will.i.am and Cody Wise on track for UK Number 1 with It's My Birthday

will.i.am is on track for his tenth UK Number 1 single with It’s My Birthday FT 17-year-old singer Cody Wise.

Rapper/singer/songwriter/producer and general all round musical powerhouse, will.i.am, is set to hit the Number 1 spot this weekend with It’s My Birthday, featuring 17-year-old US singer, Cody Wise.

It looks like getting to Number 1 will be a piece of cake for will.i.am! It’s My Birthday has a combined sales figure of over 42,000 so far this week, with just over 1% of that figure being accounted for by audio streams.

It’s the second week that audio streams from services such as; Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Music Unlimited, rara, Xbox Music and O2 Tracks have been included in the new-look Official Singles Chart, with 100 streams equating to one sale.

It’s My Birthday was written by Will and Cody, alongside Keith Harris (Madonna, Kelis, Britney Spears) and Indian composer, A.R. Rahman and, if it holds on to the top spot through to Sunday will be the tenth chart topper Will has appeared on, including five as a solo artist and five with The Black Eyed Peas.

The Vamps’ Somebody To You has seen a sales boost this week, climbing from Number 39 to Number 2 today, following the release of a version of the track featuring US star, Demi Lovato.

Meanwhile, current reigning pop princess, Ariana Grande’s Problem FT Iggy Azalea drops two places to Number 3 at this midway stage.

Entering the Top 40 at Number 4 is Jess Glynne’s Right Here. Although this is the 24-year-old’s first solo foray, she already has two huge chart toppers to her name having featured on Clean Bandit’s Rather Be and Route 94’s My Love.

Former X Factor star, Ella Henderson spends her fifth week in the Top 5 with debut single, Ghost (Number 5).

New Entries

Aside from will.i.am’s It’s My Birthday FT Cody Wise (Number 1) and Jess Glynne’s Right Here (4), there are two new entries on today’s Official Singles Chart Update Top 40.

British dance duo, Matrix & Futurebound enter the chart at Number 35 with Don’t Look Back FT Tanya Lacey, while former Nickelodeon stars Malcolm Kelley and Tony Oller, AKA MKTO, are on track for their first UK Top 40 single, with Classic (Number 14).

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