DJ Khaled is close to knocking Despacito off Number 1 on this week's Official Singles Chart

Plus there are new entries from The Script and Selena Gomez on the Official Chart Update.
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After nine weeks at Number 1, Luis Fonsi's reign at the top of the Official Singles Chart with Despacito could be brought to and end this week.

Leading the way on today's Official Chart Update (July 17) is DJ Khaled's Wild Thoughts ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller, currently ahead by just 1,300 combined sales.

It could mean the producer claiming his second Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, following his mega collaboration I'm The One with Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper and Lil Wayne, which hit the top spot for just one week back in May. For Rihanna, it would earn her a ninth Number 1 single. 

MORE: View this week's Top 100 Official Singles Chart Update in full

Meanwhile, Calvin Harris' Feels ft. Pharrell, Katy Perry and Big Sean is on track to reach a new peak at 3, up one place, and Jonas Blue's Mama is holding firm, unmoved at 5. 

New entries and high climbers 

Little Mix's Power could be returning to its previous peak position at the Number 8 slot this week, currently up two places, while Rudimental and James Arthur's Sun Comes Up continues to climb, up three spots to 15 in today's update.

Irish trio The Script are set to land this week's highest new entry - their new single Rain is at 17, while Demi Lovato's latest track Sorry Not Sorry zooms 33 places to 26.

INTERVIEW: The Script talk changing their sound on Rain

With Coldplay currently on their UK tour, their Chainsmokers collaboration Something Just Like This rebounds 12 to Number 27, Selena Gomez is on track to score her 11th UK Top 40 hit with Fetish at 28, and Bestie by UK rappers Yungen and Yxng Bane vaults 19 to Number 34. 

View this week's Top 100 Official Singles Chart Update in full

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Mick Lynch

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Hi guys, I've been following the charts since the 80s, but I honestly feel the charts will die this friday. I do hope you'll revert your decisions regarding newer songs having 150 streams towards a sale, and that restriction on 3 hits per artist. All songs should be treated the same (whether they're in the charts for over 10 weeks or not). Long before the internet, I used to write down the charts into a copybook when they were broadcast. I was passionate about them, but how can we be passionate now, when people that probably werent born (when Bryan Adams spent 16 weeks, or Whitney spent 10, or Wet Wet Wet spent 15 weeks at no. 1) have decided to change the rules. Yes, the charts need new songs regularly but we also need to show our kids how popular 'Everything I Do', 'I Will Always Love You' and 'Love is All Around' were when we were kids. The charts have over 60 years of history, let's try keep it equal for everyone

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Ryan Musiker

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I like to write down the charts every week, I have been doing so for the last 20 years.

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#MadonnaMusic

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I don't understand your point.I think that the new rule is perfectly fine,instead,it's the rule this chart needed.Come on,all people criticized OCC because all Ed Sheeran songs where in top 20 and 9/10 in the top 10.A similar thing happened to Drake.I am very tired to see the top 100 full of non-singles songs that are there just for streaming.The 3 song rule for artists is a good rule.All you people wanted a rule like that,and now that you got it,you complain.Very strange you are british people!Do you want charts to be in future like the "Ed Sheeran" week?Personally,i don't.Billboard hot 100 still remains better in my opinion for some things because it includes also Airplay,but not for the songs.
And for you how can we show our kids how Everything I Do(I Do It For You),Love Is All Around and I Will Always Love You(This is still popular though)?We can just make our kids listen to them.
Bye

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Scott Harris

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'Wild Thoughts' will have my respect if it can finally knock 'Despacito' off the top spot forever.

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Jack James

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Thank you Rihanna please do this in America as well.

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Piran

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I still like 'Despacito', but it's good to finally see a possible change at the top, especially if it's 'Wild Thoughts' that could dethrone it! :)
Not too much to say elsewhere, but I love that 'Sorry Not Sorry' could take a huge climb into the Top 40 for Demi Lovato!
As much as I still enjoy listening to '÷', I'm also happy to hear that The Vamps might get their first #1 album.