Ellie Goulding on track for first ever Number 1 single!

Ellie Goulding looks set to score her first ever Number 1 single this weekend with new track, Burn.

Ellie Goulding could be on course for her first ever Number 1 single this weekend, the OfficialCharts.com can reveal.

The 26-year-old singer/songwriter from Herefordshire looks set to knock reigning chart queen Miley Cyrus’ We Can’t Stop off the top spot with her new single, Burn. The track, which is taken from the forthcoming deluxe edition of her latest album, Halcyon, is currently outselling its closest competitor, Avicii’s Wake Me Up (Number 2) by almost two copies to one.

Should Ellie maintain her current lead, Burn will be her highest charting single to date; her cover of Elton John’s Your Song peaked at Number 2 on the Official Singles Chart in 2010. However, the Lady Gaga pop machine has started up and is thundering its way towards the Top 10 with new single Applause after only a few hours on sale, so anything could feasibly happen between now and Sunday.

Miley Cyrus’ We Can’t Stop falls two places to Number 3 on today’s Official Singles Chart Update, while Cedric Gervais’ remix of Lana Del Rey’s Summertime Sadness holds firm at Number 4. Meanwhile, Arctic Monkeys’ are new in at Number 5 today with Why’d You Call Me When You’re High, which is taken from their hotly anticipated new album, AM (out September 9).

New Entries and High Climbers

Following hot on the heels of their Number 4 smash Walks Like Rihanna last month, badboy boyband The Wanted look set to return to the Top 10 with new single, We Own The Night (Number 6).

London DJ and producer Ray Foxx is set to make his Official Singles Chart debut with summer dance anthem Boom Boom (Heartbeat) FT Rachel K Collier (13), while The Vaccines are new in at 34 with the lead track from their new EP, Melody Calling.

Drake’s Hold On We’re Going Home FT Majid Jordan has shot up 41 places putting it on track to make its Top 40 debut on today’s Official Singles Chart Update at 15, while OneRepublic’s new single Counting Stars, climbs three places to Number 40.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows. The final Official Singles Chart Top 100 will be posted in full here at 7pm on Sunday (August 18).

1	BURN	ELLIE GOULDING
2	WAKE ME UP	AVICII
3	WE CAN'T STOP	MILEY CYRUS
4	SUMMERTIME SADNESS	LANA DEL REY VS CEDRIC GERVAIS
5	WHY'D YOU ONLY CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE HIGH	ARCTIC MONKEYS
6	WE OWN THE NIGHT	WANTED
7	TRAMPOLINE	TINIE TEMPAH FT 2 CHAINZ
8	BLURRED LINES	ROBIN THICKE/TI/PHARRELL
9	LOVE ME AGAIN	JOHN NEWMAN
10	HOLY GRAIL	JAY-Z FT JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
11	APPLAUSE	LADY GAGA
12	THINKING ABOUT YOU	CALVIN HARRIS FT AYAH MARAR
13	BOOM BOOM (HEARTBEAT)	RAY FOXX FT RACHEL K COLLIER
14	BEST SONG EVER	ONE DIRECTION
15	HOLD ON WE'RE GOING HOME	DRAKE FT MAJID JORDAN
16	LA LA LA	NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM SMITH
17	I LOVE IT	ICONA POP FT CHARLI XCX
18	BANG BANG	WILL I AM
19	LET HER GO	PASSENGER
20	DO I WANNA KNOW	ARCTIC MONKEYS
21	F FOR YOU	DISCLOSURE
22	IT'S TIME	IMAGINE DRAGONS
23	RIGHT HERE	RUDIMENTAL FT FOXES
24	GET LUCKY	DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS
25	LITTLE TALKS	OF MONSTERS & MEN
26	TRUE LOVE	PINK FT LILY ALLEN
27	WAIT FOR ME	KINGS OF LEON
28	TAKE BACK THE NIGHT	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
29	THE OTHER SIDE	JASON DERULO
30	EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED	TAYLOR SWIFT FT ED SHEERAN
31	DEAR DARLIN'	OLLY MURS
32	COME & GET IT	SELENA GOMEZ
33	COOL	LE YOUTH
34	MELODY CALLING	VACCINES
35	RELOAD	S INGROSSO/T TRASH/J MARTIN
36	BIG WHEN I WAS LITTLE	ELIZA DOOLITTLE
37	JACK	BREACH
38	TREASURE	BRUNO MARS
39	DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT	TOPLOADER
40	COUNTING STARS	ONEREPUBLIC