Sam Smith's “Writing's On The Wall” is on course to make history, by becoming the first Bond theme (from “Spectre”) to reach number one. The track is leading the chart after selling double that of its closest competitor, Justin Bieber's “What Do You Mean?”, in the first half of the week.

Smith's theme divided opinion when it was unveiled last week, being labelled both “bland” and “beautiful”.

Out of 23 Bond themes, Adele's “Skyfall” and Duran Duran's “A View To A Kill” performed best, peaking at number two. Smith is the first solo male British act to perform a Bond film's theme song since 1964, when Tom Jones was heard over the opening credits of “Thunderball”.

Other new entries this week include Rudimental and Ed Sheeran's collaboration “Lay It All On Me”, currently at number 10, plus Little Mix single “Love Me Like You”, currently at 14, and Sia's “Alive” at 20.

Source: BBC