Clean Bandit are heading for Number 1!

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.

1	RATHER BE	CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE
2	WILD HEART	VAMPS
3	HAPPY	PHARRELL WILLIAMS
4	BRAVEHEART	NEON JUNGLE
5	TIMBER	PITBULL FT KESHA
6	HEY BROTHER	AVICII
7	TRUMPETS	JASON DERULO
8	MILLION POUND GIRL (BADDER THAN BAD)	FUSE ODG
9	HOW LONG WILL I LOVE YOU	ELLIE GOULDING
10	CONTROL	MATRIX & FUTUREBOUND/MARSHALL
11	DRUNK IN LOVE	BEYONCE FT JAY-Z
12	RIPTIDE	VANCE JOY
13	TURN BACK TIME	SUB FOCUS
14	THE MONSTER	EMINEM FT RIHANNA
15	THANK YOU	BUSTA RHYMES/Q-TIP/KANYE WEST
16	DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN	ELYAR FOX
17	LOVER NOT A FIGHTER	TINIE TEMPAH FT LABRINTH
18	COUNTING STARS	ONEREPUBLIC
19	LITTLE ME	LITTLE MIX
20	LET IT GO	IDINA MENZEL
21	ANIMALS	MARTIN GARRIX
22	OF THE NIGHT	BASTILLE
23	CAN'T REMEMBER TO FORGET YOU	SHAKIRA FT RIHANNA
24	XO	BEYONCE
25	SHOW ME	KID INK FT CHRIS BROWN
26	ROAR	KATY PERRY
27	SAIL	AWOLNATION
28	STORY OF MY LIFE	ONE DIRECTION
29	WAKE ME UP	AVICII
30	ROYALS	LORDE
31	ALIVE	CHASE & STATUS FT JACOB BANKS
32	WHITE WALLS	MACKLEMORE/LEWIS/SCHOOLBOY Q
33	I SEE FIRE	ED SHEERAN
34	UNDER CONTROL	CALVIN HARRIS/ALESSO/HURTS
35	MOVE	LITTLE MIX
36	LOVE ME AGAIN	JOHN NEWMAN
37	ADORE YOU	MILEY CYRUS
38	SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW	LILY ALLEN
39	DO WHAT U WANT	LADY GAGA & R KELLY
40	CAN WE DANCE	VAMPS