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Harry Styles Kicks Ed Sheeran Off The No.1 Spot With 'Sign Of The Times'!

HE DID IT!

Friday, April 14, 2017 - 18:00

Harry Styles just ended Ed Sheeran's epic 13 week run at the top of the charts with his debut solo single 'Sign Of The Times' entering straight in at No.1!

The fourth One Direction member to release solo material, only ZAYN and now Harry have enjoyed No.1 success but it was a close race, with Ed's 'Shape Of You' ending up just 3,000 copies behind Harry's track.

We're still yet to see the music video for 'Sign Of The Times' but to tide us over, yesterday Harry revealed details of his self-titled debut album, including the artwork, tracklisting and release date, and now we're even more excited to hear more!

Official UK Singles Chart Top 5:

1. Harry Styles - 'Sign Of The Times'
2. Ed Sheeran - 'Shape Of You'
3. Ed Sheeran - 'Galway Girl'
4. Clean Bandit Ft. Zara Larsson - 'Symphony'
5. Drake - 'Passionfruit'

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These Are The Longest Running UK No.1 Singles EVER

With Drake’s ‘One Dance’ becoming the longest running No.1 in the digital age, we’ve decided to take a look back at the longest running UK No.1s EVER…

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Quite a lot of songs have been on the top spot for nine weeks, including Gnarls Barkley’s inescapable festival hit ‘Crazy’. After this, we can start to really separate the wheat from the chaff…

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Rihanna – Umbrella (10 weeks). Drake’s good friend Rihanna dominated the charts back in 2007, scoring a mega ten weeks in the top spot.

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Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You (10 weeks). Taken from the soundtrack to Kevin Costner’s (that’s not the last we’ll hear of him) ‘The Bodyguard’, Whitney created an all-time classic AND a chart stormer with this track.

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David Whitfield – Cara Mia (10 weeks). Hailing from Hull, David Whitfield scored his second number one single with ‘Cara Mia’ in 1954.

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Slim Whitman – Rose Marie (11 weeks). American country singer Slim Whitman long held the record for the longest ever reign at number one with this 1955 smash hit.

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Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You (13 weeks). A monumental stint at No.1 in 2017, his reign was ended by the one and only Harry Styles...

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Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (14 weeks). It sold millions of copies. It was Christmas Number One twice. Do we really need to say more? It’s B-O-H-E-M-I-A-N R-H-A-P-S-O-D-Y guys!

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Drake – One Dance (15 weeks). This doesn’t need an introduction, but we do have one question… Where was the music video?! C’mon Drake!

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Wet Wet Wet – Love Is All Around (15 weeks). Taken from ‘Four Weddings And A Funeral’, we’re starting to realise how you can get a single to chart for a long time…attach it to a romantic smash hit film!

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Bryan Adams – (Everything I Do) I Do It For You (16 weeks). Propelled by the success of the Kevin Costner vehicle ‘Robin Hood’, Bryan Adams rocks in at second place. But who will claim the number one spot…

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Frankie Laine – I Believe (18 weeks). Frankie Laine held a remarkable 18-week run, although those 18 weeks were split over three different periods, which was a record in itself! Only four songs in history have scored three separate stints at the top.

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