Aloe Blacc heading for debut solo Number 1 with The Man

Aloe Blacc set to follow up his Number 1 smash with Avicii, Wake Me Up, with a chart topper of his own!

Aloe Blacc looks set to knock 5 Seconds Of Summer off the top of the Official Singles Chart this weekend with his latest single, The Man.

The US singer/songwriter shot to fame in 2011 with the track I Need Dollar. While this will be his first solo Number 1 on our shores, Aloe did of course reach the top spot last summer providing guest vocals for Avicii’s million-selling hit, Wake Me Up.

The Man, which samples the chorus melody of Sir Elton John’s Your Song, is taken from Aloe’s third album, Lift Your Spirit, which is set for release in the UK next Monday (April 7).

Meanwhile, Duke Dumont and Jax Jones former Number 1, I Got U, holds firm at Number 2, while John Legend’s All Of Me climbs two to Number 3.

John Martin, who has featured on four massive Top 10 hits (including Swedish House Mafia’s first and only UK Number 1 smash, Don’t You Worry Child) is now on track for a Top 10 single all of his own. The Swedish singer/songwriter’s debut solo single, Anywhere For You, enters today’s Update at Number 4.
Faul & Wad Ad Vs Pnau’s Changes completes today’s Top 5, falling two places to Number 5.

New Entries

Scottish singer / songwriter Paolo Nutini is hovering just outside of the Top 10 on today’s Official Singles Chart Update withnew single Scream (Funk My Life Up) (Number 11). The track is the first single to be lifted from his hotly anticipated third album, Caustic Love, which is set to be released in the UK on April 14.

Shakira is on track for her 12th Top 40 hit this weekend with Empire. Taken from her recently released self-titled album, the track climbs 41 places to Number 20 today. Meanwhile, The Klaxons are new in at 33 with There Is No Other Time - the first single to be lifted from their forthcoming album, Love Frequency, while late Chicago house legend Frankie Knuckles rounds off the midweek new entries as Your Love rides at Number 35.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows. The Official Singles Chart Top 100 will be posted in full, here, on Sunday at 7pm.

1	THE MAN	ALOE BLACC
2	I GOT U	DUKE DUMONT FT JAX JONES
3	ALL OF ME	JOHN LEGEND
4	ANYWHERE FOR YOU	JOHN MARTIN
5	CHANGES	FAUL & WAD AD VS PNAU
6	MY LOVE	ROUTE 94 FT JESS GLYNNE
7	HAPPY	PHARRELL WILLIAMS
8	I'M A FREAK	ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FT PITBULL
9	RATHER BE	CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE
10	SHE LOOKS SO PERFECT	5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
11	SCREAM (FUNK MY LIFE UP)	PAOLO NUTINI
12	DARK HORSE	KATY PERRY FT JUICY J
13	LOYAL	CHRIS BROWN FT LIL WAYNE
14	TSUNAMI (JUMP)	DVBBS & BORGEOUS/TINIE TEMPAH
15	SELFIE	CHAINSMOKERS
16	MONEY ON MY MIND	SAM SMITH
17	ADDICTED TO YOU	AVICII
18	HUMAN	CHRISTINA PERRI
19	WIZARD	MARTIN GARRIX & JAY HARDWAY
20	EMPIRE	SHAKIRA
21	SAY SOMETHING	A GREAT BIG WORLD/AGUILERA
22	LET IT GO	IDINA MENZEL
23	MAGIC	COLDPLAY
24	TIMBER	PITBULL FT KESHA
25	RED LIGHTS	TIESTO
26	FEELIN' MYSELF	WILL I AM/CYRUS/KHALIFA
27	READY FOR YOUR LOVE	GORGON CITY FT MNEK
28	SHOT ME DOWN	DAVID GUETTA FT SKYLAR GREY
29	IF I COULD CHANGE YOUR MIND	HAIM
30	COUNTING STARS	ONEREPUBLIC
31	DRUNK IN LOVE	BEYONCE FT JAY-Z
32	HOW I FEEL	FLO RIDA
33	THERE IS NO OTHER TIME	KLAXONS
34	NA NA	TREY SONGZ
35	YOUR LOVE	FRANKIE KNUCKLES
36	INTO THE BLUE	KYLIE MINOGUE
37	HOW LONG WILL I LOVE YOU	ELLIE GOULDING
38	WORD UP	LITTLE MIX
39	HEY BROTHER	AVICII
40	CRYING FOR NO REASON	KATY B