Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines off to incredible start in chart race

US R&B star Robin Thicke looks set to knock Naughty Boy’s La La La FT Sam Smith off the top of the Official Singles Chart this weekend.

Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines, featuring TI and Pharrell Williams, has got off to a flying start in the race to be this week’s Official Number 1 single.

A staggering 101,000 copies of the US R&B star’s new single have already been purchased in the UK, based on sales up to midnight last night (Tuesday, May 28). Continuing the trend of what has been an incredible few weeks of chart-topping sales in the UK from the likes of Daft Punk and Naughty Boy, Blurred Lines is now currently outselling reigning chart topper Naughty Boy’s La La La FT Sam Smith (Number 2) by more than two copies to one.

Should he maintain his lead going into the weekend, Blurred Lines will not only be Thicke’s first Official Singles Chart Number 1, it could also become the fastest selling single of 2013 so far.

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Daft Punk’s Get Lucky, which also features Pharrell Williams, falls one place to Number 3 on today’s Official Singles Chart Update, while Jessie J is new in at 4 with Wild FT Big Sean and Dizzee Rascal. Wild is the first single to be released from Jessie’s upcoming second album, and looks set to become her seventh Top 10 hit.

Let Her Go by Passenger (5) completes this week’s Official Singles Chart Update Top 5.

New Entries

In addition to Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines (Number 1) and Jessie J’s Wild (4), there are two other new entries on today’s Official Singles Chart Update.

South London MC Stylo G is on course for his first Top 20 hit this weekend with Soundbwoy (16), while Jennifer Lopez looks set to clock up her 20th Top 40 hit Live It Up FT Pitbull. Live It Up is J-Lo’s third track in three years to feature the Miami rapper and producer; 2011’s On The Floor peaked at Number 1, while 2012’s Dance Again managed a Number 11 placing.

Of Monsters And Men’s Little Talks shoots up 30 places to Number 11 after Moni Tivony and Emily Worton covered it on The Voice over the weekend, while Red by Daniel Merriweather is up 34 places to 18 following Karl Michael and Nadeem Leigh’s performance on BBC 1’s latest reality TV singing contest.

And finally, The Script who performed at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Derry-Londonderry last weekend look set to re-enter the Top 40 at Number 36 with The Man Who Can’t Be Moved.

The Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1	BLURRED LINES	ROBIN THICKE/TI/PHARRELL
2	LA LA LA	NAUGHTY BOY FT SAM SMITH
3	GET LUCKY	DAFT PUNK FT PHARRELL WILLIAMS
4	WILD	JESSIE J/BIG SEAN/D RASCAL
5	LET HER GO	PASSENGER
6	DEAR DARLIN'	OLLY MURS
7	CAN'T HOLD US	MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/DALTON
8	WAITING ALL NIGHT	RUDIMENTAL FT ELLA EYRE
9	WE OWN IT (FAST & FURIOUS)	2 CHAINZ FT WIZ KHALIFA
10	THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE	ARMIN VAN BUUREN FT T GUTHRIE
11	LITTLE TALKS	OF MONSTERS & MEN
12	PLAY HARD	DAVID GUETTA FT NE-YO & AKON
13	HEART ATTACK	DEMI LOVATO
14	STILL INTO YOU	PARAMORE
15	SO GOOD TO ME	CHRIS MALINCHAK
16	SOUNDBWOY	STYLO G
17	I NEED YOUR LOVE	CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING
18	RED	DANIEL MERRIWEATHER
19	BLACKOUT	WRETCH 32 FT SHAKKA
20	JUST GIVE ME A REASON	PINK FT NATE RUESS
21	LIVE IT UP	JENNIFER LOPEZ FT PITBULL
22	POMPEII	BASTILLE
23	YOU & ME	DISCLOSURE FT ELIZA DOOLITTLE
24	WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN	BRUNO MARS
25	HEY PORSCHE	NELLY
26	THATPOWER	WILL I AM FT JUSTIN BIEBER
27	ENDORPHINS	SUB FOCUS FT ALEX CLARE
28	YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL	LANA DEL REY
29	THRIFT SHOP	MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/WANZ
30	RADIOACTIVE	IMAGINE DRAGONS
31	BEAUTIFUL	MARIAH CAREY FT MIGUEL
32	NEED U (100 PERCENT)	DUKE DUMONT FT AME
33	FEEL THIS MOMENT	PITBULL FT CHRISTINA AGUILERA
34	ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN	ELLIE GOULDING
35	HO HEY	LUMINEERS
36	THE MAN WHO CAN'T BE MOVED	SCRIPT
37	MIRRORS	JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
38	READ ALL ABOUT IT PT 3	EMELI SANDE
39	SLIP	STOOSHE
40	WHITE NOISE	DISCLOSURE FT ALUNAGEORGE