Shawn Mendes overtakes Justin Bieber in this week's Number 1 singles race
He's ruled the top end of the Official Singles Chart for the past three months; but Justin Bieber’s reign at Number 1 could be coming to end this week.
Fellow Canadian singer Shawn Mendes has taken an early lead on today’s Official Chart Update with his track Stitches and currently holds a narrow lead of just 621 combined sales over Bieber’s Love Yourself at the mid-week stage.
Since making his return in September last year and topping the chart with What Do You Mean, Bieber has held at least one position in the Top 5 and logged a staggering 12 weeks at Number 1 across the aforementioned songs plus Sorry.
MORE: Check out this week's Top 100 Official Singles Chart Update in full
Meanwhile, Mendes’ Stitches has been a success across the globe since its release last May, reaching the Top 10 in 16 countries, including a Number 4 peak in America.
Meanwhile, Bieber occupies spots 2 and 3 with Love Yourself and Sorry respectively, Adele’s Hello rebounds from 8 to 4, and One Direction’s History completes the Top 5.
New entries and high climbers
UK production duo Snakehips could earn himself a Top 10 placing this week with All My Friends ft. Tinashe and Chance The Rapper, jumping two places to 9, and The 1975 debut at 13 with The Sound, which is taken from their upcoming album I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It.
After belting it out on James Corden’s Carpool Kareoke last week, Adele’s All I Ask is heading for this week’s Top 20, currently at 15, and Little Mix’s Secret Love Song ft. Jason Derulo leaps 16 places to 18.
US rockers X Ambassadors climb 15 places to 32 with Renegade, and Ellie Goulding’s Army is on course for this week’s Top 40, up 22 places to 33.
Finally, Nathan Sykes’ Over And Over Again shoots up 90 places to 34 a new version of the song featuring Ariana Grande was released last week, and Swedish star Zara Larsson is in the running for a Top 40 placing with Lush Life this week, up 34 places to 38.
All final positions on this week’s Official Singles Chart will be revealed on Friday, January 22 at 5.45pm.
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David Martin
Finally! The 12-week reign of Justin Bieber will be over! :D
CaillouBiebsus
He still set records and will always have that 12 week reign. Mendes won't come close to that.
What's tragic for you, personally, is that your own personal victories are so non-existent, you can only live vicariously from the sidelines hoping other fail, when it's pretty clear they aren't.
12 weeks at the top is a triumph. Gnashing on comments boards is not. Remember that.
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Bruno Ferreira
Jesus.. Take a chill pill.
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Brad
Congratulations to Shawn Mendes for his success worldwide and it's great to see so many Canadian music acts who have taken over music charts worldwide recently.. Justin still has other singles to come off of his album "Purpose" so he may very well return to the #1 spot with another new single shortly. Justin has had three #1 singles already off of his album and while I am a fan of Justin's I am also happy to see another Canadian shine on the world stage and so probably is Justin.. I bet Justin will send out a congratulatory tweet out to Shawn if he overtakes him on the Official Charts and I bet that would be a career highlight for Shawn since he is a big of Justin's. "Sorry" is #1 currently on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart and it did the impossible feat of knocking off Adele's single "Hello" from the top which no other music act could do so I don't think Justin Bieber will be that heartbroken he may lose the #1 spot to Shawn Mendes on the Official Chart.
Brett
The streaming data for yesterday on Spotify and Apple Music is not included in this, nor is Apple's Saturday streams, once these are added Bieber will be back on top
Simeon Davenport
I hope Shawn passes him. Bieber's been #1 for far too long already. Besides, Shawn's streams are rising and could pass Bieber. He's already passed "What Do You Mean?" on Spotify, and could overtake "Sorry" as well. "Love Yourself" will probably be overtook soon as well.
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Brad
There are more singles yet to be released off of Justin's album "Purpose" so who knows how many more huge singles are yet to come down the road and possible #1's as well. I don't mind seeing another Canadian artist overtaking Justin since it does shine the spotlight on Canadian music artist in general. Justin has broken records around the world with his recent singles and has had three #1's on the Official Charts so let someone else from Canada shine until Justin releases a new single is what I say.. I think Shawn is very talented as well.
I Am A Stegosaurus
Shawn Mendes Number 1! Yes! Come on man!
I Am A Stegosaurus
The fact Nathan Sykes has got a new version of Over and Over Again with Ariana Opposite of Grande made me lose my vision though tbh.
David Farrell
Somebody please tell me why lush life isn't number one yet. I'll take top 40 for now but I expect great things