Ed Sheeran has now been atop the ARIA Singles Chart for twelve consecutive weeks with “Shape of You”, making it now the equal longest No.1 for this decade, and it is now 4x▲ Platinum in sales too.
“Shape of You” equals the twelve weeks achieved back in 2014 by Pharrell Williams’ “Happy”, but ‘Shape’ outdoes ‘Happy’ by staying at the top continuosly, as “Happy” had three runs at the top (5 wks, 1 off, 6 wks, 1 off and then one more week between 6th of January and 7th of April). The twelve weeks at the top also equals the other song for this century which had spent that long at the chart summit in Eminem with “Lose Yourself” (2002), whilst the only other twelve week running No.1 was 999 chart-toppers ago when “Buttons and Bows” by Dinah Shore (Jan 1949 to April 1949) racked up twelve weeks at No.1, making them all equal seventeenth on the list for ‘Most Weeks at No.1: 1940 to 2017’.
Ed Sheeran’s song is now one week shy of the longest No.1 for this decade and century, and also of equalling the longest No.1 of the 1990’s and 1960’s, plus two weeks away from the longest for the 1970’s.
With Ed now racking up an eighteenth accumulated week at No.1, he moves from equal 39th to now equal 35th on the list of ‘Accumualted Weeks at No.1: 1940 to 2017; Artists’ alongside The Rolling Stones (6 #1’s), Johnnie Ray (4 No.1’s) and Judy Garland (2 No.1’s). If he stays another week he will be equal with Katy Perry and LMFAO.
Landing a third non-consecutive week at No.2 are The Chainsmokers and Coldplay with “Something Just Like This”, whilst climbing up one place to new peak of No.3 are Zedd and Alessia Cara with “Stay”. This now equals his previous highest chart appearance, as guest on the Ariana Grande track “Break Free” (July 2014). Last weeks highest new entry for Drake and “Passionfruit” blasts up twelve places to No.4 this week, becoming his seventh Top 10 and fifth Top 5 single here in Australia and the first from his new set “More Life” (TW-9, US & Canada #1).
Landing his eighth Top 5 single in Australia and achieving Gold (●) in sales is Bruno Mars with “That’s What I Like”, which is up one place to a new peak of No.5 this week. Slipping three places to its lowest position so far is Ed Sheeran and “Castle on the Hill” to No.6, whilst his third Top 10 entry for the week is “Galway Girl”, which is down one to No.9. Stable at No.7 is Lorde and her “Green Light”, whilst also down three places to No.8 are Kygo and Selena Gomez with “It Ain’t Me” which is now ▲Platinum in sales, whilst Julia Michaels sees her “Issues” decrease one place to No.10 this week.
UP:
* Three songs hold their peaks positions within the 11 to 15 chart region, with “Slide” for Calvin Harris, “You Don’t Know Me” by Jax Jones with Raye and “Scared to Be Lonely” for Martin Garrix and Dua Lip at No.11, No.12 and No.14 respectively.
* The new teaming of Clean Bandit and Zara Larsson sees their track “Symphony” blast up twenty four places to land within the Top 20 at No.18.
* The highest placed Australian act this week in Starley and “Call on Me” which is back up four to No.23.
* Rapper Future has two songs climbing this week, first of which is “Mask Off” which blasts up twenty-three places to a new peak of No.32, whilst his teaming with Rihanna on “Selfish” (HP-39) is back up nine spots to No.57.
* Sheppard continue to rise with their new track “Keep Me Crazy”, up one place to No.37.
* Imagine Dragons rebound eight spots to No.42 with “Believer (HP-33).
* The first track lifted from the new Drake playlist was “Fake Love” (HP-16), which blasts back up thirty-six spots this week to No.47, while his “One Dance” rises seven to No.79.
* Surpassing its former No.55 entry position this week, and up ten spots to a new peak of No.52 is Jason DeRulo and “Swalla” featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign.
* After debuting at No.61 last week, iSpy for Kyle and Lil’ Yachty rises one spot to a new peak of No.60.
* Returning to the chart at No.64 after it’s cinema opening around the country last week, is the remake of “Beauty & the Beast” (former peak #100) for John Legend and Ariana Grande.
* Machine Gun Kelly and Hailee Steinfeld jump up fourteen places to a new peak of No.73 with last weeks debut “At My Best”.
DOWN:
* The only song leaving the Top 10 this week is “All Time Low” (HP-9, WI10-3) for Jon Bellion, which is down three places to No.13.
* Most of Ed Sheeran’s singles fall substantially this week, with “Dive” (20 to 25), “Supermarket Flowers” (32 to 43), “New Man” (36 to 50), “What Do I Know?” (39 to 51), “How Would You Feel (Paean) (35 to 53, newly Gold (●) in sales), “Nancy Mulligan” (51 to 68), “Barcelona” (52 to 69), “Hearts Don’t Break Around Here” (60 to 75), “Eraser” (65 to 78), “Save Myself” (77 to 87), “Bibia Be Ye Ye” (76 to 89), and still holding the crown for ‘Longest Charted Single’ again this week is Ed’s “Thinking Out Loud” (90 to 91) at 121 weeks.
* Stargate with Pink and Sia slip for a second week with “Waterfall”, descending five to No.31.
* Now that Adele’s tour is over, her current single “Water Under the Bridge” slips from it’s two-week-peak of No.23 to No.34. Her older tracks also tumble too, “Hello” (58 to 77), “Send My Love (to Your New Lover)” (67 to 93), with “Someone Like You” (#88), “When We Were Young” (#95) and “Rolling in the Deep” (#96) all leaving the Top 100 this week.
* After surging back up the chart last week, the former No.1 “Say You Won’t Let Go” by James Arthur is back down twelve spots to No.45.
* Milky Chance fall eleven places to No.55 in their “Cocoon”.
* Sage the Gemini might have left the Top 50 with “Now and Later” (48 to 56), but it is now ▲Platinum in sales.
* Last weeks debut at No.59 for the second Amy Shark entry “Weekends” slips down twelve places to No.71.
* The ‘Lion’ end-credits song by Sia in “Never Give Up” is down twelve to No.80 and newly certified Gold (●) in sales.
* Marian Hall tumble “Down” twelve places to No.82.
* Plummeting thirty-two spots to No.85 is the second chart entry of the week for Lorde in “Liability”.
* After a new-album-surge last week, the Zara Larsson single “I Would Like” is back down twenty-three spots to No.95.
* One Machine Gun Kelly track rises, whilst his older song “Bad Things” with Camilla Cabello is down twenty-two places to No.97.
* And another team-up track which falls is the Louis Tomlinson and Steve Aoki song “Just Hold on”, down twenty-seven spots to No.98 this week.
NEW ENTRIES:
* #21 – Still Got Time by Zayn feat PartyNextDoor is the first single from the upcoming second solo album for Zayn Malick and becomes the seventh Top 100 entry for the former 1D member and this is also the second entry for the Canadian rapper PartyNextDoor, who is currently in the charts on the track “Run Up” by Major Lazer (TW-44)
* #29 – Light My Body Up by David Guetta feat Nicki Minaj & Lil’ Wayne is the fourth collaboration between the French DJ and producer and the female rapper, with the pair scoring three Top 10 singles in the past with “Where Them Girls at” (HP-6, May 2011), “Turn Me On” (HP-3, late Jan 2012) and their last was “Hey Mama” (HP-5, May 2015).
* #35 – The Heart Part 4 by Kendrick Lamar is the first track lifted from Kendrick’s fifth album (no date or title known as yet), and with the three previous part’s of “The Heart” showing up on his previous works, Part 1 in 2010, Part 2 on his mixtape “Overly Dedicated” (also 2010) and Part 3 was on his 2012 album “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City”.
* #61 – Privacy by Chris Brown is the third track lifted from the forthcoming eighth studio album for Chris entitled “Heartbreak on a Full Moon” (no date know yet), with previous entries here from the new set being “Grass is Greener” (HP-97) and “Party” (HP-82).
* #63 – Mo Bounce by Iggy Azalea is the second single to be lifted from her forthcoming second album “Digital Distortion” (due last July, but coming sometime soon), the first was “Team” (HP-40, April 2016)
* #100 – Good Life by G-Eazy feat Kehlani is taken from the soon to be released eighth film in the Fast & Furious franchise entitled ‘The Fate of the Furious’, and this becomes the fourth chart entry for G-Eazy (two as guest artist, two as lead) and the second for Kehlani, who was on the ‘Suicide Squad’ soundtrack and made it to No.61 with her track “Gangsta” (August 2016).
Gavin Ryan reports with thanks to Australian-Charts.com
