John Newman on course for his first solo Number 1 with Love Me Again

Rudimental collaborator John Newman set to topple Icona Pop’s I Love It from the top of the Official Singles Chart.
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Rudimental collaborator John Newman set to topple Icona Pop’s I Love It from the top of the Official Singles Chart.

They managed to end Robin Thicke’s month-long domination of Number 1 with Blurred Lines, but Icona Pop’s run at the top of the Official Singles Chart looks likely to be cut short this weekend.

According to the Official Chart Company’s latest sales data, John Newman’s debut solo single Love Me Again is on course to debut at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart this Sunday, outselling electro twosome Icona Pop by almost two to one at this midway stage.

Love Me Again has sold over 70,000 copies up to midnight last night, and is likely to break the 100,000 mark by the time the Official Singles Chart is revealed on Sunday, which would make this the 12th week running in which the Number 1 single has sold 100,000 copies in a week. The track would be John Newman’s first Number 1 as a solo artist, having previously reached the top spot with electronic quartet Rudimental on Feel the Love in June 2012.

Tune into the Official Chart Show with Jameela Jamil on BBC Radio 1 from 4pm on Sunday, or log on to www.officialcharts.com from 7pm to find out if John Newman can hang on to his lead over Icona Pop.

Icona Pop’s I Love It slip one place to Number 2 on today’s Official Singles Chart Update, clocking up almost 40,000 sales so far this week.

Former Number 1 star Robin Thicke falls to Number 3 with Blurred Lines. Will.I.Am’s Bang Bang holds fast at Number 4 for another week on today’s Update. Britain’s Got Talent finalist Gabz completes the Official Chart Update Top 5 with her debut single Lighters (The One).

New Entries and High Climbers

The Saturdays look set for their 13th Top 10 hit this weekend with Gentleman debuting at Number 8, while DJ and remixer Russ Chimes is on course for his first Top 40 hit in his own right with Turn Me Out, new at 33.

The Glastonbury effect has seen big climbs for Mumford & Sons, jumping 59 places to Number 27 with I Will Wait, and Jake Bugg, leaping 18 places to Number 38 with Broken – the track’s first time in the Top 40.

Finally, Spark Productions’ cover of Avicii and Aloe Blacc’s collaboration Wake Me Up is at Number 39. The original track is currently slated for release on 18 August.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1 LOVE ME AGAIN JOHN NEWMAN
2 I LOVE IT ICONA POP FT CHARLI XCX
3 BLURRED LINES ROBIN THICKE/TI/PHARRELL
4 BANG BANG WILL I AM
5 LIGHTERS (THE ONE) GABZ
6 LA LA LA NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM SMITH
7 LET HER GO PASSENGER
8 GENTLEMAN SATURDAYS
9 LOST & NOT FOUND CHASE & STATUS FT LOUIS MTTRS
10 THE OTHER SIDE JASON DERULO
11 GET LUCKY DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS
12 WALKS LIKE RIHANNA WANTED
13 DEAR DARLIN' OLLY MURS
14 WILD JESSIE J/BIG SEAN/D RASCAL
15 EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED TAYLOR SWIFT FT ED SHEERAN
16 ANOTHER LOVE TOM ODELL
17 TREASURE BRUNO MARS
18 GOIN' CRAZY DIZZEE RASCAL/ROBBIE WILLIAMS
19 PLAY HARD DAVID GUETTA FT NE-YO & AKON
20 DO I WANNA KNOW ARCTIC MONKEYS
21 CAN'T HOLD US MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/DALTON
22 ANTENNA FUSE ODG
23 WAITING ALL NIGHT RUDIMENTAL FT ELLA EYRE
24 HEART ATTACK DEMI LOVATO
25 HO HEY LUMINEERS
26 POMPEII BASTILLE
27 I WILL WAIT MUMFORD & SONS
28 SO GOOD TO ME CHRIS MALINCHAK
29 THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE ARMIN VAN BUUREN FT T GUTHRIE
30 BEAUTIFUL MARIAH CAREY FT MIGUEL
31 LIGHTS ON WILEY/ANGEL/TINCHY STRYDER
32 CRAZY KIDS KESHA FT WILL I AM
33 TURN ME OUT RUSS CHIMES
34 WE OWN IT (FAST & FURIOUS) 2 CHAINZ FT WIZ KHALIFA
35 RADIOACTIVE IMAGINE DRAGONS
36 FEEL THE LOVE RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN
37 JUST GIVE ME A REASON PINK FT NATE RUESS
38 BROKEN JAKE BUGG
39 WAKE ME UP SPARK PRODUCTIONS
40 BLACK SKINHEAD KANYE WEST

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