X marks the spot once again for Ed Sheeran as he returns to Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart.
The singer/songwriter shifted an impressive 152,000 copies of X this week to earn a tenth non-consecutive week at the summit.
Last week, the Official Charts Company and BPI announced that the LP has sold over a million copies in the UK so far, with Ed becoming the first artist to achieve the feat within a calendar year since Emeli Sande with Our Version Of Events in 2012.
Meanwhile, in an all-British Top 5, Sam Smith climbs 4 to 2 with In The Lonely Hour and Olly Murs’ Never Been Better jumps 6 to 3.
1 X ED SHEERAN
2 IN THE LONELY HOUR SAM SMITH
3 NEVER BEEN BETTER OLLY MURS
4 FOUR ONE DIRECTION
5 WANTED ON VOYAGE GEORGE EZRA
6 III TAKE THAT
7 ROCK OR BUST AC/DC
8 THE ENDLESS RIVER PINK FLOYD
9 1989 TAYLOR SWIFT
10 CHRISTMAS MICHAEL BUBLE
Mark Ronson has scored his first Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with Uptown Funk.
The Bruno Mars-assisted track racked up a huge chart tally of 118,000 following its early release on Monday evening, comprising of 105,000 downloads and 1.35 million streams.
The feat bests his previous peak of Number 2 with singles Stop Me and Amy Winehouse collaboration Valerie, both of which were released in 2007.
1 UPTOWN FUNK MARK RONSON FT BRUNO MARS
2 THINKING OUT LOUD ED SHEERAN
3 DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS BAND AID 30
4 THESE DAYS TAKE THAT
5 LAST ALL NIGHT (KOALA) OLIVER HELDENS FT KSTEWART
6 BLANK SPACE TAYLOR SWIFT
7 NIGHT CHANGES ONE DIRECTION
8 WRAPPED UP OLLY MURS FT TRAVIE MCCOY
9 OUTSIDE CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING
10 REAL LOVE CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE