Miley Cyrus is currently battling it out with OneRepublic and Lawson to hold onto her Official Singles Chart Number 1 crown.
She became the first artist of 2013 to do the Official Charts Number 1 single and album double on Sunday, now Miley Cyrus is facing tough competition from Lawson and OneRepublic if she wants to hold on to her Official Singles Chart crown.
According to the Official Charts Company’s latest sales data, there is currently just over 4,000 copies separating this week’s Top 3, with OneRepublic’s Counting Stars leading the race to Number 1 with at this midway stage.
The US band’s latest track made its Top 40 debut back in August, before climbing to the top spot two weeks ago. Counting Stars became OneRepublic’s first UK chart topper despite frontman Ryan Tedder having penned chart smashes for the likes of Adele, Beyonce, Leona Lewis and, more recently, Ellie Goulding’s Number 1 hit Burn.
Meanwhile, reigning chart queen Miley Cyrus slides one place to Number 2 today with Wrecking Ball, while Lawson are new in at 3 with Juliet. The British band, who have clocked up four Top 10 singles and a Top 10 album over the last year-and-half, have never scored a Number 1 single as yet.
With the race too close to call at this point, tune into BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart Show with Jameela Jamil on Sunday from 4pm to hear who comes out on top, then log on to www.officialcharts.com at 7pm to view the Top 100 in full.