Can 5 Seconds Of Summer stop Ella Henderson’s chart-topping reign?

5SOS go head-to-head with Ella Henderson in this week’s race to Number 1. But who will finish on top?

5 Seconds Of Summer are going head-to-head with reigning chart queen Ella Henderson in the race to this week’s Official Number 1 single.

The Aussie boyband’s new track, Don’t Stop, is currently leading the pack on today’s Official Singles Chart Update, while Ella slides into second place with her debut release, Ghost, which topped the chart on Sunday.

5SOS currently have a lead of 22,000 copies over Ella at this midway stage, however the 18-year-old’s sales momentum increased over night, so this chart race could go down to the wire. To find out who comes out on top, tune into the Official Chart with Jameela Jamil on Radio 1 this Sunday from 4pm and log on to www.officialcharts.com for the full Top 100 from 7pm.

Meanwhile, Bristol singer/songwriter George Ezra is on track for his highest charting single to date with Budapest (Number 3), while Ed Sheeran drops two places to Number 4 with Sing. This week’s Top 5 is completed by Gorgon City with Here For You FT Laura Welsh (5). It is set to become the London-based duo’s second Top 5 hit, following Ready For Your Love FT MNEK, which peaked at Number 4 back in January of this year.

New Entries and High Climbers

In addition to 5 Seconds Of Summer’s Don’t Stop (Number 1), George Ezra’s Budapest (3) and Gorgon City’s Here For You (5), there are three other new entries on this week’s Official Singles Chart Update, and one re-entry.

Former Disney princess Demi Lovato is on track for her fifth Top 40 hit this weekend with new single Neon Lights (Number 11), while One by Ed Sheeran climbs 21 places to re-enter the midweek Top 40 at 26.

Around Town, the second single to be culled from The Kooks’ fourth studio album, is at Number 32 on today’s Update, while Peace are currently at Number 40 with new single Money.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows. The Official Singles Chart Top 100 will be posted in full, here, on Sunday at 7pm.

1	DON'T STOP	5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
2	GHOST	ELLA HENDERSON
3	BUDAPEST	GEORGE EZRA
4	SING	ED SHEERAN
5	HERE FOR YOU	GORGON CITY FT LAURA WELSH
6	STAY WITH ME	SAM SMITH
7	WASTED	TIESTO FT MATTHEW KOMA
8	WIGGLE	JASON DERULO FT SNOOP DOGG
9	ALL OF ME	JOHN LEGEND
10	WAVES	MR PROBZ
11	NEON LIGHTS	DEMI LOVATO
12	SALUTE	LITTLE MIX
13	I WANNA FEEL	SECONDCITY
14	I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN	RITA ORA
15	ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS	PALOMA FAITH
16	DANGEROUS LOVE	FUSE ODG FT SEAN PAUL
17	HAPPY	PHARRELL WILLIAMS
18	SUMMER	CALVIN HARRIS
19	JUBEL	KLINGANDE
20	LET IT GO	IDINA MENZEL
21	LOVE NEVER FELT SO GOOD	MICHAEL JACKSON
22	FANCY	IGGY AZALEA FT CHARLI XCX
23	A SKY FULL OF STARS	COLDPLAY
24	HIDEAWAY	KIESZA
25	NOBODY TO LOVE	SIGMA
26	ONE	ED SHEERAN
27	CLARITY	ZEDD FT FOXES
28	RATHER BE	CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE
29	EEZ-EH	KASABIAN
30	LOYAL	CHRIS BROWN/LIL WAYNE/TYGA
31	SHE LOOKS SO PERFECT	5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
32	AROUND TOWN	KOOKS
33	WE ARE ONE (OLE OLA)	PITBULL/LOPEZ/LEITTE
34	BIRTHDAY	KATY PERRY
35	STRONGER THAN EVER	RALEIGH RITCHIE
36	NOBLE ENGLAND	RIK MAYALL
37	WEST COAST	LANA DEL REY
38	EXTRAORDINARY	CLEAN BANDIT FT SHARNA BASS
39	I GOT U	DUKE DUMONT FT JAX JONES
40	MONEY	PEACE