Chris Brown still dancing his way to Number 1

Chris Brown is still leading the race to Number 1 according to today’s Official Singles Chart Update.

As reported yesterday, the Virginia-born singer’s new single, Turn Up The Music, is on course to evict current chart topper, Katy Perry’s Part Of Me from the summit of the Official Singles Chart this Sunday. This would be a personal best for Brown whose highest chart placing to date as a lead artist was Number 2 with debut single, Run It!, back in 2006.

Meanwhile Jamaican singer Sean Paul looks set to hold on to second place, with She Doesn’t Mind, still going strong at Number 2. Katy Perry’s Part Of Me looks likely to slip from Number 1 to Number 3, while Gotye and Kimbra’s Somebody That I Used To Know is also down one from Number 3 to Number 4. Nicki Minaj’s Satrships completes this week’s Official Update Top 5.

New releases

Plan B is back with the critically-acclaimed Ill Manors single, the first taster of his hotly anticipated, third studio record of the same name.

Ill Manors is a radical departure from Plan B's 2010 Number 1 concept album, The Defamation Of Strickland Banks, and will see the four times platinum star to his rap roots to tackle real-life social issues.

“Since the riots happened I haven't heard enough people within the public sector asking the two most important questions; 'Why did it happen and how can we prevent it from happening again?',” explains Plan B. “I do have a theory as to why and how but first I need to make my point. And I’ve chosen satire to do so.

“The point being made in my song Ill Manors is that society needs to take some responsibility for the cause of these riots,” he adds. “Why are there so many kids in this country that don't feel they have a future, or care about having a criminal record?”

Ill Manors the single is on course to enter at Number 6 this Sunday, the album will be released on May 14.

This week’s Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 new entries are completed by B Traits whose debut single and rave anthem, Fever, features guest vocalist Elisabeth Troy and is on course for Number 32, while Jessie J’s Mamma Knows Best from debut album Who You Are is looking likely to enter at Number 40.

The full Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

OFFICIAL SINGLES CHART UPDATE TOP 40
01 TURN UP THE MUSIC - CHRIS BROWN
02 SHE DOESN'T MIND - SEAN PAUL
03 PART OF ME - KATY PERRY
04 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW - GOTYE FT KIMBRA
05 STARSHIPS - NICKI MINAJ
06 ILL MANORS - PLAN B
07 WILD ONES - FLO RIDA FT SIA
08 TITANIUM - DAVID GUETTA FT SIA
09 LAST TIME - LABRINTH
10 NEXT TO ME - EMELI SANDE
11 N****S IN PARIS - JAY-Z & KANYE WEST
12 TURN ME ON - DAVID GUETTA FT NICKI MINAJ
13 DOMINO - JESSIE J
14 PROUD - JLS
15 I WON'T GIVE UP - JASON MRAZ
16 HOT RIGHT NOW - DJ FRESH FT RITA ORA
17 212 - AZEALIA BANKS FT LAZY JAY
18 ELEPHANT - ALEXANDRA BURKE/ERICK MORILLO
19 SEXY AND I KNOW IT - LMFAO
20 LOVE ME - STOOSHE FT TRAVIE MCCOY
21 GREYHOUND - SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA
22 MAMA DO THE HUMP - RIZZLE KICKS
23 THE SWARM - YOU ME AT SIX
24 TALK THAT TALK - RIHANNA FT JAY-Z
25 DRUNK - ED SHEERAN
26 CHARLIE BROWN - COLDPLAY
27 SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO
28 BRIGHT LIGHTS - TINCHY STRYDER FT PIXIE LOTT
29 STRONGER (WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU) - KELLY CLARKSON
30 MIRROR - LIL WAYNE FT BRUNO MARS
31 EARTHQUAKE - LABRINTH FT TINIE TEMPAH
32 FEVER - B TRAITS FT ELISABETH TROY
33 ALONE AGAIN - ALYSSA REID FT JUMP SMOKERS
34 TAKE CARE - DRAKE FT RIHANNA
35 DEDICATION TO MY EX (MISS THAT) - LLOYD FT ANDRE 3000/LIL WAYNE
36 MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON 5 FT CHRISTINA AGUILERA
37 DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT - OLLY MURS
38 PARADISE - COLDPLAY
39 SEVEN NATION ARMY - MARCUS COLLINS
40 MAMMA KNOWS BEST - JESSIE J

© 2012 The Official Charts Company

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Chris Brown - Turn Up The Music on MUZU.TV.