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Ed Sheeran Is Officially Winning 2017 As The Biggest-Selling Singles & Albums Are Revealed

Plus Stormzy and Rag'n'Bone Man are having an alright year too...

The Official Charts Company has revealed the biggest-selling singles and albums of 2017 so far and, you guessed it, Ed Sheeran is smashing it. To pieces.

With the data collated for the first quarter of the year, Ed has dominated nearly every platform available since dropping the double threat that was 'Shape Of You' and 'Castle On The Hill' back in January.

So far this year, 'Shape Of You', which is currently enjoying its 12th week at No.1,has amassed over 1.8 million combined copies across all formats, while 'Castle On The Hill' follows with 1.1 million equivalent sales.

BRITs Critics' Choice winner Rag'n'Bone Man currently holds thebronze, with 'Human' the UK's third biggest-selling single with 644,000 combined sales.

Official Singles Chart Of 2017 (So Far):

1. Ed Sheeran - 'Shape Of You
2. Ed Sheeran - 'Castle On The Hill'
3. Rag'n'Bone Man - 'Human'
4. Jax Jones Ft. RAYE - 'You Don't Know Me'
5. Little Mix - 'Touch'

Naturally, Ed's'÷' ('Divide'), after just a month on sale, lands the biggest-selling album of the year so far, racking up 1.4 million sales across all formats, driven by 886,000 physical CD and vinyl copies, 280,000 downloads and the remainder from streams.

With 364,000 sales so far, Rag'n'Bone Man takes second place after his album 'Human' became the fastest-selling male debut album of the decade but amazingly, Ed's second studio album 'x' ('Multiply')has ridden 'Divide''swave of success, ending up as the UK's third biggest-selling album of 2017!

Little Mix's first No.1 album 'Glory Days' is still performing, coming in at No.4, while Stormzy takes fifth place with his debut 'Gang Signs & Prayer', the first pure grime album to hit No.1 on the Official Albums Chart, so far boasting 129,000 combined sales.

Take a bow everybody.

Official Albums Chart Of 2017 (So Far):

1. Ed Sheeran -'÷'
2. Rag'n'Bone Man - 'Human'
3. Ed Sheeran - 'x'
4. Little Mix - 'Glory Days'
5. Stormzy - 'Gang Signs & Prayer'

'Chart information ©2017 Official Charts Company.'

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