John Newman on course for his first solo Number 1 with Love Me Again

Rudimental collaborator John Newman set to topple Icona Pop’s I Love It from the top of the Official Singles Chart.

They managed to end Robin Thicke’s month-long domination of Number 1 with Blurred Lines, but Icona Pop’s run at the top of the Official Singles Chart looks likely to be cut short this weekend.

According to the Official Chart Company’s latest sales data, John Newman’s debut solo single Love Me Again is on course to debut at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart this Sunday, outselling electro twosome Icona Pop by almost two to one at this midway stage.

Love Me Again has sold over 70,000 copies up to midnight last night, and is likely to break the 100,000 mark by the time the Official Singles Chart is revealed on Sunday, which would make this the 12th week running in which the Number 1 single has sold 100,000 copies in a week. The track would be John Newman’s first Number 1 as a solo artist, having previously reached the top spot with electronic quartet Rudimental on Feel the Love in June 2012.

Tune into the Official Chart Show with Jameela Jamil on BBC Radio 1 from 4pm on Sunday, or log on to www.officialcharts.com from 7pm to find out if John Newman can hang on to his lead over Icona Pop.

Icona Pop’s I Love It slip one place to Number 2 on today’s Official Singles Chart Update, clocking up almost 40,000 sales so far this week.

Former Number 1 star Robin Thicke falls to Number 3 with Blurred Lines. Will.I.Am’s Bang Bang holds fast at Number 4 for another week on today’s Update. Britain’s Got Talent finalist Gabz completes the Official Chart Update Top 5 with her debut single Lighters (The One).

New Entries and High Climbers

The Saturdays look set for their 13th Top 10 hit this weekend with Gentleman debuting at Number 8, while DJ and remixer Russ Chimes is on course for his first Top 40 hit in his own right with Turn Me Out, new at 33.

The Glastonbury effect has seen big climbs for Mumford & Sons, jumping 59 places to Number 27 with I Will Wait, and Jake Bugg, leaping 18 places to Number 38 with Broken – the track’s first time in the Top 40.

Finally, Spark Productions’ cover of Avicii and Aloe Blacc’s collaboration Wake Me Up is at Number 39. The original track is currently slated for release on 18 August.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1	LOVE ME AGAIN	JOHN NEWMAN
2	I LOVE IT	ICONA POP FT CHARLI XCX
3	BLURRED LINES	ROBIN THICKE/TI/PHARRELL
4	BANG BANG	WILL I AM
5	LIGHTERS (THE ONE)	GABZ
6	LA LA LA	NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM SMITH
7	LET HER GO	PASSENGER
8	GENTLEMAN	SATURDAYS
9	LOST & NOT FOUND	CHASE & STATUS FT LOUIS MTTRS
10	THE OTHER SIDE	JASON DERULO
11	GET LUCKY	DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS
12	WALKS LIKE RIHANNA	WANTED
13	DEAR DARLIN'	OLLY MURS
14	WILD	JESSIE J/BIG SEAN/D RASCAL
15	EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED	TAYLOR SWIFT FT ED SHEERAN
16	ANOTHER LOVE	TOM ODELL
17	TREASURE	BRUNO MARS
18	GOIN' CRAZY	DIZZEE RASCAL/ROBBIE WILLIAMS
19	PLAY HARD	DAVID GUETTA FT NE-YO & AKON
20	DO I WANNA KNOW	ARCTIC MONKEYS
21	CAN'T HOLD US	MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/DALTON
22	ANTENNA	FUSE ODG
23	WAITING ALL NIGHT	RUDIMENTAL FT ELLA EYRE
24	HEART ATTACK	DEMI LOVATO
25	HO HEY	LUMINEERS
26	POMPEII	BASTILLE
27	I WILL WAIT	MUMFORD & SONS
28	SO GOOD TO ME	CHRIS MALINCHAK
29	THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE	ARMIN VAN BUUREN FT T GUTHRIE
30	BEAUTIFUL	MARIAH CAREY FT MIGUEL
31	LIGHTS ON	WILEY/ANGEL/TINCHY STRYDER
32	CRAZY KIDS	KESHA FT WILL I AM
33	TURN ME OUT	RUSS CHIMES
34	WE OWN IT (FAST & FURIOUS)	2 CHAINZ FT WIZ KHALIFA
35	RADIOACTIVE	IMAGINE DRAGONS
36	FEEL THE LOVE	RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN
37	JUST GIVE ME A REASON	PINK FT NATE RUESS
38	BROKEN	JAKE BUGG
39	WAKE ME UP	SPARK PRODUCTIONS
40	BLACK SKINHEAD	KANYE WEST