Glastonbury gig helps Ed Sheeran reclaim U.K. albums chart crown

Written by . Published: July 01 2017

Ed Sheeran's latest album has returned to the top of the U.K. albums chart following his headlining gig at Britain's Glastonbury festival.


The 26-year-old musician helped to close out the famous 2017 event last Sunday (25Jun17), and the sales and streaming boost he received from the show helped ÷ (divide) bounce back to number one, earning its 12th week at the top of the Official Charts Company's rundown.

Ed's fellow Glastonbury headliners Radiohead take second place with a 20th anniversary reissue of their iconic 1997 album OK Computer.

At three are rockers Imagine Dragons with Evolve, while last week's (end25Jun17) number one, Royal Blood's How Did We Get So Dark?, drops to four. Rag'n'Bone Man's Human rounds out the new top five.

In the singles chart, Justin Bieber, Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi's bilingual summer smash hit Despacito reclaims the top spot to log its seventh week in first place.

Its return to the summit extends its U.K. record as the top non-English language hit which has spent the most weeks at number one.

DJ Khaled's collaboration with Rihanna and Bryan Tiller, Wild Thoughts, climbs to two, ahead of the cover version of Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water, which was recorded by various artists to raise funds for the survivors of London's Grenfell Tower blaze.