ANALYSIS the Official UK Singles & Albums Charts Are Compiled by the Official Charts Company, Based on a Sample of More Than 15,000 Physical and Digital Outlets
ANALYSIS The Official UK Singles & Albums Charts are compiled by the Official Charts Company, based on a sample of more than 15,000 physical and digital outlets. They count actual sales and audio streams from last Friday to Thursday, based on sales of downloads, CDs, vinyl and other physical formats and weighted audio streams. Fourplay: Sheeran and Stormzy make it four weeks at the summit Q BY ALAN JONES nocked off the top spot in the first couple of the week’s sales flashes, Take Me Back To London recovered to K secure its fourth straight week at No.1 for Ed Sheeran and Stormzy, with consumption of 1.51% week-on-week to 58,783 units (including 54,830 from sales-equivalent streams). It briefly trailed Don’t Call Me Angel, the theme to the upcoming Charlie’s Angels film, which brings together Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus & Lana Del Rey, who have 66 prior Top 75 entries between them, and are credited as co-writers (with others) as well as co-performers on the track. The song emerges as the week’s top title on paid-for sales (5,662) but opens at No.2 on the overall chart on consumption of 46,540 units. It is Grande’s 15th Top 10 hit, Cyrus’ fifth and Del Rey’s fourth. No.1 The rest of the Top 10: Taste (Make It Shake) (2-3, 43,605 sales) by Aitch, Higher Love (3-4, 43,381 sales) by Kygo & Whitney Houston, Ladbroke Grove (4-5, 40,712 sales) by Ed Sheeran (Feat.
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