken Wet Wet Wet's 32-year record for a British act's run at No 1 in the UK singles chart.

Fender and Dean's duet Rein Me In has racked up its 16th week at No 1, beating Wet Wet Wet's Love is All Around, which spent 15 weeks at No 1 in the summer of 1994 after it appeared on the Four Weddings and a Funeral soundtrack. Unlike Wet Wet Wet's consecutive run, though, Fender and Dean's song has dropped in and out of the top spot since February.