Beatles records shattered - Ed Sheeran

They once had the top 5 in US simultaneously, Ed Sheeran not only has the top 5 in the UK, he has 9 of the top 10 and 16 of the top 20!!

1 NON MOVER 1 9 Ed Sheeran Shape Of You
2 NEW 1 Ed Sheeran Galway Girl
3 NON MOVER 3 9 Ed Sheeran Castle On The Hill
4 NEW 1 Ed Sheeran Perfect
5 NEW 1 Ed Sheeran New Man
6 NEW 1 Ed Sheeran Happier
7 DOWN 5 2 3 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay Something Just Like This
8 NEW 1 Ed Sheeran Dive
9 NEW 1 Ed Sheeran Supermarket Flowers
10 NEW 1 Ed Sheeran What Do I Know
11 NON MOVER 11 3 Ed Sheeran How Would You Feel (Paean)
12 NEW 1 Ed Sheeran Barcelona
13 NEW 1 Ed Sheeran Nancy Mulligan
14 NEW 1 Ed Sheeran Eraser
15 NEW 1 Ed Sheeran Hearts Don't Break Around Here
16 DOWN 12 4 19 Rag’n’Bone Man Human
17 DOWN 12 5 4 Katy Perry Chained To The Rhythm (feat. Skip Marley)
18 NEW 1 Ed Sheeran Bibia Be Ye Ye
19 NEW 1 Ed Sheeran Save Myself
20 DOWN 14 6 5 Stormzy Big For Your Boots

 

Argh factor !!!

Noel Gallacher's not a fan, rightly so.

 

Good lord. I'm most certainly not doing this chart in a poll.

 

is that the actual charts? I never look at them but if so thats absolutely ridiculous that one artist can have so many in there. I assume its something to do with doanloads and streaming?

 

Yep..and his stuff will still be selling in 50 years.

 

Well it's something about the era of The Beatles and their achivements that weighs heavier. I can't explain why, I can feel it. The Beatles is to popular music what Napoleon is to cake. It's just the way it is.

 

Listen folks, okay, I get all my news from thebeatles.com and NOWHERE on there does it say this record was broken! Sad. Fake news. Apologize!

 

do they still do the top 40 on radio 1? that would be pretty boring if the whole thing was only made up ed sheeran and coldplay tracks

 

I've heard the guys name a lot. I had no idea just how popular he was until last week. My local record store must have had at least a dozen copies of his latest album in stock. They usually never have that many of a single record in stock.

 

Here comes the Grumpy Old Man:

If these Top Five, or Top Nine, or Top Twenty Songs were actually physical singles, records that you could hold in your hand (pun intended), actually had to run to a store to purchase, etc,

If so, Then the Music Charts rankings and proclaimed Achievements are comparable, and quite noteworthy.

But fifty years between, they are not.

We are talking apples and oranges.

 

The fact that the charts are now largely made up of downloads kind of nullifies any comparison with previous eras, i.e. The Beatles.

However, I hear that the album is the biggest selling on vinyl for 20 years. Now that is something I CAN respect.

 

Ed Sheeran has nine of top 10, but thinks it's weird

and he's not the only one.

 

Pitchfork certainly gave the album a shoeing.

 

Grumpy old man yawn...but he'll be forgotten in ten years time

 

For the Bullboards Record Charts, I believe airplay was also a factor to consider, during the decades you mentioned. So, if an album track received heavy rotation on many stations, it actually could make the charts. Eventually this would grab the attention if the record label, and they usually would rush-release a single after-the-fact.
This didn't happen often, but was always possible, in the era of free-thinking Disc Jockeys.
(Hopefully someone can give an example...)

 

This just in from Ed: "Well, originally I pointed out that fact in reference to England. That I meant more to kids than the Beatles did, or their music at that time. I wasn't knocking them or putting them down. I was just saying it as a fact and it's true more for England than here. I'm not saying that I'm better or greater, or comparing myself with the Beatles as a group or John, Paul, George, and Ringo as people or whatever they are. I just said what I said and it was wrong. Or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this."

 

Who?

 

No, not the Who, were talking about Ed Sheeran!

 

I'm outraged.
Let's organize an anti-Sheeran rally.
Everyone should bring their MP3s of his music, to thrown in a bonfire.

 

An interesting and impressive achievement by Mr. Sheeran. His music will not be forgotten by the millions of people for whom it is currently hugely important and who will forever associate it with this period in their lives. He is rapidly becoming one of the signature and most important artists for this current generation of people currently in high school and college.

 

I heard he's a cunning Linguist

 

Good one Harv!

Look this guy isn't bad, he can sing/play/write songs it's not all files & auto-tune. Chart methodology has changed over the years as have consumer habits. No matter what sorts of charts you're looking at, it's an imperfect system.

 

I hope they use Ed Sheeran's music at the upcoming tribute to those killed at the infamous "Strawberry Fields riots"......

Who is Ed Sheeran?