Charts analysis: Ed Sheeran scores his 8th No.1 album

Released two days after Christmas in newly-expanded versions – which add 17 live recordings from his ongoing Mathematics Tour – Ed Sheeran’s first compilation, +-=÷× Tour Collection, finally tops the chart, becoming his eighth No.1.

Jumping 8-1 on its 14th week on the chart, the album increased consumption 133.66% week-on-week to 15,606 units (4,956 CDs, 2,517 vinyl albums, 131 cassettes, 248 digital downloads and 7,754 sales-equivalent streams). It debuts atop all of the physical format charts. Sheeran’s seven ...

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