Ed Sheeran overtakes Steps in albums chart battle

Ed Sheeran overtakes Steps in albums chart battle

After beginning the week in the unfamiliar territory, Ed Sheeran is halfway to winning his battle to retain his No.1 spot in the singles and albums charts. 

But while ÷ has jumped ahead of Steps’ Tears On The Dancefloor in the albums list, Clean Bandit’s Symphony (feat Zara Larsson) is still in front of Shape Of You in the singles chart. Symphony has 35,040 sales compare to Shape Of You’s 28,033. Galway Girl is at No.3 on 24,915 sales, with Harry Styles’ Sign Of The Times at No.4 on 23,262. Drakes Passionfruit rounds out the Top 5 with 18,063 sales. 

Steps trail Sheeran by just under 4,000 sales in the albums chart, with Tears On The Dancefloor (31,564) fighting ÷ (35,193) for the No.1 spot. At No.3, Imelda May’s Life Love Flesh Blood (14,391 sales) is fractionally ahead of Rag’N’Bone Man’s Human (14,347 sales). Kendrick Lamar’s former No.1 Damn. completes the Top 5, having amassed 10,512 sales so far this week. 

You can view the full Top 40 singles and albums charts below.

SINGLES:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

2

1

SYMPHONY

CLEAN BANDIT FT ZARA LARSSON

ATLANTIC

6

1

2

SHAPE OF YOU

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

16

3

3

GALWAY GIRL

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

8

4

4

SIGN OF THE TIMES

HARRY STYLES

COLUMBIA

3

5

5

PASSIONFRUIT

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

6

15

6

SWALLA

JASON DERULO/NICKI MINAJ/TY

WARNER BROS

9

143

7

THERE'S NOTHING HOLDIN' ME BACK

SHAWN MENDES

EMI

2

8

8

SOLO DANCE

MARTIN JENSEN

3 BEAT

15

7

9

SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS

CHAINSMOKERS & COLDPLAY

DISRUPTOR/PARLOPHONE

10

9

10

STAY

ZEDD & ALESSIA CARA

INTERSCOPE

9

13

11

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE

BRUNO MARS

ATLANTIC

12

17

12

SKIN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

13

6

13

HUMBLE.

KENDRICK LAMAR

AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE

4

10

14

ISSUES

JULIA MICHAELS

POLYDOR

15

11

15

IT AIN'T ME

KYGO & SELENA GOMEZ

COLUMBIA

10

16

16

NO MORE SAD SONGS

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

9

14

17

CIAO ADIOS

ANNE-MARIE

ASYLUM/MAJOR TOM'S

11

23

18

THE CURE

LADY GAGA

INTERSCOPE

2

12

19

CASTLE ON THE HILL

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

16

19

20

YOU DON'T KNOW ME

JAX JONES FT RAYE

POLYDOR

20

20

21

SLIDE

CALVIN HARRIS/OCEAN/MIGOS

COLUMBIA

9

31

22

ON MY MIND

DISCIPLES

PARLOPHONE

5

21

23

GREEN LIGHT

LORDE

VIRGIN

8

34

24

DID YOU SEE

J HUS

BLACK BUTTER

8

36

25

STILL GOT TIME

ZAYN FT PARTYNEXTDOOR

RCA

5

144

26

HARD TIMES

PARAMORE

FUELED BY RAMEN

2

25

27

PERFECT

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

8

63

28

UNFORGETTABLE

FRENCH MONTANA FT SWAE LEE

BLACK BUTTER

3

24

29

MASK OFF

FUTURE

RCA

10

22

30

HUMAN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

26

70

31

DESPACITO

LUIS FONSI & DADDY YANKEE

INTERSCOPE

5

28

32

SCARED TO BE LONELY

MARTIN GARRIX & DUA LIPA

COLUMBIA

13

29

33

PLACES

MARTIN SOLVEIG & INA WROLDSEN

POSITIVA

13

18

34

DNA.

KENDRICK LAMAR

INTERSCOPE

2

26

35

CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM

KATY PERRY FT SKIP MARLEY

CAPITOL

11

169

36

LUST FOR LIFE

LANA DEL REY FT THE WEEKND

POLYDOR

2

30

37

TOUCH

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

23

35

38

CALL ON ME

STARLEY

AATW

26

140

39

SCARED OF THE DARK

STEPS

STEPS MUSIC

5

48

40

NO PROMISES

CHEAT CODES FT DEMI LOVATO

PARLOPHONE

4

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

8

NEW

2

TEARS ON THE DANCEFLOOR

STEPS

STEPS MUSIC

1

NEW

3

LIFE LOVE FLESH BLOOD

IMELDA MAY

DECCA

1

3

4

HUMAN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

12

2

5

DAMN.

KENDRICK LAMAR

INTERSCOPE

2

NEW

6

JUMP ON BOARD

TEXAS

BMG

1

4

7

MORE LIFE

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

6

NEW

8

YOU ARE WE

WHILE SHE SLEEPS

WHILE SHE SLEEPS

1

NEW

9

RISK TO EXIST

MAXIMO PARK

DAYLIGHTING

1

7

10

MOANA

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

WALT DISNEY

21

8

11

X

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

149

NEW

12

AMERICANA

RAY DAVIES

LEGACY RECORDINGS

1

5

13

WONDERLAND

TAKE THAT

POLYDOR

5

NEW

14

CRACKED ACTOR (LIVE IN LOS ANGELES 74)

DAVID BOWIE

PARLOPHONE

1

10

15

GLORY DAYS

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

23

6

16

MEMORIES - DO NOT OPEN

CHAINSMOKERS

DISRUPTOR

3

21

17

AUTOMATON

JAMIROQUAI

VIRGIN

4

51

18

THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION

STEPS

SONY MUSIC

35

14

19

24K MAGIC

BRUNO MARS

ATLANTIC

23

11

20

GANG SIGNS & PRAYER

STORMZY

MERKY

9

13

21

TROLLS

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

RCA/VILLA 40

28

12

22

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

WALT DISNEY

7

NEW

23

THIS IS MY TOWN - SONGS OF NEW YORK

BARRY MANILOW

VERVE

1

9

24

YOUTH

TINIE TEMPAH

PARLOPHONE

2

18

25

+

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

281

17

26

SO GOOD

ZARA LARSSON

BLACK BUTTER/EPIC/TEN

6

25

27

RUMOURS

FLEETWOOD MAC

RHINO/WARNER BROS

468

19

28

KIDZ BOP

KIDZ BOP KIDS

RAZOR & TIE

4

NEW

29

LOVE AND WAR

BRAD PAISLEY

ARISTA NASHVILLE

1

15

30

100

VERA LYNN

DECCA

6

20

31

25

ADELE

XL RECORDINGS

75

23

32

THE AFTERLOVE

JAMES BLUNT

ATLANTIC

5

NEW

33

8

INCUBUS

EMI

1

NEW

34

BOWPROMO

DAVID BOWIE

PARLOPHONE

1

22

35

STARBOY

WEEKND

REPUBLIC RECORDS/XO

22

NEW

36

KICKING UP THE DUST

CAST

CAST RECORDINGS

1

27

37

LEGEND

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

TUFF GONG

1010

NEW

38

HYPNOTIC

WILKINSON

RAM/VIRGIN

1

28

39

WOLVES

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

5

NEW

40

GREATEST HITS

CURE

FICTION

180



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