79 weeks at No 1: Ed Sheeran named UK artist of the decade
(The Guardian Culture News)

Official Charts Company awards singer-songwriter for having the most No 1s this decade, and the highest number of weeks on top of the singles and albums charts combinedThe Official Charts Company (OCC), which compiles the UK pop charts, has named Ed Sheeran as its artist of the decade.The Suffolk singer-songwriter had the most No 1s across the albums and singles chart in the 2010s, with 12. His albums spent 41 weeks at the top in total, his singles 38, making a total of 79 weeks - more than any other artist. No other artist meanwhile has spent more time in the Top 40 singles chart than Sheeran´s combined 572 weeks. Continue reading...