Ed Sheeran equals Eminem as ‘Shape Of You’ chalks up 12 straight weeks at No. 1

‘÷’ holds at the top of the albums chart for a fourth week

 

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Singles:

Top 5:

  1. Ed Sheeran ‘Shape Of You’
  2. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay ‘Something Just Like This’
  3. Zedd Feat. Alessia Cara ‘Stay’
  4. Drake ‘Passionfruit’
  5. Bruno Mars ‘That’s What I Like’

 

Singles Chartifacts: 

#1: Ed Sheeran ‘Shape Of You’ – ‘Shape Of You’ by Ed Sheeran maintains its spot at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart for a twelfth consecutive week. The last single to hold #1 for 12 straight weeks was Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’ in 2002/03. Sheeran has eight tracks in total in this week’s top 50.

#3: Zedd Feat. Alessia Cara ‘Stay’ – Moving up one spot from last week, ‘Stay’ gives Zedd his first appearance in the top three on the ARIA Singles Chart.

#4: Drake ‘Passionfruit’ – In its second week in the top 50, Drake’s ‘Passionfruit’ jumps up 12 spots. It becomes the Canadian rapper’s sixth top ten single, the first since ‘Too Good’ (#3 Jun. ’16).

#18: Clean Bandit Feat. Zara Larsson ‘Symphony’ – A week on from debuting at #42, Clean Bandit’s ‘Symphony’ moves up the chart 24 spots to #18.

#21: Zayn Feat. Partynextdoor ‘Still Got Time’ (debut) – Former One Direction member Zayn scores his fifth solo entry on the ARIA top 50 with ‘Still Got Time’. Featuring Canadian rapper Partynextdoor, the track is the first to be released from Zayn’s forthcoming second album. His duet with Taylor Swift, ‘I Don’t Wanna Live Forever’, sits at #19 on this week’s chart.

 

Check out video highlights of the top 10 singles HERE

Albums:

Top 5:

  1. Ed Sheeran ‘÷’
  2. Lee Kernaghan ‘The 25th Anniversary Album’ (debut)
  3. Northlane ‘Mesmer’ (debut)
  4. Soundtrack ‘Beauty And The Beast’
  5. Adele ‘25’

Albums Chartifacts:

#1: Ed Sheeran ‘÷’ – For the fourth week in succession, Ed Sheeran tops the ARIA Albums Chart with ÷. Both of Sheeran’s other studio albums, X and +, have slipped out of the top ten this week, they’re at #11 and #13, respectively.

#2: Lee Kernaghan ‘The 25th Anniversary Album’ (debut) – Australian country star Lee Kernaghan celebrates a quarter of a century since the release of his debut album The Outback Club (#58 May. ’94) with The 25th Anniversary Album. Kernaghan’s thirteenth studio album features collaborations with James Blundell, Adam Brand, Adam Harvey, The McClymonts, Kasey Chambers and more. He last charted with Spirit Of The Anzacs (#1 Mar. ’15).

#3: Northlane ‘Mesmer’ (debut) – Sydney metalcore band Northlane return with fourth studio album Mesmer. The album was released on 24 March with no prior warning. It’s the follow-up to Node (#1 Aug. ’15).

#7: James Blunt ‘The Afterlove’ (debut) – Singer-songwriter James Blunt releases his fifth studio album, The Afterlove. It comes four years on from his previous album,Moon Landing (#2 Oct. ’13). In between studio albums, Blunt charted with the box set I’ll Take Everything (#5 Oct. ’15).

#10: Steel Panther ‘Lower The Bar’ (debut) – The fourth studio album from Steel Panther gives the American glam rockers their second appearance in the ARIA top ten.Lower The Bar is the follow-up to All You Can Eat (#2 Apr. ’14). Steel Panther last charted with the live release Live From Lexxi’s Mom’s Garage (#19 Mar. ’16).

 

Streaming Singles:

Top 5:

  1. Ed Sheeran ‘Shape Of You’
  2. Drake ‘Passionfruit’
  3. Ed Sheeran ‘Galway Girl’
  4. Zedd Feat. Alessia Cara ‘Stay’
  5. The Chainsmokers & Coldplay ‘Something Just Like This’

  

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Each Saturday at 5pm The HIT Network will countdown the biggest 10 songs on the ARIA Charts.

 

ABOUT THE ARIA CHART:

The national ARIA Chart is Australia’s pre-eminent music chart representing a broad cross section of retail outlets. More than 1200 music retailers, including department stores, chain stores, independent retailers, streaming outlets, and digital providers contribute their data to ARIA to ensure that comprehensive charts are compiled across various genres and categories during any given week.

 

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