Dappy and Brian May to knock Gotye and Kimbra off Number 1?

Dappy‘s Rockstar FT Brian May could be on course to knock Gotye’s Somebody That I Used To Know FT Kimbra off the top of the Official Singles Chart this Sunday according to today’s Official Chart Update.

This morning’s Official Charts Company sales data puts the N Dubz star and the Queen guitarist just a few thousand copies behind Gotye and New Zealand singer/songwriter Kimbra, who returned to Number 1 on Sunday for a second non-consecutive week at the Official Singles Chart summit. If Dappy can overtake Gotye before this week is over, it will give the London-born singer his second Official Number 1 single.

Emeli Sande, who won the Critics’ Choice Award at last week’s BRITs, slips one place to Number 3 with Next To Me, while Flo Rida’s Wild Ones FT Sia holds steady at Number 4. Former Number 1, DJ Fresh FT Rita Ora’s Hot Right Now, completes this week’s Official Update Top 5.

New entries

The second highest new entry on this week’s Official Update is Twenty Seven Million (Number 8) by Brighton-based Christian worship leader Matt Redman and Manchester hip-hop outfit LZ7. Twenty Seven Million is a charity single to raise funds and awareness for The A21 Campaign – a charity working with the victims of human trafficking.

Philadelphia hip-hop duo Chiddy Bang look set to score their second Top 20 single with Ray Charles (13), while 17-year-old French electropop producer, Madeon (real name Hugo Leclercq) is on course to land his debut Top 40 single with Icarus (15).

Arctic Monkeys’ latest track, R U Mine, is new in at Number 22, while Drumsound and Bassline’s reworking of Utah Saints’ What Can You Do For Me?, debuts at 23. The original version of the track reached Number 10 in September 1991.

This week’s final Official Update new entry is from 19-year-old former friend of Barney The Friendly Dinosaur, Demi Lovato with Skyscraper (26). If Skyscraper manages to hold its position, it will give Lovato her highest charting single to date and third Top 40 hit.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

Official Singles Chart Update
01 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW - GOTYE FT KIMBRA
02 ROCKSTAR - DAPPY FT BRIAN MAY
03 NEXT TO ME - EMELI SANDE
04 WILD ONES - FLO RIDA FT SIA
05 HOT RIGHT NOW - DJ FRESH FT RITA ORA
06 STARSHIPS - NICKI MINAJ
07 TITANIUM - DAVID GUETTA FT SIA
08 TWENTY SEVEN MILLION - MATT REDMAN & LZ7
09 STRONGER - KELLY CLARKSON
10 DOMINO - JESSIE J
11 TURN ME ON - DAVID GUETTA FT NICKI MINAJ
12 DRUNK - ED SHEERAN
13 RAY CHARLES - CHIDDY BANG
14 MAMA DO THE HUMP - RIZZLE KICKS
15 ICARUS - MADEON
16 T.H.E (THE HARDEST EVER) - WILL I AM/JAGGER/LOPEZ
17 ASS BACK HOME - GYM CLASS HEROES FT NEON HITCH
18 SEXY AND I KNOW IT - LMFAO
19 ALONE AGAIN - ALYSSA REID FT JUMP SMOKERS
20 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY
21 INTERNATIONAL LOVE - PITBULL FT CHRIS BROWN
22 R U MINE - ARCTIC MONKEYS
23 WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME - UTAH SAINTS/DRUMSOUND/BASSLINE
24 MIRROR - LIL WAYNE FT BRUNO MARS
25 BREATHING - JASON DERULO
26 SKYSCRAPER - DEMI LOVATO
27 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN
28 TWILIGHT - COVER DRIVE
29 WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA FT CALVIN HARRIS
30 DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT - OLLY MURS
31 N****S IN PARIS - JAY-Z & KANYE WEST
32 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY
33 PARADISE - COLDPLAY
34 WANT U BACK - CHER LLOYD FT ASTRO
35 CHARLIE BROWN - COLDPLAY
36 JAR OF HEARTS - CHRISTINA PERRI
37 GOOD FEELING - FLO RIDA
38 MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON 5 FT CHRISTINA AGUILERA
39 ONE THING - ONE DIRECTION
40 DEDICATION TO MY EX (MISS THAT) - LLOYD FT ANDRE 3000/LIL WAYNE