Clean Bandit are set to knock Pharrell Williams off the top of the Official Singles Chart this weekend with Rather Be FT Jess Glynne.
Fresh-faced London four piece, Clean Bandit, are heading for their first UK Number 1 with new track, Rather Be FT Jess Glynne, according to today’s Official Singles Chart Update.
Clean Bandit made their Official Chart debut early last year with the infectious Mozart’s House, peaking at Number 17, and now they are eyeing pole position this weekend with their latest offering, Rather Be.
Based on the latest Official Charts Company sales data, Rather Be has sold nearly 94,000 copies in the UK this week, should it maintain its lead through to Sunday’s final whistle, Rather Be will not only become Clean Bandit’s first ever Number 1, it is also on track to become the fastest selling single of 2014 so far. The current record holder, Pitbull and Ke$ha’s Timber had sold 82,000 at this same stage in its first week of release, and 138,000 copies total by the end of its first week.
The Vamps are on track to bag themselves another Top 5 single this weekend. Wild Heart, the pop rockers’ follow-up to their debut single, Can We Dance, is new in at Number 2 today.
Pharrell’s Happy is down two places to Number 3 today. Girl group Neon Jungle are new in at Number 4 with their second single, Braveheart, while Pitbull and Ke$ha’s Timber is down three places from Number 5.
New Entries & High Climbers
There are two other new entries and two re-entries on today’s Official Singles Chart Update Top 40.
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are on track to score their fourth Top 40 hit from debut album The Heist this weekend. The US duo have teamed up with rapper Schoolboy Q for their latest single, White Walls which climbs 21 places to Number 32 today.
Miley Cyrus’s Adore You is also climbing up the Official Singles Chart. The follow-up to her chart-topping hits We Can’t Stop and Wrecking Ball has shot up 11 places to make its Top 40 debut at 37 today.
Meanwhile, John Newman’s former Number 1 smash, Love Me Again, is up six places to 36, and The Vamps’ Can We Dance climbs seven places to Number 40.
The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows. The Official Singles Chart Top 100 will be posted in full, here, on Sunday at 7pm.
Albums
As Ellie Goulding looks set to reclaim the Number 1 slot from Bruce Springsteen, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Warpaint battle it out for this week’s highest new entry.
Ellie Goulding’s Halcyon may be leading the way, but a flurry of new entries from Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Warpaint and Mogwai look set to disrupt the Official Albums Chart Top 5 this weekend.
With three BRITS nominations under her belt, Ellie Goulding is out in front in this week’s albums race, closely followed by reigning chart king Bruce Springsteen’s High Hopes, with Beyonce holding firm at Number 3, but three new entries are challenging for a Top 5 place midweek.
First up is pop stunner and Strictly Come Dancing starlet Sophie Ellis-Bextor, and if anyone loves a good chart battle, Sophie E-B does! After famously denying Victoria Beckham a solo Number 1 back in 2000 with her breakthrough chart-topping solo single Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love), Sophie went on to score six more Top 10 singles and four Top 40 albums.
The 34-year-old leaves her disco shoes behind her for her new, darker fifth studio offering Wanderlust, which was co-written by London singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt and leads the charge for the title of this week’s highest new entry. Wanderlust could also be Sophie’s highest charting album since her 2001 debut, Read My Lips, which peaked at Number 2, providing she can keep Warpaint at bay, that is. The US indie rockers trail less than 300 copies at this midway stage with their eponymous second studio album (5).
New Entries
In addition to Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Wanderlust (4) and Warpaint (5), there are two other new entries on today’s Official Albums Chart Update.
Scottish post-rock outfit Mogwai are also Top 10 bound. The Glaswegian quintet’s new album, The Rave Tapes is at Number 6 today. If it can continue to maintain its sales momentum, it will become the highest charting UK album of Mogwai’s career.
Meanwhile, Mike & The Mechanics are at 22 today with their new Best Of collection, The Singles - 1986-2014.