Sam Ryder on SPACE MAN's Number 1 race against 'legend' Harry Styles and As It Was: "He won't be mad if I get it!"
18.05.2022 - 18:29
/ officialcharts.com
Having spent six weeks at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with As It Was, Harry Styles faces tough competition from a similarly-silky-haired singer in this week's race for the top spot.
Following his success at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 grand final in Turin last weekend, Sam Ryder's seen his single SPACE MAN rocket up the chart over the course of the week, but he still faces competition from reigning Singles Chart king Harry Styles. Just 1,880 chart sales separated the two as of yesterday's Official Charts Company sales flash, and with the gap continuing to close between the two, this week's chart race is expected to go down to the wire.
Sam could potentially make chart history this Friday by scoring the first Eurovision Number 1 single in 26 years, but victory is not certain and Sam would need to maintain some serious momentum to clinch it. Should he end Harry's six-week reign, SPACE MAN would become the first Eurovision track to top the Official Singles Chart since Gina G's Ooh Aah...Just a Little Bit back in 1996.
Amid all the excitement, we caught up with Sam to find out just what an Official Number 1 single would mean to him - and how Harry probably 'won't be mad' if he manages it.
Explaining how, Sam exclusively told OfficialCharts.com: "Right now, we’ve been blessed with a lovely cake; but there’s no icing on top of it.
"An Official Number 1 single would make a bit of Eurovision history. A Eurovision track hasn’t been Number 1 in the UK for 26 years. Wouldn’t that just be a fantastic end chapter to this whole experience? You can make it happen, UK. You’ve been amazingly supportive through this whole journey.
"I know you couldn’t vote at the final in Turin, but you can show your support now and
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