Can Fergie’s L.A Love end Uptown Funk’s reign at Number 1?

The Black Eyed Peas frontwoman is giving Mark Ronson a run for his money on today’s Update.

Hot on the heels of the Bruno Mars-assisted Uptown Funk – which currently holds the lead - is a new entry from Fergie.The singer’s comeback single L.A Love (La La) is fresh in at Number 2 and trailing Uptown Funk by less than 6,000 copies.

L.A Love is set to be Fergie’s first solo UK Top 40 hit since Big Girls Don’t Cry, which peaked at Number 2 in 2007. In 2010 she topped the charts guest featuring on David Guetta’s Gettin’ Over You.

Meanwhile, Hozier’s Take Me To Church holds firm at Number 3, and newcomer Karen Harding starts at Number 4 with her debut single Say Something.

Breaking the Top 5 after just 48 hours on sale is Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney’s FourFiveSeconds. The all-star collaboration is the first glimpse of Rihanna’s highly-anticipated new music and was unveiled online by the star last Saturday (January 24) before its UK release on Monday.

New entries and high climbers

New at Number 9 is Rhymes by singer Hannah Wants and producer Chris Lorenzo. The track, which was first unveiled last year, samples Daft Punk’s 2005 Top 40 hit Technologic.

Elsewhere, Selena Gomez is on course for her third UK Top 40 hit this week with The Heart Wants What It Wants at Number 15, and The Weeknd lifts from 41 to 35 with Earned It.

Finally, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel’s Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) is new at Number 36 on today’s Update, thanks to Top Gear. The song, which hit Number 1 in 1975, has re-entered the midweek chart following a campaign by Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson in response to the musician being recently handed a speeding fine.

Make Me Smile is currently enjoying a hefty 5,219% boost in sales this week (based on Sunday to Tuesday sales versus the same period last week). The track has been downloaded over 4,200 times already this week, which should lend the 63 year old singer a helping hand in paying off his fine.

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	UPTOWN FUNK	MARK RONSON FT BRUNO MARS
2	L.A.LOVE (LA LA)	FERGIE
3	TAKE ME TO CHURCH	HOZIER
4	SAY SOMETHING	KAREN HARDING
5	FOURFIVE SECONDS	RIHANNA/KANYE WEST/MCCARTNEY
6	LIPS ARE MOVIN	MEGHAN TRAINOR
7	WISH YOU WERE MINE	PHILIP GEORGE
8	UP	OLLY MURS FT DEMI LOVATO
9	RHYMES	HANNAH WANTS & CHRIS LORENZO
10	THINKING OUT LOUD	ED SHEERAN
11	THE NIGHTS	AVICII
12	HEROES (WE COULD BE)	ALESSO FT TOVE LO
13	BLANK SPACE	TAYLOR SWIFT
14	ELASTIC HEART	SIA
15	THE HEART WANTS WHAT IT WANTS	SELENA GOMEZ
16	LIKE I CAN	SAM SMITH
17	HOLD BACK THE RIVER	JAMES BAY
18	SOMETHING I NEED	BEN HAENOW
19	COOL KIDS	ECHOSMITH
20	ALL ABOUT THAT BASS	MEGHAN TRAINOR
21	OUTSIDE	CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING
22	REAL LOVE	CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE
23	I LOVED YOU	BLONDE FT MELISSA STEEL
24	SHAKE IT OFF	TAYLOR SWIFT
25	BUDAPEST	GEORGE EZRA
26	PROMESSES	TCHAMI FT KALEEM TAYLOR
27	DANGEROUS	DAVID GUETTA FT SAM MARTIN
28	CHANDELIER	SIA
29	SUGAR	MAROON 5
30	THESE DAYS	TAKE THAT
31	NIGHT CHANGES	ONE DIRECTION
32	I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE	SAM SMITH
33	BLAME IT ON ME	GEORGE EZRA
34	BANG BANG	JESSIE J/GRANDE/MINAJ
35	EARNED IT	WEEKND
36	MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME)	STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL
37	STAY WITH ME	SAM SMITH
38	WRAPPED UP	OLLY MURS FT TRAVIE MCCOY
39	DON'T	ED SHEERAN
40	DON'T TELL 'EM	JEREMIH FT YG