Tulisa soars toward debut solo Number 1

Not content with topping FHM’s Sexiest Women In The World poll earlier this week, Tulisa also looks set to top the Official Singles Chart. Plus see the Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 in full!

Not content with topping FHM’s Sexiest Women In The World poll earlier this week, Tulisa also looks set to top the Official Singles Chart.

According to today’s Official Singles Chart Update, the N-Dubz star and X Factor judge’s debut single, Young, is on course to end Carly Rae Jepsen’s four-week stint at Number 1. However, the track, which was co-written by Tulisa’s ex-boyfriend and N-Dubz bandmate Fazer, wasn’t originally intended for her.

"It was one of those ones I heard in the studio, and I was like, 'I have to have this song’,” she revealed in an interview with BBC Radio 2. “It was meant for someone else, I'm not going to say who it was meant for, who they pictured it for, but I nicked it!”

"They didn't even get a chance to pitch it to the [other singer],” she added. “It wasn't even finished and I was like, 'I'm having that song, give it to me!’."

Carly Rae Jepsen has now slipped into second place, while former chart toppers Cover Drive look set to debut at Number 3 with their new track, Sparks. Fun and Janelle Monae’s We Are Young slips from Number 3 to Number 4, while Alex Clare’s Too Close climbs one place to Number 5 and completes this week’s Official Singles Chart Update Top 5.

New entries and high climbers

While Britain’s Got Talent may have beaten The Voice in last weekend’s television rating wars, the BBC’s new flagship music show looks set to knock Simon Cowell’s reality programme into second place on this week’s Official Singles Chart.

Beyonce’s Listen, which was covered by 9-year-old Malakai Paul on BGT onSaturday, is this week’s second highest re-entry, up a staggering 131 places to Number 36. However, James Vincent McMorrow’s Higher Love, which was performed by Tyler James on The Voice, climbs 133 places to Number 29 on today’s Official Singles Chart Update. If that wasn’t enough, Lana Del Rey’s Blue Jeans, which was performed by the US singer on The Voice on Sunday, is on course for its highest ever chart placing, climbing to Number 28.

Elsewhere, Sub Focus FT Alice Gold are new in at Number 18 with Out Of The Blue, Flux Pavilion’s Daydreamer looks set to debut at Number 30, and AVICII is set to score his third Top 40 hit with Silhouettes, which is on course for Number 34.

The full Official Singles Chart Update Top 40 is as follows:

1	YOUNG	TULISA
2	CALL ME MAYBE	CARLY RAE JEPSEN
3	SPARKS	COVER DRIVE
4	WE ARE YOUNG	FUN FT JANELLE MONAE
5	TOO CLOSE	ALEX CLARE
6	LET'S GO	CALVIN HARRIS FT NE-YO
7	LASERLIGHT	JESSIE J FT DAVID GUETTA
8	DRIVE BY	TRAIN
9	CAN'T SAY NO	CONOR MAYNARD
10	PRIMADONNA	MARINA & THE DIAMONDS
11	STARSHIPS	NICKI MINAJ
12	SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW	GOTYE FT KIMBRA
13	SO GOOD	BOB
14	TITANIUM	DAVID GUETTA FT SIA
15	212	AZEALIA BANKS FT LAZY JAY
16	SHE DOESN'T MIND	SEAN PAUL
17	I WON'T GIVE UP	JASON MRAZ
18	OUT THE BLUE	SUB FOCUS FT ALICE GOLD
19	BOYFRIEND	JUSTIN BIEBER
20	ORDINARY PEOPLE	JOHN LEGEND
21	PART OF ME	KATY PERRY
22	WILD ONES	FLO RIDA FT SIA
23	TURN ME ON	DAVID GUETTA FT NICKI MINAJ
24	LEVEL UP	SWAY
25	GREYHOUND	SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA
26	TAKE CARE	DRAKE FT RIHANNA
27	TURN UP THE MUSIC	CHRIS BROWN
28	BLUE JEANS	LANA DEL REY
29	HIGHER LOVE	JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW
30	DAYDREAMER	FLUX PAVILION
31	DOMINO	JESSIE J
32	NEXT TO ME	EMELI SANDE
33	CLIMAX	USHER
34	SILHOUETTES	AVICII
35	OH MY GOODNESS	OLLY MURS
36	LISTEN	BEYONCE
37	SEXY AND I KNOW IT	LMFAO
38	MAMA DO THE HUMP	RIZZLE KICKS
39	N****S IN PARIS	JAY-Z & KANYE WEST
40	HOW TO SAVE A LIFE	THE FRAY