Icona Pop’s I Love It goes head-to-head with Robin Thicke’s Blurred Li

Swedish duo Icona Pop and Charli XCX look set to end Robin Thicke’s four week stand at Number 1 with Blurred Lines.

He’s topped the Official Singles Chart for the last four weeks with Blurred Lines, but could Robin Thicke’s chart reign be coming to an end?

According to the Official Charts Company’s latest sales data, electro duo Icona Pop’s track I Love It FT Charli XCX is outselling Thicke’s track by more than 11,000 copies at this mid-way stage, and looks set to debut at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart this Sunday.

Originally released in May of last year in their native Sweden, I Love It has gone Top 10 in 14 countries across the globe, and has featured in US TV shows such as Jersey Shore spin-off Snooki & JWoww, The Vampire Dairies, Girls and it has even been covered by the cast of Glee. It also currently features in the TV ad campaign for Samsung’s Galaxy S4 smartphone.

Tune into the Official Chart Show with Jameela Jamil on BBC Radio 1 from 4pm on Sunday, or log on to www.officialcharts.comfrom 7pm to find out if they manage to topple Robin Thicke.

Blurred Lines falls one place to Number 2 on today’s Official Singles Chart Update, but not before clocking up an additional 50,000 sales so far this week.

The Wanted are on course for their eighth Top 5 hit this weekend with new single, Walks Like Rihanna, debuting at Number 3 on today’s Update. Will.I.Am’s Bang Bang climbs 38 places to Number 4, while Naughty Boy and Sam Smith’s La La La (5) completes today’s Top 5.

New Entries And High Climbers

The Voice winner Andrea Begley is on course for her first Top 40 hit this weekend; her cover of Evanescence’s My Immortal soars 56 places to Number 19, while the original is up 44 places to Number 30.

Meanwhile, runner-up Leah McFall is set to score her third Top 40 hit as I Will Always Love You rockets 63 places to Number 22. Leah’s renditions of I Will Survive and Killing Me Softly are at Number 24 and Number 34 today, respectively.

And finally, The Valley’s resident rapper, Leeroy Reed, is on course for his first Top 40 Hit with Can’t Get Enough FT Nagla which is new in at 27.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1	I LOVE IT	ICONA POP FT CHARLI XCX
2	BLURRED LINES	ROBIN THICKE/TI/PHARRELL
3	WALKS LIKE RIHANNA	WANTED
4	BANG BANG	WILL I AM
5	LA LA LA	NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM SMITH
6	LET HER GO	PASSENGER
7	THE OTHER SIDE	JASON DERULO
8	GET LUCKY	DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS
9	GOIN' CRAZY	DIZZEE RASCAL/ROBBIE WILLIAMS
10	DEAR DARLIN'	OLLY MURS
11	WILD	JESSIE J/BIG SEAN/D RASCAL
12	ANOTHER LOVE	TOM ODELL
13	EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED	TAYLOR SWIFT FT ED SHEERAN
14	TREASURE	BRUNO MARS
15	ANTENNA	FUSE ODG
16	CAN'T HOLD US	MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/DALTON
17	DO I WANNA KNOW	ARCTIC MONKEYS
18	PLAY HARD	DAVID GUETTA FT NE-YO & AKON
19	MY IMMORTAL	ANDREA BEGLEY
20	HEART ATTACK	DEMI LOVATO
21	LIGHTS ON	WILEY/ANGEL/TINCHY STRYDER
22	I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU	LEAH MCFALL
23	WAITING ALL NIGHT	RUDIMENTAL FT ELLA EYRE
24	I WILL SURVIVE	LEAH MCFALL
25	THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE	ARMIN VAN BUUREN FT T GUTHRIE
26	BEAUTIFUL	MARIAH CAREY FT MIGUEL
27	CAN'T GET ENOUGH	LEEROY FT NAGLA
28	SO GOOD TO ME	CHRIS MALINCHAK
29	POMPEII	BASTILLE
30	MY IMMORTAL	EVANESCENCE
31	WE OWN IT (FAST & FURIOUS)	2 CHAINZ FT WIZ KHALIFA
32	HALL OF FAME	SCRIPT FT WILL I AM
33	HO HEY	LUMINEERS
34	KILLING ME SOFTLY	LEAH MCFALL
35	RADIOACTIVE	IMAGINE DRAGONS
36	JUST GIVE ME A REASON	PINK FT NATE RUESS
37	GENTLEMAN	PSY
38	I'M YOURS	JASON MRAZ
39	I NEED YOUR LOVE	CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING
40	CRAZY KIDS	KESHA FT WILL I AM