Doja Cat in fierce four-way race for UK Number 1 single this week

If Doja Cat wants to Paint the Town Red for a fifth week at Number 1, she'll have to fend off some fierce competition as, currently, less than 2,000 chart units separate her and three other contenders for the top spot. 

Kenya Grace’s Strangers will be looking to close the gap (2), while BTS star Jung Kook and Jack Harlow’s 3D aims for this week’s highest new entry (3). Our final challengers come in the form of cassö, RAYE and D-Block Europe on Prada (4). 

Sonny Fodera, MK and Clementine Douglas’s slow-burning dance hit Asking is expected to enter the Top 10 for the first time ever this week (10).

Rising South African star Tyla’s breakthrough smash Water could also rush to a new peak (12), as could Burna Boy’s City Boys (14) and Billy Gillies & Hannah Boleyn’s DNA (Loving You) (17).

Following the release of his latest record Autumn Variations, Ed Sheeran’s American Town is heading for a Number 19 debut.

And finally, after weeks of bubbling inside the Top 40, Issey Cross’s biggest solo hit to date, Bittersweet Goodbye, could jump five to Number 20.