Shawn Mendes heading for UK Top 40 debut with new single Wonder this week
Shawn Mendes is heading for the UK Top 40 this week, as his new single Wonder is set to make its debut on the Official Charts.
Mixing gospel influences with a moody mid-tempo rock ballad with heady splashes of electronica, Wonder was written by Mendes alongside Scott Harris, Nate Mercerau and Kid Harpoon, a frequent collaborator of Harry Styles.
Wonder is the first major release by Mendes for more than a year, following 2019's blockbuster duet Senorita with girlfriend Camila Cabello, which topped the singles charts in both the UK and US.
As it stands on today's sales flash (Oct. 5), Wonder is set to breakthrough at Number 21 in this week's Official Singles Chart, securing Mendes his 10th UK Top 40 single.
MORE: View Shawn Mendes' full Official Charts history
Also on track on Friday's singles chart at Number 27 are K-pop sirens BLACKPINK, with Lovesick Girls, taken from their debut album titled The Album.
Dua Lipa also makes gains this week, with her newest Future Nostalgia single Levitating coming in at Number 32, following the release of its new remix with DaBaby. Dua previously released a reworked version featuring Madonna and Missy Elliott.
Elsewhere, Jorja Smith could bag herself a fifth Top 40 entry with Come Over ft. Popcaan (36), and Miley Cyrus is heading for her 19th UK Top 40 single with her viral glam-rock cover of the Blondie classic Heart of Glass (38).
The final Official Chart Top 40 will be unveiled on BBC Radio 1’s Official Chart with Scott Mills this Friday from 4pm, with the full Official Singles Chart Top 100 published on OfficialCharts.com from 5.45pm.
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Joshua Sombra
I am happy for Dua Lipa for "Levitating" but I am not letting this song on the Top 40 yet until "Hallucinate" is at least on the Top 10 because I feel like I will be selfish if I listened to Levitating more than Hallucinate but I like both songs. So until "Hallucinate" goes in the Top 10 or No.1 at some point I will let "Levitating" chart on the Top 40.
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Nu No
The charts based on streaming instead of sales is really bizzarre. Fans do have a saying manipulating charts now... even if the song doesn't make much money as if it actually sells (1000 points from streaming give artists 50 times less money than 1000 points from pure sales, not very diferent from on demand radio).