Camila Cabello's Havana and Rita Ora Ora's Anywhere locked in battle for this week's Number 1 single
Plus there are new Top 40 entries from this year's Children In Need single, David Guetta and Luis Fonsi and Demi Lovato.
Camila Cabello is facing serious competition from Rita Ora for the Number 1 spot on this week's Official Singles Chart.
After three weeks at the top, Camila's Havana continues to lead the way in today's Official Chart Update (Nov 20), but Rita Ora's Anywhere is close behind; just 2,000 streaming equivalent sales and downloads separate the two.
Two more songs are also on the rise inside the Top 5: Marshmello's Silence ft. Khalid lifts from 5 to Number 3, while Ed Sheeran's Perfect lifts 6 to 4 and could match its Number 4 peak this Friday (Nov 24) that it reached back when his ÷ album was released in March.
MORE: View this week's Top 100 Official Singles Chart Update in full
New entries and high climbers
Comedy rapper Big Shaq is set to reach new highs this week with Man's Not Hot, lifting from 8 to 6, and Stormzy and MNEK's Blinded By Your Grace Pt 2 is on track to enter this week's Top 10, currently up five places to Number 12.
Katie Melua is set to return to the Top 40 for the first time in seven years this week with Fields Of Gold - her cover of the Sting classic that serves as this year's Children In Need single opens at Number 10. Performed during last Friday's appeal which raised over £50m, Katie's song choice was a tribute to the charity's Life President, the late Sir Terry Wogan.
MORE: The Official biggest selling Children In Need singles
Outside the Top 10, MK's 17 continues to climb, up from 20 to 13 in today's update, and Jason Derulo's Tip Toe ft. French Montana jumps 13 places into the Top 40 at 34.
Further down, David Guetta's Dirty Sexy Money ft. Afrojack, Charli XCX and French Montana could enter this week's Top 40, up seven places to 35 and Luis Fonsi's brand new single, Echame La Culpa ft. Demi Lovato, is new at 39.
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Finally, with less than five weeks to go until Christmas, Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You is poised to make its Top 40 return this week, zooming from 88 to 40.
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Piran
It's cool that 'Havana' could lead for a fourth week, but given how much 'Anywhere' has closed the gap since last Friday, I wouldn't be surprised if that can overtake it on the actual chart!
I like that Stormzy & Katie Melua are projected to enter the Top 10, although I expect the latter artist to be a bit lower on the main chart unfortunately.
Beyond that, I love the gains for 'Man's Not Hot' & '17'! :)
Foxes
'Anywhere' could pass 'Havana' by Friday, but we've also got to remember that at last week's midweek stage there was only 2,000 separating them as well, but by the end of the week it had increased dramatically to 8,000. I don't think there'll be that much of a gap this week, but I think 'Havana' will still come out with a ~4,000 sales lead. Next week though I can see 'Anywhere' going to #1.
I'm also glad to see gains for 'Blinded By Your Grace', 'Man's Not Hot' & '17', and I really want to see 'Perfect' keep that #4 spot or even climb, just so that it can match or beat it's original chart placing. Given that Ed's going to perform at the X Factor this Saturday, I can see it breaking into the Top 3 next week.
Piran
When do you see 'Havana' being affected by the 300:1 streaming to sales ratio then? It looks like it came into effect for 'Rockstar' this week, which doesn't really surprise me.
I agree with your prediction for 'Perfect', but I think #2 or #3 will be its peak. Do you think '17' will hit the Top 10 then? I think it might in the week after next.
Foxes
Next week is the very earliest it could get the new ratio, but if it didn't drop last week or if it gains this week it'll stick around for a bit longer. I'd say probably either next week or the week after. And yeah, it looks like it hit 'rockstar', but what does surprise me is it managing to stick around in the Top 10 even though a vast majority of it's sales came from streams.
Yeah, I don't see 'Perfect' quite reaching #1, but even a #2 for it would make it Ed's 5th Top 2 single this year, which is still mighty impressive. We've also had confirmation that 'Happier' is the next single from '÷', and is actually the final single. It being the next single doesn't surprise me, but it being the final single definitely does. Since 'Happier' is meant to be promoted to a single early next year, we may see the next album late next year. I was not expecting a new album until late 2019 at the earliest, but I am totally fine if it comes earlier.
I hope that '17' can reach the Top 10, and at the rate it's going it should make it there in the next few weeks.