Cheryl's single Promise This looks like it will land the top spot in the British charts this Sunday, after having already shifted 92,000 copies.
The 27-year-old has scored one of the highest first week sales of the year, according to midweek positions.
Cole stormed the X Factor stage in knee-high zebra print tights on Sunday to perform the single but the Geordie was slammed for miming part of the song.
The Fight For This Love singer's former contestant on the show Joe McElderry, who she mentored to victory, looks likely to miss out on the number one spot in the album charts to King of Leon.