Drake couldn't do it, Take That couldn't do it, Kendrick Lamar couldn't do it, Steps couldn't do it and now Gorillaz can't do it - dethrone Ed Sheeran, that is.

All of the above have debuted at No.2 during the reign of Sheeran's third album, ÷, which spends its ninth straight week atop the chart on sales of 51,205 copies (including 16,786 from streams).

Sheeran's victory margin has diminished every single week since ÷was released, and Gorillaz - who were ...