Ed Sheeran set to end All About That Bass’s reign at Number 1

Ed Sheeran on course to top the Official Singles Chart after a 19-week climb.
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Ed Sheeran is set to end All About That Bass’s reign at Number 1 on this week’s Official Singles Chart.

The singer/songwriter’s Thinking Out Loud is likely to make its chart peak this Sunday after 19 weeks on the chart, currently 10,000 copies ahead of Meghan Trainor’s All About That Bass.

If it holds its position, Thinking Out Loud will become Ed’s second UK Number 1 single, after hitting the top spot for the first time back in June this year with Sing.

Meanwhile, Taylor Swift climbs two places to Number 3 with Shake It Off, and German producer Parra for Cuva is on course to be this week’s highest new entry with Wicked Games, featuring Anna Naklab.The track, which is a cover of Chris Isaak’s 1990 track Wicked Game, has also found success in Belgium and The Netherlands.

New entries and high climbers

After the unveiling of its music video starring Danny Devito last week, One Direction’s Steal My Girl rebounds 11 to 6, and Ed Sheeran’s Don’t rises 22 to 14.

Following their performance on last week’s X Factor, OneRepublic’s I Lived enters at Number 23, and newcomer Alexa Goddard could score her second Top 40 single this Sunday with So There, which is currently at Number 39. Alexa first charted in the Top 20 as an unsigned act back in 2010 after rising to fame on YouTube with a cover of Keri Hilson’s Turn My Swag On. Alexa has since been signed to Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label.

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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 THINKING OUT LOUD ED SHEERAN
2 ALL ABOUT THAT BASS MEGHAN TRAINOR
3 SHAKE IT OFF TAYLOR SWIFT
4 WICKED GAMES PARRA FOR CUVA FT ANNA NAKLAB
5 BANG BANG JESSIE J/GRANDE/MINAJ
6 STEAL MY GIRL ONE DIRECTION
7 DON'T TELL 'EM JEREMIH FT YG
8 BUMP & GRIND 2014 WAZE & ODYSSEY VS R KELLY
9 CHANGING SIGMA FT PALOMA FAITH
10 BLAME CALVIN HARRIS FT JOHN NEWMAN
11 I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE SAM SMITH
12 BLAME IT ON ME GEORGE EZRA
13 TINA FUSE ODG FT ANGEL
14 DON'T ED SHEERAN
15 STAY WITH ME SAM SMITH
16 PRAYER IN C LILLY WOOD & ROBIN SCHULZ
17 ANACONDA NICKI MINAJ
18 BUDAPEST GEORGE EZRA
19 BREAK FREE ARIANA GRANDE FT ZEDD
20 GHOST ELLA HENDERSON
21 SUPERHEROES SCRIPT
22 SING ED SHEERAN
23 I LIVED ONEREPUBLIC
24 ANIMALS MAROON 5
25 RUDE MAGIC
26 UGLY HEART GRL
27 LOVE RUNS OUT ONEREPUBLIC
28 ALL OF ME JOHN LEGEND
29 OH CECILIA (BREAKING MY HEART) VAMPS
30 GLOW ELLA HENDERSON
31 HAPPY PHARRELL WILLIAMS
32 DRUNK AND INCAPABLE KRISHANE FT MELISSA STEEL
33 LET IT GO IDINA MENZEL
34 CHANDELIER SIA
35 BLACK WIDOW IGGY AZALEA FT RITA ORA
36 AM I WRONG NICO & VINZ
37 TAKE ME TO CHURCH HOZIER
38 GUTS OVER FEAR EMINEM FT SIA
39 SO THERE ALEXA GODDARD
40 RATHER BE CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE

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