Ed Sheeran has molded himself into a “Shape of You” at No.1 for eleven weeks now, becoming the second longest chart-topping single for this decade.
‘Shape’ now sits one week away from the record holder for this decade in Pharrell Williams’ “Happy” which notched up twelve broken weeks between January and April in 2014. Ed had now notched up seventeen overall weeks at No.1, and is now the outright fourth act on the list of ‘Accumulated Weeks at No.1: Singles; 2010’s’, two weeks away from the 19 weeks racked up by LMFAO. And in the overall scheme of things (Acc.Wks@1: Singles; 1940-2017) he moves from equal 42nd to now equal 39th, having spent as many weeks at the top as Pink (from 7 #1’s), The Platter and Ke$ha (3 #1’s apiece).
‘Shape’ is also now one of four songs that have spent eleven weeks at the top of the Australian charts (since 1940), with Bryan Adams’ “(Everything I Do) I Do it for You” (1991), The Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” (1996) and the Wings double A-side “Mull of Kintyre” / “Girls’ School” (1978). The Ed Sheeran No.1 also notches up a new certification, achieving 4x▲Platinum in sales (although the chart I have says it is now 3xP), whilst also racking up 3x▲Platinum is “Castle on the Hill” for Ed, which is down one spot to No.3, and his third Top 10 entry this week also moves down a single spot, “Galway Girl”, to No.8. And with Ed occupying the top of both main charts this week with “Shape of You” and his album “÷ (Divide)”, its the third week in a row for both, with the last time that an album and single occupied the top for three (or more) weeks was from late February to early March, 2015 with “Fifty Shades of Grey” and the albums lead single “Love Me Like You Do” for Ellie Goulding (3 weeks in total).
Returning to its original No.2 entry position this week is The Chainsmokers and Coldplay with “Something Just Like This”, which after four weeks on the chart is now ▲Platinum in sales too. Zedd and Alessia Cara with “Stay” climbs two places to a new peak of No.4 and the song becomes the third Top 5 single for Zedd, and one place off his highest chart achievement (so far) on “Break Free” (July 2014), the Ariana Grande track. Whilst another producer and female singer are stable at No.5, Kygo and Selena Gomez with “It Ain’t Me”. Bruno Mars is up two places to a new peak of No.6 with “That’s What I Like”, and after two weeks at No.4 the Lorde track “Green Light” drops down three spots to No.7. Stable this week are Julia Michaels and her track “Issues” and “All Time Low” for Jon Bellion at No.9 and No.10 respectively.
UP:
* Four weeks ago Calvin Harris with Frank Ocean and Migos debuted at No.12, and now the gang climb back up three places to land a new peak at No.11 with “Slide”, which is now Gold (●) in sales.
* Right behind and also climbing up three places to a new peak of No.12 are Jax Jones and Raye with “You Don’t Know Me”.
* With his recent tour as Justin Bieber’s support act, Martin Garrix and his Dua Lipa infused track “Scared to Be Lonely” rises back up four places to it’s former peak of No.14 this week.
* Adele finished her national tour here this past week, and her current single “Water Under the Bridge” holds at its No.23 peak for a second straight week.
* Also cracking ▲Platinum this week are Little Mix with “Touch”, which is back up one to No.24.
* Maroon 5 and Future see a rise this week of five places to No.29 with “Cold” (HP-27).
* After leaving the Top 50 for the first time last week, the James Arthur former No.1 “Say You Won’t Let Go” blasts back up eighteen places to No.31 and is newly certified 5x▲Platinum.
* Sheppard’s debut from last week in “Keep Me Crazy” climbs five spots to a new peak of No.38.
* Newly Top 10 in the UK and now his first Top 50 entry in Australia, Martin Jensen and “Solo Dance” rises seven spots to a new chart height of No.45.
* Justin Timberlake’s Trolls’ theme “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” is back up nine places to No.47 and last week it achieved 6x▲Platinum in sales.
* Rebounding ten places to No.50 are Imagine Dragons and their latest single “Believer”.
* Last weeks debut for Future in “Mask Off” jumps up seventeen places to a new peak of No.55, whilst his other current track in “Selfish” (HP-39) with Rihanna is up one place to No.66.
* Jumping again for a second week is the Jason DeRulo track “Swalla” (HP-55), up twelve places this week to No.62.
DOWN:
* The Ed Sheeran drop downs continue this week, with “Perfect” (12 to 19), “Dive” (11 to 20), “Happier” (24 to 30), “Supermarket Flowers” (21 to 32), “How Would You Feel” (29 to 35), “New Man” (32 to 36), “What Do I Know?” (33 to 39), “Nancy Mulligan” (38 to 51), “Barcelona” (41 to 52), “Hearts Don’t Break Around Here” (44 to 60), “Eraser” (48 to 65), “Bibia Be Ye Ye” (54 to 76), “Save Myself” (53 to 77) and the oldest charting single again is “Thinking Out Loud” (89 to 90) which has now notched up 120 weeks within the Top 100 (123 weeks is the record set by Vance Joy and “Riptide”).
* Last weeks highest entry for Stargate with Pink and Sia entitled “Waterfall” drops down seven this week to No.19.
* And another of last weeks entries in the Lorde song “Liability” drops eleven spots to No.53.
* Adele’s tour wrapped in Melbourne this past week, and her older tracks drops back down; “Hello” (50 to 58), “Send My Love (to Your New Lover)” (59 to 67), “Someone Like You” (71 to 88), “When We Were Young” (79 to 59) and “Rolling in the Deep” (80 to 96).
* Falling nine spots to No.73 is Rag’N’Bone Man and his first entry “Human”.
* With a new Machine Gun Kelly track entering the Top 100 this week, his older duet with Camila Cabello and “Bad Things” is down twelve this week to No.75.
* “No Frauds” by Nicki Minaj, Drake and Lil’ Wayne debuted at No.58 last week, but it drops twenty-one spots to No.79 this week.
* Justin Bieber also wrapped up his Australian tour this past week too, and his drops come in the form of “Let Me Love You” (78 to 81), “Cold Water” (83 to 92), and “Sorry” (75 to 99).
NEW ENTRIES:
* #16 – Passionfruit by Drake is the second single issued of his just released Playlist album “More Life” (TW-2), and is the follow-up to “Fake Love” (HP-16) which this week is back up seven places to No.83, whilst his former No.1 “One Dance” from his “Views” album is also back up, eight spots to No.86.
* #42 – Symphony by Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson is second single to be lifted from their forthcoming second album (no date or title known as yet), after their first No.1 here “Rockabye” (HP-1×6, TW-31) and becomes their fourth chart entry, and the song is currently available on the new Zara Larsson album “So Good” (TW-7) which debuts within the Top 10 this week, and Zara is back up fourteen places to No.72 with “I Would Like” too.
* #59 – Weekends by Amy Shark is the second chart entry for the Sydney singer, whose first entry “Adore” shot to No.3 for two weeks in February, and is sitting at No.25 this week.
* #61 – iSpy by Kyle feat Lil’ Yachty is the first singles chart entry for Kyle Harvey and is currently Top 10 in the USA.
* #87 – At My Best by Machine Gun Kelly feat Hailee Steinfeld becomes the US singer and rappers second duet after the recent Top 30 hit “Bad Things” (HP-22, TW-75) with former Fifth Harmony member Camila Cabello, whilst the new entry also becomes the fourth chart entry for Hailee.
* #97 – Strawberry Kisses 2017 by Nikki Webster feat Sam Mac is a re-recording of Nikki’s first commercial single (and second chart entry) which hit No.2 for seven weeks in June 2001. The new version features breakfast TV presenter and comedian Sam Mac as guest, with proceeds from the new version going to Starlight Children’s Foundation.
Gavin Ryan reports with thanks to Australian-Charts.com
