Dua Lipa and Pink are battling it out for Number 1 on this week's Official Singles Chart

We could be seeing the UK's first solo female Number 1 single in almost two years this week...
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Dua Lipa and Pink are going head to head for this week's Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

Currently leading the way on today's Official Chart Update (Aug 14) is Dua Lipa - her latest single New Rules has climbed from 5 to 1. The song, which is taken from her self-titled debut album, has been scaling the Top 100 over the past five weeks.

Close behind is P!nk, who is at Number 2 with her brand new track What About Us. The US star made her grand return last Thursday (Aug 10) and debuted at 83 last week after less than 24 hours on sale.

As things stand, Dua Lipa is just 512 combine sales ahead, meaning the race for Number 1 is still wide open.

MORE: View the Top 100 Official Singles Chart Update in full

If either make it to Number 1 on this Friday's Official Chart, it'll be the first chart-topping single from a female solo artist in the UK for almost two years. The last was Adele, who debuted at Number 1 with Hello in October 2015.

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Last week's Number 1, Feels by Calvin Harris ft. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean, slips to 3 but is still very much in contention for the top spot, just 1,300 combined sales behind Dua. Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber's Despacito is holding at 4, and DJ Khaled's Wild Thoughts ft. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller drops from 3 to 5.

New entries and high climbers

London DJ and producer Jax Jones continues to edge closer to the Top 10 with Instruction ft. Demi Lovato, hopping three places to 13 in today's update, as does J Balvin and Willy William's Mi Gente, up five places to 14.

A dance cover of En Vogue's Don't Let Go (Love) by remixer James Hype singer Kelli-Leigh is set to make its Top 40 debut this week, zooming 30 places to Number 17, and Swedish DJ Avicii is on track to make his return to the Official Chart after a two-year hiatus with Without You, currently at 26.

Finally, Kesha's Praying is set to rebound up the chart following the release of its parent album Rainbow, currently up nine places to 29, and Liam Gallagher's For What It's Worth - a taster of his forthcoming album As You Were - is new at 34.

View the Top 100 Official Singles Chart Update in full

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Scott Harris

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"What About Us" has overtaken "New Rules" on iTunes, so P!nk could be getting the top spot this week.

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Scott Harris

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Oh wow! Two singles that are not Despacito are battling it out for the top spot? Thank God! It's been way overdue!

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I Am A Stegosaurus

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AAAARGH! Okay, there's excitement in there but keep Dua Lipa off the top spot. She's rubbish. Feels deserves multiple weeks at #1. Don't know about the new Pink song, don't really care about her though anyway, but if it does hit #1 I guess I'll have to.

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Marco C.

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Dua Lipa is great honey. She deserves that first spot as much as P!nk does, and way more than Feels, a cute song but nothing more

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I Am A Stegosaurus

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Yeah... each to their own

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Jack James

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Anything is fine with me as long as it's not Despacito.

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Piran

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I'm surprised that 'Feels' could be gone from the top spot after just one week, but both 'New Rules' & 'What About Us' are amazing songs, so either going to #1 would be good to see! It'll also be nice that a female artist finally gets a #1 in 2017 as a lead artist. :)
I'm also happy for the gains for both 'More Than Friends' & 'Praying'!