{"id":155640,"date":"2025-09-20T02:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T02:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/155640\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T02:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T02:03:14","slug":"ed-sheerans-play-is-no-1-on-u-k-albums-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/155640\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran’s ‘Play’ Is No. 1 on U.K. Albums Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEd Sheeran<\/a> has held off competition from Twenty One Pilots<\/a> and JADE<\/a> for his ninth No. 1 album on the U.K.\u2019s Official Albums Chart<\/a> dated Sept. 19.<\/p>\n

\n\tPlay<\/a> gives Sheeran his second chart-topper of 2025 following the success of +\u2013=\u00f7\u00d7 (Tour Collection), a greatest hits compilation that encompasses his Mathematics album series, which took the top spot in June.<\/p>\n

\n\tEach of his studio albums from that series \u2014 2011\u2019s + (Plus), 2014\u2019s \u00d7 (Multiply), 2017\u2019s \u00f7 (Divide), 2021\u2019s = (Equals) and 2023\u2019s \u2013 (Subtract) \u2014 have hit No. 1, as well as 2019\u2019s No. 6 Collaborations Project and 2023\u2019s Autumn Variations.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe superstar now matches Bob Dylan, Take That and Stereophonics on the list of artists with the most U.K. No. 1 albums. The Beatles and Robbie Williams are currently tied at the top of the all-time list with 15 No. 1s each.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing a flurry of release week activity, Sheeran announced<\/a> the North American leg of his upcoming Loop tour for 2026. The run will commence at the State Farm Arena in Glendale, Ariz., on June 13.<\/p>\n

\n\tSabrina Carpenter\u2019s Man\u2019s Best Friend remains strong at No. 2, having spent the past two weeks in the top spot. JADE\u2019s That\u2019s Showbiz Baby!<\/a> earns 2025\u2019s biggest opening week yet for a debut album, finishing the week at No. 3. The Little Mix member\u2019s solo LP was bolstered by an in-store tour of record shops, resulting in a top-place finish on the Official Record Store Chart.<\/p>\n

\n\tTwenty One Pilots\u2019 quest for a U.K. No. 1 album continues as the group\u2019s new LP, Breach, finishes at No. 4. It\u2019s the fifth time the Ohio-born band has missed the top spot following 2015\u2019s Blurryface (No. 5), 2018\u2019s Trench (No. 12), 2021\u2019s Scaled and Icy (3) and 2024\u2019s Clancy (No. 2).<\/p>\n

\n\tSophie Ellis-Bextor celebrates her highest charting LP in over a decade with Perimenopop closing at No. 5, and gives the pop star her sixth U.K. top 10 overall.<\/p>\n


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