Ellie Goulding on track for first ever Number 1 single!

Ellie Goulding looks set to score her first ever Number 1 single this weekend with new track, Burn.
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Ellie Goulding looks set to score her first ever Number 1 single this weekend with new track, Burn.

Ellie Goulding could be on course for her first ever Number 1 single this weekend, the OfficialCharts.com can reveal.

The 26-year-old singer/songwriter from Herefordshire looks set to knock reigning chart queen Miley CyrusWe Can’t Stop off the top spot with her new single, Burn. The track, which is taken from the forthcoming deluxe edition of her latest album, Halcyon, is currently outselling its closest competitor, Avicii’s Wake Me Up (Number 2) by almost two copies to one. 

Should Ellie maintain her current lead, Burn will be her highest charting single to date; her cover of Elton John’s Your Song peaked at Number 2 on the Official Singles Chart in 2010. However, the Lady Gaga pop machine has started up and is thundering its way towards the Top 10 with new single Applause after only a few hours on sale, so anything could feasibly happen between now and Sunday.

Miley CyrusWe Can’t Stop falls two places to Number 3 on today’s Official Singles Chart Update, while Cedric Gervais’ remix of Lana Del Rey’s Summertime Sadness holds firm at Number 4. Meanwhile, Arctic Monkeys’ are new in at Number 5 today with Why’d You Call Me When You’re High, which is taken from their hotly anticipated new album, AM (out September 9).

New Entries and High Climbers

Following hot on the heels of their Number 4 smash Walks Like Rihanna last month, badboy boyband The Wanted look set to return to the Top 10 with new single, We Own The Night (Number 6).

London DJ and producer Ray Foxx is set to make his Official Singles Chart debut with summer dance anthem Boom Boom (Heartbeat) FT Rachel K Collier (13), while The Vaccines are new in at 34 with the lead track from their new EP, Melody Calling.

Drake’s Hold On We’re Going Home FT Majid Jordan has shot up 41 places putting it on track to make its Top 40 debut on today’s Official Singles Chart Update at 15, while OneRepublic’s new single Counting Stars, climbs three places to Number 40.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows. The final Official Singles Chart Top 100 will be posted in full here at 7pm on Sunday (August 18).

1 BURN ELLIE GOULDING
2 WAKE ME UP AVICII
3 WE CAN'T STOP MILEY CYRUS
4 SUMMERTIME SADNESS LANA DEL REY VS CEDRIC GERVAIS
5 WHY'D YOU ONLY CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE HIGH ARCTIC MONKEYS
6 WE OWN THE NIGHT WANTED
7 TRAMPOLINE TINIE TEMPAH FT 2 CHAINZ
8 BLURRED LINES ROBIN THICKE/TI/PHARRELL
9 LOVE ME AGAIN JOHN NEWMAN
10 HOLY GRAIL JAY-Z FT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
11 APPLAUSE LADY GAGA
12 THINKING ABOUT YOU CALVIN HARRIS FT AYAH MARAR
13 BOOM BOOM (HEARTBEAT) RAY FOXX FT RACHEL K COLLIER
14 BEST SONG EVER ONE DIRECTION
15 HOLD ON WE'RE GOING HOME DRAKE FT MAJID JORDAN
16 LA LA LA NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM SMITH
17 I LOVE IT ICONA POP FT CHARLI XCX
18 BANG BANG WILL I AM
19 LET HER GO PASSENGER
20 DO I WANNA KNOW ARCTIC MONKEYS
21 F FOR YOU DISCLOSURE
22 IT'S TIME IMAGINE DRAGONS
23 RIGHT HERE RUDIMENTAL FT FOXES
24 GET LUCKY DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS
25 LITTLE TALKS OF MONSTERS & MEN
26 TRUE LOVE PINK FT LILY ALLEN
27 WAIT FOR ME KINGS OF LEON
28 TAKE BACK THE NIGHT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
29 THE OTHER SIDE JASON DERULO
30 EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED TAYLOR SWIFT FT ED SHEERAN
31 DEAR DARLIN' OLLY MURS
32 COME & GET IT SELENA GOMEZ
33 COOL LE YOUTH
34 MELODY CALLING VACCINES
35 RELOAD S INGROSSO/T TRASH/J MARTIN
36 BIG WHEN I WAS LITTLE ELIZA DOOLITTLE
37 JACK BREACH
38 TREASURE BRUNO MARS
39 DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT TOPLOADER
40 COUNTING STARS ONEREPUBLIC

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