Little Mix lead race for UK #1 this week with "Sweet Melody"

[Gimme More 35,413]

Little Mix currently lead the way in the race to Number 1 on this week’s Official Chart First Look.

Sweet Melody, taken from the girl group’s latest album Confetti, climbs eight places midweek and could give Little Mix their 5th UK Number 1 single on Friday.

If Little Mix maintain their momentum, Sweet Melody would become their first chart topper in more than four years, since 2016’s Shout Out To My Ex, and their first since singer Jesy Nelson’s departure. 

Ed Sheeran’s Afterglow, surprise-released during Christmas week, trails just behind in second place, while New York rapper CJ climbs eleven spots since Friday – Whoopty is on course for a new peak of Number 3.

I hope the girls can hold on and snatch that #1  It'd be amazing if their last single as a four-piece goes to number one!

Current mid-week first look:

01 (09) Little Mix – Sweet Melody  
02 (13) Ed Sheeran – Afterglow
03 (14) CJ – Whoopty 
04 (22) Shane Codd – Get Out My Head
05 (28) Dua Lipa – Levitating
06 (44) The Weeknd – Blinding Lights  
07 (28) Ariana Grande – 34+35
08 (35) Miley Cyrus & Dua Lipa – Prisoner
09 (29) MEDUZA feat. Dermot Kennedy – Paradise
10 (26) The Kid LAROI – WITHOUT YOU 

11 (74) Take McRae – you broke me first
12 (**) Justin Bieber – Anyone  
13 (34) Taylor Swift – willow 
14 (32) KSI feat. Craig David & Digital Farm Animals – Really Love 
15 (43) BTS – Dynamite  
16 (41) Joel Corry & MNEK – Head & Heart 
17 (36) Billie Eilish – Therefore I Am 
18 (36) 24KGoldn feat. iann dior – Mood 
19 (Re) James Arthur – Train Wreck
20 (46) Justin Bieber feat. Chance The Rapper – Holy

If you're in the UK, buy on iTunes/Amazon and STREAM! Let's make sure Ed does not get that number one 

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[Noir 17,672]

YESS!

Although Woman Like Me and Touch should've been number one singles too! Notorious they missed it!

[Ryusei 61,110]

They would deserve Sweet Melody is such a bop, glad it took off

[Adrenaliner 3,809]

And Prisoner rising in the charts

UK's taste is amaze

[Mirrion Rizzons 11,715]

I don’t get how afterglow can be on track for #2 when it’s:

#3 on iTunes 

#10 on Spotify 

#11 on AM 

Surely whoopty (#3 AM / #3 Spotify), would be on track for #2 and afterglow in the #6-#8 region

its only based on two days so far but afterglow wasn’t pulling #2 worthy numbers on Friday or Saturday

[StrawberryBlond 14,926]

Out of their 3 singles, Sweet Melody is the one I like the least and I think Break Up Song and definitely Holiday deserved it way more but it's still a good bop and they deserve it if they get it. I'm surprised it took Ed this long to rise and it is a good song but he has enough #1's and got some recently, LM haven't had one since 2016 and they could do with some success after losing Jesy. Though it'll be so bittersweet if they achieve this after she's left. It would send the message that the public only really started liking them after Jesy left. And would it be counted as her #1 as she'd left by that time? They didn't write the song, though, so I don't think there will be a royalties issue.

[Enzo 37,977]

Out of all the Confetti single it's the one that deserves it the most

BUS was rubbish and Holiday was just cute, but SM was THE song, pop perfection, they snapped almost a decade into their career

[Flawless 2,234]

a ultimate bop, I love this song soo much. I hope it gives them the 5th #1, it's totally deserved. I think it would give the incentive to go on after Jesy left the group, their history is not over!

[JoeMo 3,889]

Stream 

[chromatigaga 1,339]

Bought my iTunes copy 

[Gimme More 35,413]

29 minutes ago, Flawless said:

a ultimate bop, I love this song soo much. I hope it gives them the 5th #1, it's totally deserved. I think it would give the incentive to go on after Jesy left the group, their history is not over!

They really do deserve it, I couldn't agree more with what you said it'd definitely give them incentive to carry on and it'd just be amazing if Jesy's last single with them goes to #1 

[chromatigaga 1,339]

The gorls do deserve it 

[Flawless 2,234]

6 minutes ago, Gimme More said:

They really do deserve it, I couldn't agree more with what you said it'd definitely give them incentive to carry on and it'd just be amazing if Jesy's last single with them goes to #1 

It's really cool to see the UK supporting these girls after almost 10 years. Even if it's not #1 in the next week, the song is a success and it's stable for weeks. It's already a huge archievement for them...but hoping for the best!

[Gimme More 35,413]

8 minutes ago, Flawless said:

It's really cool to see the UK supporting these girls after almost 10 years. Even if it's not #1 in the next week, the song is a success and it's stable for weeks. It's already a huge archievement for them...but hoping for the best!

The UK loves these girls 

This song has been charting for 10 weeks and has spent the majority of that time in the Top 5, its peak has been #3 (for 3 weeks in a row), I hope even if it doesn't get to #1, it gets a new peak of #2!

I've just bought it on Amazon and plan on buying all versions tomorrow on various platforms  I've been streaming it and all versions a lot the past few days to help!

Perrie & Leigh-Anne have posted about it on their instagram stories too! RCA are crazy if they do not discount the price tomorrow! 

[Flawless 2,234]

12 minutes ago, Gimme More said:

The UK loves these girls 

This song has been charting for 10 weeks and has spent the majority of that time in the Top 5, its peak has been #3 (for 3 weeks in a row), I hope even if it doesn't get to #1, it gets a new peak of #2!

I've just bought it on Amazon and plan on buying all versions tomorrow on various platforms  I've been streaming it and all versions a lot the past few days to help!

Perrie & Leigh-Anne have posted about it on their instagram stories too! RCA are crazy if they do not discount the price tomorrow! 

It would be disappointing if RCA don't push the song.