Rixton take on Nicole Scherzinger for this week’s Number 1 single

Rixton’s Me And My Broken Heart and Nicole Scherzinger’s Your Love battle it out to debut at the top spot on Sunday.

British newcomers Rixton are battling it out with Nicole Scherzinger to claim this week’s Official Number 1 single.

The British four-piece’s debut single, Me And My Broken Heart, currently leads the former Pussycat Dolls star and X Factor judge’s latest track, Your Love (Number 2), by a margin of nearly 12,000 copies at this mid-way stage.

Rixton are comprised of frontman Jake Roche (son of Shane Richie and Coleen Nolan!), Charley Bagnall (guitar), Lewi Morgan (drums) and Danny Wilkin (bass and keyboard), are managed by Scooter Braun, counting Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber among their stable-mates. On audio streams alone, Ariana's Problem (Number 3 overall) is currently leading the way with the most streamed track of the week so far in the UK.

Meanwhile, Your Love (2) is the second single to be lifted from Nicole Scherzinger’s as yet untitled, second solo studio album. It was written and produced by The-Dream (Britney Spears, Rihanna) and Tricky Stewart (Mariah Carey, Beyonce).

Rounding out today’s midweek Top 5 are reigning chart topper will.i.am’s It’s My Birthday FT Cody Wise (4) and Ella Henderson’s Ghost (5), which is set to spend its sixth week in the Top 5.

New Entries and High Climbers

There are two further new entries in today’s Official Singles Chart Update.

BRIT School alum, Ella Eyre, best known for her Number 1 collaboration with Rudimental, Waiting All Night, enters the mid-week chart at Number 8 with new single, If I Go.

Sussex-based producer, Kove is on track for his first UK Top 40 with Way We Are FT Melissa Steel (Number 17), while Game Of Thrones star, Raleigh Ritchie, re-enters the Top 40 with Stronger Than Ever (Number 40).

After securing his place at the top of the BBC Radio 1Xtra Power List last week, Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud has climbed seven places from Number 29 to 22.

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	ME AND MY BROKEN HEART	RIXTON
2	YOUR LOVE	NICOLE SCHERZINGER
3	PROBLEM	ARIANA GRANDE FT IGGY AZALEA
4	IT'S MY BIRTHDAY	WILL I AM FT CODY WISE
5	GHOST	ELLA HENDERSON
6	BUDAPEST	GEORGE EZRA
7	RIGHT HERE	JESS GLYNNE
8	IF I GO	ELLA EYRE
9	SING	ED SHEERAN
10	SOMEBODY TO YOU	VAMPS
11	CHANDELIER	SIA
12	GECKO (OVERDRIVE)	OLIVER HELDENS & BECKY HILL
13	STAY WITH ME	SAM SMITH
14	A SKY FULL OF STARS	COLDPLAY
15	WAVES	MR PROBZ
16	ALL OF ME	JOHN LEGEND
17	WAY WE ARE	KOVE FT MELISSA STEEL
18	HAPPY	PHARRELL WILLIAMS
19	SUMMER	CALVIN HARRIS
20	DANGEROUS LOVE	FUSE ODG FT SEAN PAUL
21	WIGGLE	JASON DERULO FT SNOOP DOGG
22	THINKING OUT LOUD	ED SHEERAN
23	STOLEN DANCE	MILKY CHANCE
24	LET IT GO	IDINA MENZEL
25	WASTED	TIESTO FT MATTHEW KOMA
26	FANCY	IGGY AZALEA FT CHARLI XCX
27	ONLY LOVE CAN HURT LIKE THIS	PALOMA FAITH
28	DON'T STOP	5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
29	I WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN	RITA ORA
30	DON'T	ED SHEERAN
31	RATHER BE	CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE
32	ONE MORE DAY (STAY WITH ME)	EXAMPLE
33	JUBEL	KLINGANDE
34	NOBODY TO LOVE	SIGMA
35	CLASSIC	MKTO
36	MAKE U BOUNCE	DJ FRESH VS TC FT LITTLE NIKKI
37	GOOD KISSER	USHER
38	HIDEAWAY	KIESZA
39	LOVE NEVER FELT SO GOOD	MICHAEL JACKSON
40	STRONGER THAN EVER	RALEIGH RITCHIE