Avicii set for a third week at Number 1 with Wake Me Up

Avicii’s Wake Me Up set to break through the half a million copies sales barrier before the end of this week.

The UK’s love affair with Avicii shows no sign of letting up as Wake Me Up looks set to top the Official Singles Chart for a third consecutive week.

The 23-year-old superstar Swedish DJ and producer scored the fastest selling single of 2013 when Wake Me Up clocked up nearly 267,000 sales of the single during its first week. By last Sunday, that figure had risen to 421,000 and according to Official Charts Company predictions, the track will smash though the half a million copies sales barrier before the end of this week.

“Being the fastest selling record [of 2013] is obviously a huge deal to me,” Avicii told Jameela Jamil on Sunday’s Official Chart Show on BBC Radio 1. “I never thought being on the Official Chart was an option. Dance music has its own things; we have our own charts and lists. So just being Number 1 is insane!”

Avicii - Wake Me Up on MUZU.TV.

John Newman’s former chart topper, Love Me Again, climbs two places to Number 1, while Robin Thicke’s million-selling single Blurred Lines FT TI and Pharrell Williams holds firm at Number 3. One Direction’s Best Song Ever (4) and Icona Pop’s I Love It FT Charli XCX (5) completes the Top 5.

High Climbers and New Entries

Rudimental are on course for this week’s highest climber. Right Here FT Foxes, from their former Number 1 album Home, surges 25 places to make its Top 40 debut at Number 38. Meanwhile, the Cedric Gervais remix of Lana Del Rey’s Summertime Sadness helps propel the US singer’s track into the Official Singles Chart Update Top 10. It has climbed 24 places to Number 8 today.

London-based singer / songwriter Eliza Doolittle is on course for this week’s highest new entry with Big When I Was Little, which looks set to debut at Number 11. Meanwhile, Clean Bandit look set to score their second Top 40 single this weekend. Dust Clears is at Number 33 on today’s Update.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1	WAKE ME UP	AVICII
2	LOVE ME AGAIN	JOHN NEWMAN
3	BLURRED LINES	ROBIN THICKE/TI/PHARRELL
4	BEST SONG EVER	ONE DIRECTION
5	I LOVE IT	ICONA POP FT CHARLI XCX
6	LA LA LA	NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM SMITH
7	LET HER GO	PASSENGER
8	SUMMERTIME SADNESS	LANA DEL REY VS CEDRIC GERVAIS
9	BANG BANG	WILL I AM
10	THINKING ABOUT YOU	CALVIN HARRIS FT AYAH MARAR
11	BIG WHEN I WAS LITTLE	ELIZA DOOLITTLE
12	GET LUCKY	DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS
13	COME & GET IT	SELENA GOMEZ
14	HOLY GRAIL	JAY-Z FT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
15	EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED	TAYLOR SWIFT FT ED SHEERAN
16	TRUE LOVE	PINK FT LILY ALLEN
17	DO I WANNA KNOW	ARCTIC MONKEYS
18	RELOAD	S INGROSSO/T TRASH/J MARTIN
19	JACK	BREACH
20	THE OTHER SIDE	JASON DERULO
21	DEAR DARLIN'	OLLY MURS
22	TREASURE	BRUNO MARS
23	DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT	TOPLOADER
24	WILD	JESSIE J/BIG SEAN/D RASCAL
25	ANTENNA	FUSE ODG
26	LOST & NOT FOUND	CHASE & STATUS FT LOUIS MTTRS
27	CAN'T HOLD US	MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/DALTON
28	PLAY HARD	DAVID GUETTA FT NE-YO & AKON
29	WAITING ALL NIGHT	RUDIMENTAL FT ELLA EYRE
30	WALKS LIKE RIHANNA	WANTED
31	RADIOACTIVE	IMAGINE DRAGONS
32	CRAZY KIDS	KESHA FT WILL I AM
33	DUST CLEARS	CLEAN BANDIT
34	ANOTHER LOVE	TOM ODELL
35	F FOR YOU	DISCLOSURE
36	BEAUTIFUL	MARIAH CAREY FT MIGUEL
37	IT'S TIME	IMAGINE DRAGONS
38	RIGHT HERE	RUDIMENTAL FT FOXES
39	HERE'S TO NEVER GROWING UP	AVRIL LAVIGNE
40	HEART ATTACK	DEMI LOVATO