Gotye on course to reclaim Official Number 1 single from DJ Fresh

Gotye is presently on course to reclaim the Official Number 1 single from DJ Fresh, whose track Hot Right Now FT Rita Ora, last week became the UK’s first ever drum & bass Number 1.

The Australian-Belgian singer/songwriter is set to return to the top spot this weekend with the globally successful Somebody That I Used To Know FT Kimbra currently leading the singles race by over 7,000 copies. Watch our video interview with Gotye from when he topped the Official Singles Chart earlier this month below:

The only other new entry inside the Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is Gym Class Heroes FT Neon Hitch with Ass Back Home.

Late pop icon Whitney Houston continues to make an impact this week with 13 of her hit singles looking likely to remain present in the Top 200, I Will Always Love You holds out within the Top 40 at Number 31 today.

Official Albums Chart Update new entries

Aside from BRITs-related movements, today’s Official Albums Update also sees a flurry of new entries in the Top 40. 

Southampton alternatives Band Of Skulls enter at Number 6 with their second studio album Sweet Sour, with new offering X5 from Scottish rockers Simple Minds in at 18.  The Best Of Blur as previously mentioned makes an entrance at 25, followed by Lambchop’s Mr M (30), InMe’s The Pride (31), and Sleigh Bells’ Reign Of Terror (34) completes the albums Top 40.

The full Official Singles Chart and Official Albums Chart Update Top 40s are as follows:

Official Singles Chart Update Top 40
01 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW - GOTYE FT KIMBRA
02 NEXT TO ME - EMELI SANDE
03 HOT RIGHT NOW - DJ FRESH FT RITA ORA
04 WILD ONES - FLO RIDA FT SIA
05 TITANIUM - DAVID GUETTA FT SIA
06 DOMINO - JESSIE J
07 STARSHIPS - NICKI MINAJ
08 ASS BACK HOME - GYM CLASS HEROES FT NEON HITCH
09 TURN ME ON - DAVID GUETTA FT NICKI MINAJ
10 T.H.E (THE HARDEST EVER) - WILL I AM/JAGGER/LOPEZ
11 ALONE AGAIN - ALYSSA REID FT JUMP SMOKERS
12 DRUNK - ED SHEERAN
13 MAMA DO THE HUMP - RIZZLE KICKS
14 STRONGER - KELLY CLARKSON
15 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY
16 SEXY AND I KNOW IT - LMFAO
17 TWILIGHT - COVER DRIVE
18 ONE THING - ONE DIRECTION
19 INTERNATIONAL LOVE - PITBULL FT CHRIS BROWN
20 MIRROR - LIL WAYNE FT BRUNO MARS
21 VIDEO GAMES - LANA DEL REY
22 LEGO HOUSE - ED SHEERAN
23 PARADISE - COLDPLAY
24 HEAVEN - EMELI SANDE
25 WANT U BACK - CHER LLOYD FT ASTRO
26 GOOD FEELING - FLO RIDA
27 WE FOUND LOVE - RIHANNA FT CALVIN HARRIS
28 MOVES LIKE JAGGER - MAROON 5 FT CHRISTINA AGUILERA
29 DEDICATION TO MY EX (MISS THAT) - LLOYD FT ANDRE 3000/LIL WAYNE
30 NOTHING'S REAL BUT LOVE - REBECCA FERGUSON
31 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - WHITNEY HOUSTON
32 DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT - OLLY MURS
33 SOMEONE LIKE YOU - ADELE
34 LEVELS - AVICII
35 ROLLING IN THE DEEP - ADELE
36 THE A TEAM - ED SHEERAN
37 BREATHING - JASON DERULO
38 TAKE CARE - DRAKE FT RIHANNA
39 EARTHQUAKE - LABRINTH FT TINIE TEMPAH
40 PARTY ROCK ANTHEM - LMFAO/LAUREN BENNETT/GOONROCK

Official Albums Chart Update Top 40
01 OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE 
02 21 - ADELE 
03 BORN TO DIE - LANA DEL REY 
04 + - ED SHEERAN 
05 MAKING MIRRORS - GOTYE 
06 SWEET SOUR - BAND OF SKULLS 
07 LONELY ARE THE BRAVE - MAVERICK SABRE 
08 19 - ADELE 
09 WHO YOU ARE - JESSIE J 
10 MYLO XYLOTO - COLDPLAY 
11 NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS - NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING BIRDS 
12 CEREMONIALS - FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 
13 NOTHING BUT THE BEAT - DAVID GUETTA 
14 SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING - LMFAO 
15 DOO-WOPS & HOOLIGANS - BRUNO MARS 
16 HEAVEN - REBECCA FERGUSON 
17 UP ALL NIGHT - ONE DIRECTION 
18 X5 - SIMPLE MINDS 
19 EL CAMINO - BLACK KEYS 
20 EVERY KINGDOM - BEN HOWARD 
21 IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW - OLLY MURS 
22 THE ESSENTIAL - WHITNEY HOUSTON 
23 STEREO TYPICAL - RIZZLE KICKS 
24 THE GREATEST HITS - WHITNEY HOUSTON 
25 THE BEST OF - BLUR 
26 TALK THAT TALK - RIHANNA 
27 OLD IDEAS - LEONARD COHEN 
28 TEENAGE DREAM - KATY PERRY 
29 LIONESS - HIDDEN TREASURES - AMY WINEHOUSE 
30 MR M - LAMBCHOP 
31 THE PRIDE - INME 
32 LOUD - RIHANNA 
33 4 - BEYONCE 
34 REIGN OF TERROR - SLEIGH BELLS 
35 STRONGER - KELLY CLARKSON 
36 KISSES ON THE BOTTOM - PAUL MCCARTNEY 
37 WATCH THE THRONE - JAY-Z & KANYE WEST 
38 NO MORE IDOLS - CHASE & STATUS 
39 WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM THE VACCINES - VACCINES 
40 VELOCIRAPTOR - KASABIAN