Official Charts Analysis: Ed Sheeran returns to the top of the albums chart

Returning to pole position after an absence of three weeks, Ed Sheeran's ÷ starts its fifth run atop the chart and is No.1 for the 15th time in its 23-week chart career.

Joining Adele's 21, Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events and Sam Smith's In The Lonely Hour on the list of albums that have had more than four runs at No.1 in the 2010s, ÷ nevertheless secured its lowest weekly tally yet - 16,071, of which 7,287 were sales-equivalent ...

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