Ant and Dec’s Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble leads the race for Number 1

PJ and Duncan, AKA Ant and Dec, could be in line to knock The Saturdays off the top of the Official Singles Chart this weekend.

Ant and Dec’s Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble is currently leading the race to this week’s Number 1, according to the latest Official Charts Company sales data (which counts sales up to midnight on last night, Monday).

The TV duo, who performed their 1994 Top 10 hit as their Byker Grove alter egos PJ and Duncan on ITV’s Saturday Night Take Away over the weekend, are currently outselling reigning chart queens The Saturdays’ single What About Us? FT Sean Paul in the race to the top of the Official Singles Chart this Sunday.

Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble originally peaked at Number 9 in August, 1994 giving their pair their first ever Top 10 hit – and had sold just over 130,000 copies in its lifetime up until Saturday’s show. Up to midnight last night, Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble had sold an additional 35,000 copies, which is around 30% more than their rivals.

If Ant and Dec can maintain their lead though ‘til Sunday’s final whistle, Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble will be their first ever Number 1; the duo’s previous highest charting single was We’re On The Ball, the official anthem for the 2002 World Cup, which peaked at Number 3. See Ant and Dec’s full Official Charts history here.

“Over the past few years, the download of Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble has been steadily selling around 100 copies a week,” says the Official Charts Company’s managing director Martin Talbot. “It is quite amazing how one TV performance can send those sales soaring.

“But, the race is far from finished yet - last week, The Saturdays had the biggest week one sale of any single this year (including One Direction’s Comic Relief single, One Way Or Another) so they are going to be a tough act to beat.”

I didn't think this week could get any more nuts….then someone sent me the midweek chart! You're all mad. D x #LetsGetReadyToRhumble
— antanddec (@antanddec) March 26, 2013

Tune into Radio 1’s Official Chart Update with Scott Mills and Jameela Jamil tomorrow (Wednesday, March 27) from 3.30pm to find out if Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble stays Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart midweek update.

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Watch Ant and Dec performing Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble on Saturday Night Takeaway below: