But it’s by no means a done deal yet – BTS superstar JIMIN is less than 100 chart units away with WHO (3) and could overtake as the week goes on.
At the top Sabrina Carpenter doesn’t need to ask nicely – she’s set to replace herself at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart for the second time this year with Please Please Please predicted to return to the top spot (1).
Following their headline slot as BST Hyde Park last week, K-pop sensation STRAY KIDS are predicted to earn their first UK Top 20 single with Chk Chk Boom (20).
Outside the Top 20 a number of rising hits could reach new peaks this week, including; Charli xcx’s 360 (23) and Apple (29), Teddy Swims’s The Door (24) and AdamPort, Stryv & KeineMusik’s Move (30).