Harry Styles vs Ed Sheeran: The race is on in the singles chart

Harry Styles vs Ed Sheeran: The race is on in the singles chart

The Official Charts Midweek Sales Flash is in.

Ed Sheeran is fighting back, but Harry Styles is still out in front in the race for No.1 in the singles chart. The One Direction singer’s Sign Of The Times has shifted 49,996 copies, while Sheeran’s Shape Of You posts a total of 38,597. The same singer’s Galway Girl is at No.3 on 36,870. Clean Bandit and Zara Larsson are at No.4 with Symphony (34,990 sales), and Drake’s Passionfruit (26,654 sales) currently occupies the No.5 position.

You know who has a much more comfortable lead in the albums chart. Ed Sheeran’s ÷ has a total of 56,542 for the week so far, way ahead of Rag’N’Bone Man’s Human (18,158 sales) at No.2. The Chainsmokers are at No.3 with debut album Memories – Do Not Open (14,068 sales), with Drake’s More Life (11,602 sales) and Take That’s Wonderland (11,471 sales) completing the Top 5.

You can view the full Top 40 singles and albums charts below.

 

SINGLES: 

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

NEW

1

SIGN OF THE TIMES

HARRY STYLES

COLUMBIA

1

1

2

SHAPE OF YOU

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

14

2

3

GALWAY GIRL

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

6

3

4

SYMPHONY

CLEAN BANDIT FT ZARA LARSSON

ATLANTIC

4

4

5

PASSIONFRUIT

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

4

5

6

SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS

CHAINSMOKERS & COLDPLAY

DISRUPTOR/PARLOPHONE

8

8

7

SOLO DANCE

MARTIN JENSEN

3 BEAT

13

7

8

IT AIN'T ME

KYGO & SELENA GOMEZ

COLUMBIA

8

9

9

STAY

ZEDD & ALESSIA CARA

INTERSCOPE

7

6

10

CASTLE ON THE HILL

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

14

10

11

ISSUES

JULIA MICHAELS

POLYDOR

13

13

12

CIAO ADIOS

ANNE-MARIE

ASYLUM/MAJOR TOM'S

9

14

13

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE

BRUNO MARS

ATLANTIC

10

15

14

YOU DON'T KNOW ME

JAX JONES FT RAYE

POLYDOR

18

12

15

SLIDE

CALVIN HARRIS/OCEAN/MIGOS

COLUMBIA

7

17

16

NO MORE SAD SONGS

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

7

11

17

CHAINED TO THE RHYTHM

KATY PERRY FT SKIP MARLEY

CAPITOL

9

23

18

SKIN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

11

20

19

HUMAN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

24

27

20

GREEN LIGHT

LORDE

VIRGIN

6

18

21

SCARED TO BE LONELY

MARTIN GARRIX & DUA LIPA

COLUMBIA

11

16

22

PERFECT

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

6

28

23

PARIS

CHAINSMOKERS

DISRUPTOR

13

30

24

TOUCH

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

21

34

25

SWALLA

JASON DERULO/NICKI MINAJ/TY

WARNER BROS

7

42

26

PLACES

MARTIN SOLVEIG & INA WROLDSEN

POSITIVA

11

33

27

MASK OFF

FUTURE

RCA

8

24

28

STILL GOT TIME

ZAYN FT PARTYNEXTDOOR

RCA

3

32

29

CALL ON ME

STARLEY

AATW

24

19

30

BLEM

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

4

21

31

HUMBLE

KENDRICK LAMAR

AFTERMATH/INTERSCOPE

2

81

32

ON MY MIND

DISCIPLES

PARLOPHONE

3

22

33

NEW MAN

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

6

37

34

BE THE ONE

DUA LIPA

WARNER BROS

14

25

35

HEATSTROKE

HARRIS/THUG/PHARRELL/GRANDE

COLUMBIA

2

31

36

BIG FOR YOUR BOOTS

STORMZY

MERKY

10

29

37

WHAT DO I KNOW

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

6

36

38

SEPTEMBER SONG

JP COOPER

ISLAND

24

39

39

COLD

MAROON 5 FT FUTURE

INTERSCOPE

9

26

40

HAPPIER

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

6

ALBUMS:

LW POSN

POSN

TITLE

ARTIST

LABEL

WKS

1

1

DIVIDE

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

6

2

2

HUMAN

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

10

NEW

3

MEMORIES - DO NOT OPEN

CHAINSMOKERS

DISRUPTOR

1

3

4

MORE LIFE

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

4

5

5

WONDERLAND

TAKE THAT

POLYDOR

3

NEW

6

INFINITE

DEEP PURPLE

EAR MUSIC

1

NEW

7

PURE COMEDY

FATHER JOHN MISTY

BELLA UNION

1

NEW

8

LET ME FLY

MIKE & THE MECHANICS

BMG

1

14

9

MOANA

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

WALT DISNEY

19

7

10

KIDZ BOP

KIDZ BOP KIDS

RAZOR & TIE

2

9

11

X

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

147

8

12

100

VERA LYNN

DECCA

4

10

13

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

WALT DISNEY

5

15

14

GLORY DAYS

LITTLE MIX

SYCO MUSIC

21

NEW

15

THE FAR FIELD

FUTURE ISLANDS

4AD

1

4

16

AUTOMATON

JAMIROQUAI

VIRGIN

2

12

17

GANG SIGNS & PRAYER

STORMZY

MERKY

7

19

18

TROLLS

MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING

RCA/VILLA 40

26

16

19

SO GOOD

ZARA LARSSON

BLACK BUTTER/EPIC/TEN

4

NEW

20

WOLVES

RAG'N'BONE MAN

BEST LAID PLANS/COLUMBIA

3

NEW

21

ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADASS

JOEY BADASS

CINEMATIC

1

13

22

THE AFTERLOVE

JAMES BLUNT

ATLANTIC

3

20

23

24K MAGIC

BRUNO MARS

ATLANTIC

21

18

24

+

ED SHEERAN

ASYLUM

279

NEW

25

GOLDEN DAYS

BRIAN MAY & KERRY ELLIS

SONY MUSIC CG

1

22

26

25

ADELE

XL RECORDINGS

73

24

27

STARBOY

WEEKND

REPUBLIC RECORDS/XO

20

28

28

RUMOURS

FLEETWOOD MAC

RHINO/WARNER BROS

466

29

29

LEGEND

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS

TUFF GONG

1008

6

30

SILVER EYE

GOLDFRAPP

MUTE

2

27

31

BACK FROM THE EDGE

JAMES ARTHUR

SYCO MUSIC

24

NEW

32

PTX - VOL 4

PENTATONIX

RCA

1

26

33

SPIRIT

DEPECHE MODE

COLUMBIA

4

33

34

NEVER FORGET - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION

TAKE THAT

RCA

306

30

35

VIEWS

DRAKE

CASH MONEY/REPUBLIC RECORDS

50

38

36

BLURRYFACE

TWENTY ONE PILOTS

ATLANTIC/FUELED BY RAMEN

100

32

37

NUMBER ONES

MICHAEL JACKSON

EPIC

498

NEW

38

THAT'S YOUR LOT

BLAENAVON

TRANSGRESSIVE

1

34

39

LADIES & GENTLEMEN - THE BEST OF

GEORGE MICHAEL

EPIC

221

60

40

THE BEST OF - VOL 1

DEPECHE MODE

BMG/MUTE

74



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