One Direction and Rihanna battle it out for Number 1

One Direction and Rihanna are battling it out for Number 1 on Sunday’s Official Singles Chart in what’s shaping up to be one of the closest run chart races of 2012 so far.

One Direction and Rihanna are battling it out for Number 1 on Sunday’s Official Singles Chart in what’s shaping up to be one of the closest run chart races of 2012 so far.

The British boyband have taken an early lead as Live While We’re Young, the first track taken from their eagerly anticipated second album Take Me Home, has hit the Number 1 spot on today’s Official Singles Chart Update. But Bajan superstar Rihanna is less than 250 copies behind the 1D boys with Diamonds (2), the lead single from her forthcoming, as-yet-untitled seventh studio album.

However, it could be all change at the top come Sunday because Adele is gearing up to release her new single, Skyfall, this Friday. The track, which is set to serve as the theme song to the new James Bond film of the same name, will receive its world premiere on Adele’s official website, www.adele.tv, at seven minutes past midnight (0:07 GMT) on Friday, October 5, and will be available for purchase immediately afterwards.

Will One Direction hold onto their lead come the final whistle? Can Rihanna score her sixth solo chart topper? Or will Adele be the first artist in Official Charts history to get to Number 1 with a Bond theme? Find out on Sunday from 4-7pm on the The Official Chart with Reggie Yates on BBC Radio 1, and view the Top 100 in full at www.officialcharts.com.

New Entries And Highest Climbers

In addition to One Direction’s Live While We’re Young (1), Rihanna’s Diamonds (2) there are two other new entries in today’s Official Singles Chart Update Top 40.

Ellie Goulding looks set to land her sixth Official Singles Chart Top 40 hit on Sunday as Anything Could Happen, the lead track from her new album Halcyon, looks set to debut at Number 4. While Bristol-based indie dance outfit The Other Tribe are new in at Number 34 with debut single, Skirts.

Meanwhile, Nicki Minaj takes the title of this week’s highest climber. Today her track Va Va Voom surges up 23 places to break into the Top 20 at Number 20.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

01	LIVE WHILE WE'RE YOUNG	ONE DIRECTION
02	DIAMONDS	RIHANNA
03	GANGNAM STYLE	PSY
04	ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN	ELLIE GOULDING
05	HALL OF FAME	THE SCRIPT FT WILL I AM
06	I WON'T GIVE UP	JASON MRAZ
07	I CRY	FLO RIDA
08	TURN AROUND	CONOR MAYNARD FT NE-YO
09	WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER	TAYLOR SWIFT
10	SHE WOLF (FALLING TO PIECES)	DAVID GUETTA FT SIA
11	LET ME LOVE YOU (UNTIL YOU LEARN TO LOVE	NE-YO
12	READ ALL ABOUT IT PT 3	EMELI SANDE
13	WINGS	LITTLE MIX
14	I WILL WAIT	MUMFORD & SONS
15	GOOD TIME	OWL CITY/CARLY RAE JEPSEN
16	MILLION VOICES	OTTO KNOWS
17	YOU BRING ME JOY	AMELIA LILY
18	SOME NIGHTS	FUN
19	BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS)	PINK
20	VA VA VOOM	NICKI MINAJ
21	SAY NOTHING	EXAMPLE
22	THE FEELING	DJ FRESH FT RAVAUGHN
23	BOM BOM	SAM & THE WOMP
24	NEVER TEAR US APART	PALOMA FAITH
25	MADNESS	MUSE
26	PAYPHONE	MAROON 5 FT WIZ KHALIFA
27	SPECTRUM	FLORENCE & THE MACHINE
28	CLIQUE	KANYE WEST/JAY Z/BIG SEAN
29	UNDER THE SUN	CHERYL
30	GOOD INTENTIONS	DAPPY
31	LITTLE TALKS	OF MONSTERS & MEN
32	I CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME	ADELE
33	HOW WE DO (PARTY)	RITA ORA
34	SKIRTS	THE OTHER TRIBE
35	BEGIN AGAIN	TAYLOR SWIFT
36	HOW TO SAVE A LIFE	THE FRAY
37	BLACK HEART	STOOSHE
38	CALL ME MAYBE	CARLY RAE JEPSEN
39	FEEL THE LOVE	RUDIMENTAL FT JOHN NEWMAN
40	AVALON	PROFESSOR GREENFT SIERRA KUSTERBECK