Justin Timberlake and Bastille in Official Singles Chart battle

Justin Timberlake and Bastille battle it out in the race to score this week’s Official Singles Chart Number 1, while Wiley and Chip, Paramore and Laura Mvula are on course for new entries in the Official Top 40 on Sunday.

Justin Timberlake and Bastille battle it out in the race to score this week’s Official Singles Chart Number 1, while Wiley and Chip, Paramore and Laura Mvula are on course for new entries in the Official Top 40 on Sunday.

Justin Timberlake and Bastille are going head-to-head in the race to this week’s Official Singles Chart Number 1.

The US star, who performed at last week’s BRIT Awards, is currently in pole position with his latest single Mirrors up three places from Number 4 last Sunday, while London quartet Bastille are only 2,000 copies behind him at this mid-way stage with their new track Pompeii, which is taken from forthcoming debut album Bad Blood.

If the mighty JT can maintain his lead through to Sunday, it will be his highest charting single since 2006’s Sexyback, and only his second Official Number 1 as a lead artist. Mirrors is the second track to be lifted from Justin Timberlake’s upcoming third album, The 20/20 Experience, which is due for release next month.

Justin Timberlake - Mirrors lyric video on MUZU.TV.

Bastille - Pompeii on MUZU.TV.

Meanwhile reigning chart kings, One Direction, fall two places to Number 3 with their Comic Relief charity single, One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks). Thrift Shop, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ ode to bargain hunting is at Number 4 on today’s Official Chart Update, while Taylor Swift’s I Knew You Were Trouble completes the Top 5.

New Entries And High Climbers

In addition to Bastille’s Pompeii (Number 2), there are three other new entries on today’s Official Chart Update Top 40.

Following the massive success of his chart-topping single Heatwave and its Number 3 follow-up, Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya), Wiley looks set to score his third Top 10 single as a lead artist in less than twelve months on Sunday with Reload. The track also features guest vocals from fellow London MC, Chipmunk, under his new moniker of Chip.

Paramore are on course for their fifth Top 40 hit with new entry Now (23), while BRITs Critics’ Choice nominee Laura Mvula is on course for her first Official Top 40 hit with Green Garden new in at Number 25.

This week’s highest climber is Adele’s Skyfall, which shoots up 11 places from Number 25 to Number 14, following the London star’s Oscars win on Sunday.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1	MIRRORS	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
2	POMPEII	BASTILLE
3	ONE WAY OR ANOTHER (TEENAGE KICKS)	ONE DIRECTION
4	THRIFT SHOP	MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS FT WANZ
5	I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE	TAYLOR SWIFT
6	I COULD BE THE ONE	AVICII VS NICKY ROMERO
7	RELOAD	WILEY FT CHIP
8	WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN	BRUNO MARS
9	HARLEM SHAKE	BAAUER
10	ONLY LOVE	BEN HOWARD
11	STAY	RIHANNA FT MIKKY EKKO
12	EXPLOSIONS	ELLIE GOULDING
13	JUST GIVE ME A REASON	P!NK FT NATE RUESS
14	SKYFALL	ADELE
15	I WILL WAIT	MUMFORD & SONS
16	WHITE NOISE	DISCLOSURE FT ALUNAGEORGE
17	CLOWN	EMELI SANDE
18	SUIT & TIE	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FT JAY Z
19	PLEASE DON'T SAY YOU LOVE ME	GABRIELLE APLIN
20	ARMY OF TWO	OLLY MURS
21	DRINKING FROM THE BOTTLE	CALVIN HARRIS FT TINIE TEMPAH
22	HO HEY	THE LUMINEERS
23	NOW	PARAMORE
24	SCREAM & SHOUT	WILL.I.AM FT BRITNEY SPEARS
25	GREEN GARDEN	LAURA MVULA
26	BASSLINE JUNKIE	DIZZEE RASCAL
27	CHANGE YOUR LIFE	LITTLE MIX
28	CLARITY	ZEDD FT FOXES
29	LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN	BRUNO MARS
30	KISS YOU	ONE DIRECTION
31	IMPOSSIBLE	JAMES ARTHUR
32	DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD	SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA FT JOHN MARTIN
33	RADIOACTIVE	RITA ORA
34	GET UP (RATTLE)	BINGO PLAYERS FT FAR EAST MOVEMENT
35	MY SONGS KNOW WHAT YOU DID IN THE DARK	FALL OUT BOY
36	DIAMONDS	RIHANNA
37	IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW	THE SCRIPT
38	STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM	DRAKE
39	BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL	LABRINTH FT EMELI SANDE
40	MY NUMBER	FOALS