Example takes on The Script and Will.I.Am for Number 1 single

Reigning chart champs The Script and Will.I.Am face tough competition from South London rapper Example as they attempt to hold onto Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart for a second week running.

According to today’s Official Chart Update, reigning chart champs The Script and Will.I.Am face tough competition from South London rapper Example as they attempt to hold onto Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart for a second week running.

The Irish rockers, who scored their first ever Number 1 single on Sunday with Hall Of Fame FT Will.I.Am, frontman Danny O'Donoghue’s fellow coach on The Voice, are just 2,000 ahead of Example’s newly released track Say Nothing at this mid-way stage.

Former chart topper Ne-Yo’s Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself) is holding firm at Number 3, while P!nk’s Blow Me (One Last Kiss) climbs one place to Number 4. Little Mix complete this week’s Official Singles Chart Top 5 with Wings (5).

New entries And High Climbers

In addition to Example’s Say Nothing (Number 2), there are two other new entries on this week’s Official Singles Chart Update.

Dappy’s new track Good Intentions looks set to debut at Number 8. If it can maintain its current momentum, Good Intentions will be the third single from the N-Dubz star’s forthcoming debut solo album, Bad Intentions, to go Top 10. Meanwhile, Jessica Wright, from The Only Way Is Essex is on track to enter at Number 27 with her debut single, Dance All Night.

This week’s highest climber so far is Gangnam Style by K-pop global phenomenon, Psy. The track, which has amassed over 219 million views on YouTube, broke into the Official Singles Chart Top 40 on Sunday. Today his ascent continues as Gangnam Style steams on ahead 21 places, and is set to smash its way into the Top 20 on Sunday at Number 16.

Conor Maynard’s Turn Around FT Ne-Yo is up 14 places to number 24, while Justin Bieber’s As Long As You Love Me FT Big Sean, climbs 12 places to Number 32.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

01	HALL OF FAME	THE SCRIPT FT WILL I AM
02	SAY NOTHING	EXAMPLE
03	LET ME LOVE YOU (UNTIL YOU LEARN TO LOVE	NE-YO
04	BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS)	PINK
05	WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER	TAYLOR SWIFT
06	YOU BRING ME JOY	AMELIA LILY
07	WINGS	LITTLE MIX
08	GOOD INTENTIONS	DAPPY
09	GOOD TIME	OWL CITY/CARLY RAE JEPSEN
10	SHE WOLF (FALLING TO PIECES)	DAVID GUETTA FT SIA
11	I CRY	FLO RIDA
12	READ ALL ABOUT IT PT 3	EMELI SANDE
13	BOM BOM	SAM & THE WOMP
14	SOME NIGHTS	FUN.
15	YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE	GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS
16	GANGNAM STYLE	PSY
17	UNDER THE SUN	CHERYL
18	I WILL WAIT	MUMFORD & SONS
19	RUNAWAYS	THE KILLERS
20	PLAY HARD	DAVID GUETTA FT NE-YO/AKON
21	HOW WE DO (PARTY)	RITA ORA
22	MILLION VOICES	OTTO KNOWS
23	LIVE IT UP	TULISA FT TYGA
24	TURN AROUND	CONOR MAYNARD FT NE-YO
25	LITTLE TALKS	OF MONSTERS & MEN
26	HARDER THAN YOU THINK	PUBLIC ENEMY
27	DANCE ALL NIGHT	JESSICA WRIGHT
28	SPECTRUM	FLORENCE & THE MACHINE
29	HEATWAVE	WILEY FT MS D
30	CLIQUE	KANYE WEST/JAY Z/BIG SEAN
31	PAYPHONE	MAROON 5 FT WIZ KHALIFA
32	AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME	JUSTIN BIEBER FT BIG SEAN
33	BLACK HEART	STOOSHE
34	POUND THE ALARM	NICKI MINAJ
35	CALL ME MAYBE	CARLY RAE JEPSEN
36	TOO CLOSE	ALEX CLARE
37	WONDERFUL	ANGEL
38	FEEL THE LOVE	RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN
39	SUMMER PARADISE	SIMPLE PLAN FT SEAN PAUL
40	WE'LL BE COMING BACK	CALVIN HARRIS FT EXAMPLE