Magic! on course for first UK Number 1 single with Rude

Canadian band Magic! give the artist formally known as Cheryl Cole a Rude awakening on today's midweeks.

Magic! are leading the race to Number 1 on today’s Official Singles Chart Update with their debut single Rude.

The Canadian band’s reggae-infused track, which climbed a massive 48 places to Number 2 last week following its full release, is currently out in front by 10,000 chart sales after seeing continued popularity.

Meanwhile, Britain’s Got Talent duo Bars & Melody are heading for their first UK Top 40 hit this weekend with their debut single Hopeful, which is currently at Number 2. The singing/rapping group – made up of 13-year-old Leondre Devries and 15-year-old Charlie Lenehan - finished third place on the show earlier this year and shortly after signed a record deal with Simon Cowell’s Syco label.

Vocalist and producer ZHU is also on course for his first UK Top 40 hit this weekend with Faded. The dance track, which was unveiled by the elusive artist earlier this year, is at Number 3 on today’s Update.

Last week’s Number 1 from Cheryl Cole, the Tinie Tempah-assisted Crazy Stupid Love, slips to Number 4, and rising star Melissa Steel is a Number 5 with her new single Kisses For Breakfast. The dancehall-infused pop track marks the debut release from the Bradford-born singer and features Jamaican reggae star Popcaan.

New Entries

In addition to Bars & Melody’s Hopeful (Number 2), ZHU’s Faded (3) and Melissa Steel’s Kisses For Breakfast (5), there are four new entries on this week’s Official Singles Chart Update.

Dutch producer Bakermat is on course for his first UK Top 40 hit with One Day (12). The track entered the charts across Europe in 2012 and 2013 and samples Martin Luther King Jr’s famous I Have A Dream speech.

US rapper Vic Mensa is set to make his UK Top 40 debut on Sunday with Down On My Luck (22), and Naughty Boy’s brand new track Home is at 32.

And finally, Leah McFall is at 37 with her official debut single since graduating from The Voice 2013, Home.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows. The Official Singles Chart Top 100 will be posted in full, here, on Sunday at 7pm.

1	RUDE	MAGIC
2	HOPEFUL	BARS & MELODY
3	FADED	ZHU
4	CRAZY STUPID LOVE	CHERYL COLE FT TINIE TEMPAH
5	KISSES FOR BREAKFAST	MELISSA STEEL FT POPCAAN
6	GHOST	ELLA HENDERSON
7	BUDAPEST	GEORGE EZRA
8	PROBLEM	ARIANA GRANDE FT IGGY AZALEA
9	BOOM CLAP	CHARLI XCX
10	IT'S MY BIRTHDAY	WILL I AM FT CODY WISE
11	RIGHT HERE	JESS GLYNNE
12	ONE DAY (VANDAAG)	BAKERMAT
13	ME AND MY BROKEN HEART	RIXTON
14	SING	ED SHEERAN
15	GECKO (OVERDRIVE)	OLIVER HELDENS & BECKY HILL
16	WAVES	MR PROBZ
17	CHANDELIER	SIA
18	STAY WITH ME	SAM SMITH
19	ALL OF ME	JOHN LEGEND
20	ALWAYS	MK FT ALANA
21	YOUR LOVE	NICOLE SCHERZINGER
22	DOWN ON MY LUCK	VIC MENSA
23	LOUDER	NEON JUNGLE
24	HAPPY	PHARRELL WILLIAMS
25	SOMEBODY TO YOU	VAMPS
26	A SKY FULL OF STARS	COLDPLAY
27	SUMMER	CALVIN HARRIS
28	THINKING OUT LOUD	ED SHEERAN
29	LET IT GO	IDINA MENZEL
30	FANCY	IGGY AZALEA FT CHARLI XCX
31	DANGEROUS LOVE	FUSE ODG FT SEAN PAUL
32	HOME	NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM ROMANS
33	WIGGLE	JASON DERULO FT SNOOP DOGG
34	RATHER BE	CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE
35	ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS	PALOMA FAITH
36	I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN	RITA ORA
37	HOME	LEAH MCFALL FT WILL I AM
38	JUNGLE	X AMBASSADORS/JAMIE N COMMONS
39	STOLEN DANCE	MILKY CHANCE
40	CLASSIC	MKTO