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Ed Sheeran Rounds Off Epic Week Making Chart History At No.1 & No.2 On The Official UK Top 40

He's just obliterated Drake's streaming record as well...

It's official. Ed Sheeran has just completed a record breaking comeback. Today, both his brand new singles 'Shape Of You' and 'Castle On The Hill' have entered straight in at No.1 and No.2 on the Official UK Singles Chart Top 40, a first for any artist. Oh and he's gone and set a new UK streaming record while he's at it too...

The biggest musical comeback since Adele's 'Hello', 'Shape Of You' is Ed's third UK No.1 and totalled 227,000 combined sales this week. Within that, 'Shape Of You' racked up 13.4 MILLION streams, obliterating Drake's previous one-week streaming record for'One Dance' which boasted 8.9 million plays during a week last summer.

"I’m incredibly chuffed that they’ve gone straight in at Number 1 and 2 today," he told OfficialCharts.com."Both tracks mean a huge amount to me so it really is amazing to see them go to the top of the chart together on the first week. I can’t wait for everyone to hear the rest of the album in March!"

Speaking of which, earlier this week Ed revealed the plan for his third studio album (pron. 'Divide') including the official release date, artwork and deluxe tracklisting. Read allll about that here.

Official UK Singles Chart Top 5:

1. Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
2. Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill
3. Rag'N'Bone Man - Human
4. Clean Bandit Ft. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie - Rockabye
5. Little Mix - Touch

'Chart information© 2017 Official Charts Company'

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