Shawn Mendes closing in on Justin Bieber's Official Singles Chart domination
Last week, Justin Bieber broke a chart record by becoming the first artist ever to occupy the Top 3 of the Official Singles Chart, but this week his domination is being seriously challenged by fellow Canadian Shawn Mendes.
In today's Update, Justin Bieber is currently at Number 1 and Number 2, with Love Yourself in with a chance of landing a sixth week at the top of the Official Singles Chart. Sorry's position at Number 2 could be in danger, however – Shawn Mendes' Stitches is just 45 chart sales behind.
MORE: View this week's Top 100 Official Singles Chart Update in full
Stitches was a Top 10 hit for Shawn in the US last summer, and only 7,000 chart sales separate it from Love Yourself at the top – can Stitches go all the way on Friday?
Sigala climb four places to Number 4 with Sweet Lovin' feat. Bryn Christopher, while Justin Bieber's What Do You Mean falls to 5.
New entries and high climbers
London producer Snakehips is homing in on the Top 10 – All My Friends, feat. Tinashe and Chance the Rapper zooms 16 spots to 11 today. A big jump for Craig David too: he look set to land his first Top 20 in over a decade, as Big Narstie collaboration When The Bassline Drops rockets 24 places to 12.
Light It Up, from Major Lazer feat. Nyla, advances 8 places to Number 13 in today's Update, while David Guetta's Bang My Head feat. Sia looks set to break the Top 20 this Friday, jumping 13 places to 17.
Robin Schulz's Sugar feat. Francesco Yates is on course to hit the Top 20, rising 14 spots to Number 19, while Little Mix are heading for a 13th Top 40 – their Jason Derulo collaboration Secret Love Song starts at Number 24 .
US alt rockers X Ambassadors are on course for an Official Singles Chart debut with Renegades rising to 34 and Weeknd's In The Night zooms 27 places to 34.
Marvin Gaye, the former Number 1 from Meghan Trainor and Charlie Puth, rebounds nine places to Number 38, while Ellie Goulding's Army enjoys a boost thanks to appearing in ITV's trailer for upcoming shows in 2016 – it leaps 47 notches to a new peak of Number 40.
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Seb
Kind of off-topic headline for the week. Whichever Canadian is at number one is not going to be what people are talking about.
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David Martin
Normally most songs when they hit top 10, they drop the following week.
I Am A Stegosaurus
Not necessarily true, but if a song IS set to hit the top 10 but doesn't it drops out the top 40 and possibly top 100 very quickly.
I Holmes
Heroes is now combined no.1 on i-tunes, hopefully it is doing well on streams. It needs to sell over 60K to have a chance of no.1 on Friday, certainly possible. The track originally peaked only at no.24 but was taken to number one by the X Factor finalists a few years ago.
BritishGuy94
Wrong song, the song they did was hero's by Mariah Carey
I Holmes
The X Factor finalists 2010 spent 2 weeks at no.1 with a cover of David Bowie's "Heroes". This is confirmed by the OCC in their news story 13/01/2016 reporting the original version is likely to hit the top 10 on Friday.
Edit - Just checked it was the 2008 finalists who covered Mariah Carey's song of (almost) the same name! No wonder the confusion!
matthewhargreaves
I think he may have a serious challenge from David Bowie, already a number of hits inside the iTunes chart! David Bowie will most probably dominate the album chart but don't underestimate his much loved single! Heroes has propelled inside the iTunes top 10 already!
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RockGolf
There's too many good/great Bowie tunes for a sales trend to coalesce around a specific song. I'd expect up to 5 Bowie classics or more in the top 40, but maybe only one or two in the top ten.
matthewhargreaves
Yes I agree, there is a lot of great David Bowie songs which may impact sales of a specific song, but do think a couple of songs may challenge for the No.1 spot. Will be interesting to see how many of his albums will hit the top 10! Blackstar will definitely be No.1, he's way ahead of his rival Elvis Presley and Adele.
Simeon Davenport
Yes, with David's recent passing, it's 100 million% likely he will have a ton of re-entries all over the chart. "Heroes" will be the highest re-entry, re-entering somewhere in the Top 10. Other songs of his like "Let's Dance, " "Under Pressure" and "Space Oddity" should also re-enter on the chart as well.