The Weeknd's Take My Breath claims the UK's Number 1 trending song

Plus new tracks from KSI & Lil Wayne and Fredo are making a big impact this week.

The Weeknd's new single Take My Breath is off to a strong start following its release last Friday (August 6), and takes the Number 1 spot on the UK's Official Trending Chart.

The Canadian artist's new track arrived after a wave of social media teasers and an interview in which he described the sound of his new record as "Quincy Jones meets Giorgio Moroder meets best-night-of-your-f**king-life party."

Take My Breath is co-written by The Weeknd and produced by Swedish pop supreme Max Martin - the pair have been working together since 2015's Can't Feel My Face.

The track is on course to be the highest new entry on this week's Official Singles Chart, currently at Number 12 in the latest sales flash and set to become his 26th Top 40 single.

Meanwhile, KSI and Lil Wayne's brand-new collaboration Lose - a song that doesn't feature on his recent album All Over The Place - is also making a big impact this week and looks set to earn Wayne his first UK Top 40 appearance in two years, since his DJ Khaled collaboration Jealous in 2019.

Following the release of Fredo's new album Independence Day, two of its tracks appear in the trending Top 20, the record's latest single Flowers And The Snow, and 14 ft. Potter Payper.

Elsewhere on the trending chart, other recent releases that are gaining momentum include Talk About by Rain Radio and DJ Craig Gorman - the Nelly Furtado-sampling dance track is set to continue its ascent up the Top 40 this Friday.

Wizkid's Essence ft. Tems is climbing fast and could earn the Nigerian star his first UK Top 40 as a headline artist, and David Guetta, Mistajam and John Newman's dance-pop take on Whitney Houston's How Will I Know, titled If You Really Love Me, is also on the cusp of entering the Top 40 this week.

Official Trending Chart - August 10, 2021

POS	CLIMB	TITLE	ARTIST	LW	CURRENT	DIFF	PREV PEAK
1		TAKE MY BREATH	WEEKND	NE	12	0
2		TALK ABOUT	RAIN RADIO/DJ CRAIG GORMAN	17	15	2	17
3		LOSE	KSI & LIL WAYNE	NE	16	0
4		FLY AWAY	TONES & I	19	19	0	16
5		KISS MY (UH OH)	ANNE-MARIE & LITTLE MIX	20	20	0	17
6		NEED TO KNOW	DOJA CAT	22	21	1	22
7		LET THEM KNOW	MABEL	31	24	7	31
8		DIDN'T KNOW	TOM ZANETTI	25	25	0	14
9		YOU FOR ME	SIGALA & RITA ORA	29	28	1	29
10		HIGHER POWER	COLDPLAY	34	30	4	12
11		FLOWERS AND THE SNOW	FREDO	NE	33	0
12		2055	SLEEPY HALLOW	39	36	3	39
13		DON'T GO YET	CAMILA CABELLO	41	37	4	37
14		ESSENCE	WIZKID FT TEMS	47	39	8
15	⬆️	IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME (HOW WILL I KNOW)	DAVID GUETTA/MISTAJAM/NEWMAN	61	43	18
16		14	FREDO FT POTTER PAYPER	NE	44	0
17		LIFE GOES ON	PS1 FT ALEX HOSKING	48	46	2
18		BETTER DAYS	DERMOT KENNEDY	49	48	1
19		ROLLIN'	MIST FT BURNA BOY	53	49	4
20	⬆️	ALL I KNOW SO FAR	PINK	64	51	13	39

⬆️ - Indicates a climb of 10 places
LW - Last week's Official Singles Chart position
CURRENT - Current position on today's Official Singles Chart sales flash
DIFF - Number of places climbed since the previous week on the Official Singles Chart