STEVENAGE schoolgirl Gabz Gardiner’s first single is currently sixth in the iTunes download chart after its release yesterday (Sunday).

The Comet: Gabz Gardiner with backing dancers on the set of her music videoGabz Gardiner with backing dancers on the set of her music video (Image: Archant)

The Britain’s Got Talent finalist’s own composition, Lighters (The One), is hot on the heels of current chart topper Love Me Again by John Newman but has until this Sunday to bridge the gap.

The 14-year-old, who attends The Nobel School, is five places ahead of fellow new release Gentleman, by girl band The Saturdays.

Gabz has also recorded a music video for the song – click play to view.