Maroon 5 and Chris Brown take on Will.I.Am in Number 1 race

Will.I.Am is locked in a battle with Maroon 5 and Chris Brown in the race to the top of this week’s Official Singles Chart. Plus: see the Official Singles Chart Update Top 40!

Will.I.Am has a fight on his hands if he wants to hold on to the Number 1 spot this Sunday, according to today’s Official Chart Update. With just 4,000 copies currently separating the Top 3, the Black Eyed Peas singer is locked in a battle with Maroon 5 and Chris Brown in the race to the top of this week’s Official Singles Chart.

Maroon 5’s Payphone, which gave the US rockers their first ever UK Number 1 single two weeks ago, has taken an early lead, climbing up one place back to Number 1. Chris Brown’s Don’t Wake Me Up also climbs one place to 2, while reigning champ Will.I.Am’s This Is Love is at Number 3.

Flo Rida’s Whistle, which is currently topping the Official Streaming Chart, is holding firm at Number 4, and London-based girl group Stooshe complete this week’s Official Chart Update Top 5, climbing three places with Black Heart (5).

New Entries and high climbers

There is just one new entry in today’s Official Singles Chart Update Top 40, courtesy of Blur. Under The Westway, which is one of two new tracks the recently reunited Brit pop band debuted live on Twitter on Monday evening (July 2), is new in at Number 28.

Just outside the Top 40, N-Dubz star Dappy’s new track I'm Coming (Tarzan Part 2) is at Number 47 after being on sale for less than 24 hours. The video for the follow-up to his Number 2 hit, Rockstar, which slates the X Factor’s Simon Cowell, Alexandra Burke and Joe McElderry, premiered on SB.TV yesterday.

This week’s highest climber is Nicki Minaj’s Pound The Alarm, up 14 places to Number 20, while Lady Antebellum climb five places from Number 28 to Number 23 with Need You Now.

The full Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

01	PAYPHONE	MAROON 5 FT WIZ KHALIFA
02	DON'T WAKE ME UP	CHRIS BROWN
03	THIS IS LOVE	WILL I AM FT EVA SIMONS
04	WHISTLE	FLO RIDA
05	BLACK HEART	STOOSHE
06	WE ARE YOUNG	FUN FT JANELLE MONAE
07	FEEL THE LOVE	RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN
08	CALL MY NAME	CHERYL
09	PRINCESS OF CHINA	COLDPLAY & RIHANNA
10	WIDE AWAKE	KATY PERRY
11	CALL ME MAYBE	CARLY RAE JEPSEN
12	THERE SHE GOES	TAIO CRUZ
13	EXPRESS YOURSELF	LABRINTH
14	DRIVE BY	TRAIN
15	WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN	RIHANNA
16	PICKING UP THE PIECES	PALOMA FAITH
17	SCREAM	USHER
18	SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW	GOTYE FT KIMBRA
19	STARSHIPS	NICKI MINAJ
20	POUND THE ALARM	NICKI MINAJ
21	MY KIND OF LOVE	EMELI SANDE
22	N****S IN PARIS	JAY-Z & KANYE WEST
23	NEED YOU NOW	LADY ANTEBELLUM
24	R.I.P.	RITA ORA FT TINIE TEMPAH
25	WILD ONES	FLO RIDA FT SIA
26	TOO CLOSE	ALEX CLARE
27	SING	GARY BARLOW/COMMONWEALTH BAND
28	UNDER THE WESTWAY	BLUR
29	TITANIUM	DAVID GUETTA FT SIA
30	CHASING THE SUN	WANTED
31	REMEDY	PROFESSOR GREEN FT RUTH ANNE
32	THE POWER	DJ FRESH FT DIZZEE RASCAL
33	OLIVER TWIST	D'BANJ
34	SMALL BUMP	ED SHEERAN
35	YOUNG	TULISA
36	SURVIVAL	MUSE
37	BANGARANG	SKRILLEX FT SIRAH
38	212	AZEALIA BANKS FT LAZY JAY
39	NO CHURCH IN THE WILD	JAY-Z/KANYE WEST/F OCEAN
40	BACK IN TIME	PITBULL