Naughty Boy and Sam Smith lead Number 1 single race with La La La

Emeli Sande producer Naughty Boy looks set to knock Daft Punk’s Get Lucky off the Official Singles Chart Number 1 spot on Sunday with La La La FT Sam Smith.

Naughty Boy (real name Shahid Khan) shot to fame as a record producer in 2009, and, to date, he has collaborated with the likes of Emeli Sande, Wiley, Chipmunk, Leona Lewis, Tinie Tempah and Rihanna, to name but a few.

La La La is currently 34,000 copies ahead of Daft Punk’s Get Lucky (Number 2) at this midway stage. If Naughty Boy can hold onto the top spot ‘til Saturday’s final whistle, it will be his first ever Number 1 as a lead artist. La La La is taken from Naughty Boy’sforthcoming debut album Hotel Cabana.

Passenger falls one place to Number 3 with Let Her Go, while Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ Can’t Hold Us FT Ray Dalton and Rudimental’s Waiting All Night FT Ella Eyre remain static at Number 4 and Number 5, respectively.

New Entries and High Climbers

In addition to Naughty Boy’s La La La FT Sam Smith (Number 1), there are two other new entries on this week’s Official Singles Chart Update.

The 1975 look set to score their second Top 40 single on Sunday with The City (20). The City is the lead track of the band’s newly released IV EP, and is the follow-up to their Top 20 hit Chocolate. Gianluca Bezzina, who represented Malta at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, is new in at Number 37 with Tomorrow.

Speaking of Eurovision, this week’s highest climber comes from Denmark’s winning entry, Emmelie De Forest’s Only Teardrops, which shoots up 89 places to Number 10. You can see our full Eurovision chart analysis here.

Evanescence’s 2003 Number 1 smash Bring Me To Life climbs 86 places to Number 32 after Aliki Chrysochou performed it on Britain’s Got Talent over the weekend, while We Own It (Fast & Furious) by 2 Chainz FT Wiz Khalifa climbs 55 places to Number 6. The single is taken from the soundtrack to Fast & Furious 6.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1	LA LA LA	NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM SMITH
2	GET LUCKY	DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS
3	LET HER GO	PASSENGER
4	CAN'T HOLD US	MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/DALTON
5	WAITING ALL NIGHT	RUDIMENTAL FT ELLA EYRE
6	WE OWN IT (FAST & FURIOUS)	2 CHAINZ FT WIZ KHALIFA
7	THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE	ARMIN VAN BUUREN FT T GUTHRIE
8	PLAY HARD	DAVID GUETTA FT NE-YO/AKON
9	SO GOOD TO ME	CHRIS MALINCHAK
10	ONLY TEARDROPS	EMMELIE DE FOREST
11	HEART ATTACK	DEMI LOVATO
12	BLACKOUT	WRETCH 32 FT SHAKKA
13	DEAR DARLIN'	OLLY MURS
14	I NEED YOUR LOVE	CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING
15	ENDORPHINS	SUB FOCUS FT ALEX CLARE
16	JUST GIVE ME A REASON	PINK FT NATE RUESS
17	YOU & ME	DISCLOSURE FT ELIZA DOOLITTLE
18	STILL INTO YOU	PARAMORE
19	POMPEII	BASTILLE
20	THE CITY	1975
21	THATPOWER	WILL I AM FT JUSTIN BIEBER
22	RADIOACTIVE	IMAGINE DRAGONS
23	HEY PORSCHE	NELLY
24	YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL	LANA DEL REY
25	BEAUTIFUL	MARIAH CAREY FT MIGUEL
26	SLIP	STOOSHE
27	WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN	BRUNO MARS
28	FEEL THIS MOMENT	PITBULL FT CHRISTINA AGUILERA
29	NEED U (100 PERCENT)	DUKE DUMONT FT AME
30	THRIFT SHOP	MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/WANZ
31	MIRRORS	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
32	BRING ME TO LIFE	EVANESCENCE
33	HOW YA DOIN'	LITTLE MIX FT MISSY ELLIOTT
34	ORDINARY PEOPLE	JOHN LEGEND
35	HO HEY	LUMINEERS
36	WHITE NOISE	DISCLOSURE FT ALUNAGEORGE
37	TOMORROW	GIANLUCA BEZZINA
38	ATTRACTING FLIES	ALUNAGEORGE
39	WORK	IGGY AZALEA
40	GENTLEMAN	PSY