Pharrell Williams’ Happy on course to hit half-a-million UK sales

Pharrell is set to hold onto Number 1 for another week as Happy heads towards half-a-million sales in the UK.

Pharrell Williams looks set to retain his Official Singles Chart crown for a third time this weekend with Happy. And, not only that, the US singer and producer’s track is also on course to break through the half-a-million copies sales barrier before the week is out.

According to the Official Charts Company’s latest sales data, nearly 496,000 copies of the Happy have been purchased in the UK since it was released last summer.

Taken from the soundtrack to Universal Pictures’ computer-animated comedy Despicable Me 2, Happy made its Official Singles Chart debut at Number 71 at the end of November. It then shot up the Official Singles Chart, entering the Top 10 two weeks later. Happy also gave X Factor winner Sam Bailey a run for her money when it became an unexpected entrant in the Official 2013 Christmas Number 1 race.

Pitbull and Ke$ha hold firm at Number 2 with Timber, while Avicii’s Hey Brother is also a non-mover at Number 3.

Elyar Fox is on course to become this week’s highest new entry, and score his first ever Top 10 single this weekend. The 18-year-old Londoner, who has been dubbed the UK’s answer to Justin Bieber, enters at Number 4 on today’s Update with Do It All Over Again.

This week’s Official Singles Chart Update Top 5 is completed by Jason Derulo’s Trumpets, down one place to Number 5.

New Entries

In addition to Elyar Fox’s Do It All Over Again (Number 4), there are three other new entries on this week’s Official Singles Chart Update.

Shakira and Rihanna are new in at Number 12 today with Can’t Remember To Forget. The track, which was released on Monday, will be Shakira‘s 11th UK Top 40 hit, and RiRi’s 39th.

Meanwhile, Tinie Tempah’s new single Lover Not A Fighter and Beyonce’s XO both look set to make their Top 40 debuts on Sunday. Love Not A Fighter, which also features Labrinth, climbs five places to Number 37 today, while XO is up six to 39.

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	HAPPY	PHARRELL WILLIAMS
2	TIMBER	PITBULL FT KESHA
3	HEY BROTHER	AVICII
4	DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN	ELYAR FOX
5	TRUMPETS	JASON DERULO
6	MILLION POUND GIRL (BADDER THAN BAD)	FUSE ODG
7	HOW LONG WILL I LOVE YOU	ELLIE GOULDING
8	CONTROL	MATRIX & FUTUREBOUND/MARSHALL
9	THE MONSTER	EMINEM FT RIHANNA
10	DRUNK IN LOVE	BEYONCE FT JAY-Z
11	TURN BACK TIME	SUB FOCUS
12	CAN'T REMEMBER TO FORGET YOU	SHAKIRA FT RIHANNA
13	COUNTING STARS	ONEREPUBLIC
14	ANIMALS	MARTIN GARRIX
15	OF THE NIGHT	BASTILLE
16	LITTLE ME	LITTLE MIX
17	ROAR	KATY PERRY
18	SAIL	AWOLNATION
19	THANK YOU	BUSTA RHYMES/Q-TIP/KANYE WEST
20	RIPTIDE	VANCE JOY
21	ALIVE	CHASE & STATUS FT JACOB BANKS
22	I SEE FIRE	ED SHEERAN
23	WAKE ME UP	AVICII
24	DO WHAT U WANT	LADY GAGA & R KELLY
25	DARE YOU	HARDWELL FT MATTHEW KOMA
26	SHOW ME	KID INK FT CHRIS BROWN
27	STORY OF MY LIFE	ONE DIRECTION
28	ROYALS	LORDE
29	UNDER CONTROL	CALVIN HARRIS/ALESSO/HURTS
30	LET IT GO	IDINA MENZEL
31	MOVE	LITTLE MIX
32	BURN	ELLIE GOULDING
33	LET ME GO	GARY BARLOW
34	LOOK RIGHT THROUGH	STORM QUEEN
35	POMPEII	BASTILLE
36	AFTERGLOW	WILKINSON
37	LOVER NOT A FIGHTER	TINIE TEMPAH FT LABRINTH
38	EVERYTHING YOU NEVER HAD (WE HAD IT ALL)	BREACH FT ANDREYA TRIANA
39	XO	BEYONCE
40	SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW	LILY ALLEN