Who is Regard? The 'Ride It' DJ battling for Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart

Kosovo-born Regard is on his way to a surprise global smash with Ride It.

Regard's Ride It claims the Number 1 spot on this week's Official Trending Chart, as the club track continues to build on the charts, radio and online.

Ride It, a remix of a single released in 2008 by R&B pop singer-songwriter Jay Sean, is currently battling Ed Sheeran for the top spot on this week's Official Singles Chart Top 40.

The song recently became a viral hit through video social media platform Tik Tok, where fans took part in the #rideitchallenge. At the time, no one really knew who was behind the song. Earlier this year, Lil Nas X shot to global fame with Old Town Road thanks to a viral hit on Tik Tok.

Last month Ride It entered the Official Singles Chart Top 100 at Number 69. This week the song is challenging for Number 1, currently up from Number 11 to Number 2 in the latest sales flash.

Regard - real name Dardan Aliu - is a Kosovo-born DJ and producer who began his music career in 2008.

Elsewhere on the latest trending Top 20, Dance Monkey by Australian singer-songwriter Tones & I continues to grow in popularity and is set to enter the Top 10 on this week's Official Singles Chart. Read about her global success so far here.

Elsewhere, brand-new tracks impacting the Official Trending Chart include The Last Time by The Script, the lead single from their sixth album due later this year. Tiesto and Mabel's new collaboration God Is A Dancer is also off to a strong star, while two Liam Gallagher songs, One Of Us and Now That I've Found You, are trending following release of his new album Why Me? Why Not.

Official Trending Chart Top 20

POS	CLIMB	TITLE	ARTIST	LW	CURRENT	DIFF	PREV PEAK
1		RIDE IT	REGARD	11	2	9	11
2		DANCE MONKEY	TONES & I	14	7	7	14
3		BOTH	HEADIE ONE	13	13	0	13
4		POST MALONE	SAM FELDT FT RANI	17	14	3	16
5		BE HONEST	JORJA SMITH FT BURNA BOY	18	16	2	18
6	⬆️⬆️	WILEY FLOW	STORMZY	37	17	20	37
7		PROFESSOR X	DAVE	24	18	6	24
8		OUTNUMBERED	DERMOT KENNEDY	20	19	1	20
9	⬆️⬆️	GOOD AS HELL	LIZZO	58	22	36
10		PANINI	LIL NAS X	23	23	0	23
11		TRUTH HURTS	LIZZO	30	30	0	29
12		THE LAST TIME	SCRIPT	NE	31	0
13		MOTIVATION	NORMANI	32	32	0	30
14		F**K I'M LONELY	LAUV & ANNE-MARIE	34	33	1	32
15		LALALA	Y2K & BBNOS	40	35	5	37
16		GOD IS A DANCER	TIESTO & MABEL	NE	36	0
17		WILL WE TALK	SAM FENDER	43	43	0
18		4AM IN COVENTRY	JAY1	NE	44	0
19		BEHIND BARZ	DRAKE	51	46	5
20		ONE OF US	LIAM GALLAGHER	RE	48	0

Key

⬆️ - Indicates a climb of 10 places
LW - Last week's Official Singles Chart position
CURRENT - Current position on today's Official Singles Chart sales flash
DIFF - Number of places climbed since the previous week on the Official Singles Chart

Listen to a playlist of this week's Official Trending Chart Top 20 on Spotify below. Click here to listen on Deezer.