Rudimental overtake Drake in extremely close race for this week’s Official Number 1 single

Plus there are new entries from Years & Years and Noel Gallagher in this week's Official Singles Chart Update.
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This week’s Official Singles Chart is shaping up to be a photo finish, with just 470 combined sales separating the Top 2 at the halfway stage of the chart week.

Rudimental are currently in the lead, as These Days ft. Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen eyes the Number 1 spot after five weeks at Number 2, but Drake’s God’s Plan could snatch it back by the end of the week, close behind at Number 2.

If Rudimental hold on, it will be the London band’s third Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, following 2012’s Feel The Love and 2013’s Waiting All Night. See where all of Rudimental's singles and albums have charted here.

Meanwhile, US band Portugal. The Man could reach a new peak of Number 3 this week with Feel It Still, climbing one place, and Marshmello & Anne-Marie’s FRIENDS lifts a spot to Number 4.

New entries and high climbers

George Ezra could be landing the third Top 10 single of his career this week as Paradise zooms nine places to Number 10 in today’s Official Chart Update, while producer Zedd edges closer to the top tier with The Middle ft. Maren Morris & Grey, up six spots to 12.

Ed Sheerans’s Supermarket Flowers is set to rebound back into the Top 40, up 21 places to 23, and Years & Years are likely to land in the Top 40 with their new single Sanctify, currently at 24.

Two songs from The Greatest Showman – A Million Dreams and Never Enough – are at 26 and 27 respectively, and following his appearance on US TV over the weekend, Noel Gallagher’s It’s A Beautiful World from his latest album Who Built The Moon? is at 31.

Finally, two more songs could be entering the Top 40 for the first time this week: M.O’s Bad Vibe ft. Lotto Boyz & Mr Eazi zooms 17 spots to 33, and Cliq’s club hit Wavey ft. Alika moves 15 places to 36.

View this week's Top 100 Official Singles Chart Update in full here

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Billy Clarke

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Drake will probably overtake with the missing streaming data, but Rudimental might get a week when 'God's Plan' hits ACR.

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Piran

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It's really good to see 'These Days' finally expected to pass 'God's Plan'! I prefer the former way more & Jess Glynne is one of my favourite female artists of the decade so far, so it would be nice to see her get that record.
I like that two new songs from 'The Greatest Showman' are set to enter the chart & 'Paradise' could be in the Top 10 on Friday! :)

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Foxes

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I'd quite like to see 'These Days' pass 'God's Plan' on Friday, but just because of the huge lead Drake has on streaming (even if 'These Days' is #2 on Spotify now) I think that 'God's Plan' will have a narrow lead at #1 on the actual chart. It'll be really interesting to watch, though!

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Piran

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Yeah, this happened a lot with 'One Dance' too. The Official Chart Update seems slightly titled to sales more than the actual Official Charts, so Drake could still lead on Friday.
That said, did you know that 'These Days' & 'God's Plan' could be hit with the 300:1 streaming ratio in the same week?
I think 'These Days' could get at least one week at #1, but yeah, the next three days are going to be very interesting to track!

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Ted

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At the moment Drake is just barely ahead of Rudimental with 19 copies! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/81d623b3ffd7d46e3523c1248c5c7a23da78abe248f26211f6fef82dbdb24c20.jpg I think he can manage another week at number 1 but after that I'm not sure. I'm not sure Rudimental could finally make number 1 either though, the song has been out for quite a while now, and while God's Plan has been in the charts for longer, Rudimental aren't quite as popular overall and don't have the staying power Drake has in the charts.

So, we could be seeing a new number 1 next week, potentially, which would be much more exciting.I think maybe Marshmello or possibly even Portugal. The Man could be at the top spot. It also looks like Drake is gonna be back again in the coming weeks- his next song, 'Showin Off', leaked online, and although it's been taken down since, I think it's number 1 potential.