Ed Sheeran's "Shape Of You" resists atop the Global track chart for a
9th straight week with 16 songs from the album jumping on the
international hitlists. Ed has 5 Singles in this week's Top 20 and 9 on
the Global Top 40 list! Only one time in history an act had more hits
simultaneously on the global chart, and that was Michael Jackson with 14
hit singles in the Top 40 just after his sudden death.

At No.2 for a 2nd week is 'Something Just Like This' by The Chainsmokers
& Coldplay.

Ed Sheeran's 'Castle On The Hill', which debuted at no.2 eight weeks
ago, rockets back from no.9 to no.3. Ed's new 'Galway Girl', debuts at
no.11 this week and 'Perfect' is just behind at no.12. 'Dive' debuts at
no.16. 'Happier' enters at 22, 'New Man' at no.25, 'Supermarket Flowers'
at no.34 and 'How Would You Feel (Paean)' re-enters at no.29 after
debuting at no.10 a fortnight ago.

WORLD'S TOP 20 SINGLES (WK 11)
1. Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
2. Something Just Like This - The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
3. Castle On The Hill - Ed Sheeran
4. Chained To The Rhythm - Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley
5. I Don't Wanna Live Forever - Zayn & Taylor Swift
6. Rockabye - Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
7. Paris - The Chainsmokers
8. It Ain't Me - Kygo feat. Selena Gomez
9. That's What I Like - Bruno Mars
10. I Feel It Coming - The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk
11. Galway Girl - Ed Sheeran
12. Perfect - Ed Sheeran
13. Green Light - Lorde
14. Human - Rag’n’Bone Man
15. Cold - Maroon 5 feat. Future
16. Dive - Ed Sheeran
17. Say You Won't Let Go - James Arthur
18. Bad And Boujee - Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert
19. Tonight - Kis-My-Ft2
20. Closer - The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey

Just one week after Future's fifth and self-titled album landed at no.2
of the Global Album Chart with 163,000 equivalent sales, the American
rapper releases 'Hendrxx' which debuts at No.1 with 142,000 consumption
units, 121,000 in the US and 7,800 in Canada.

Rag'n'Bone Man's 'Human' goes back to No.2 with sales of 121,000 and a
total of 450,000 after three weeks on the chart.

After Future and Rag'n'Bone Man are four albums from Asia. Korean Girls
Band Twice are at No.3 and Korean Boys Group, the Bangtail Boys, are at
no.5. The seven member pop group AAA and SKE 48 from Japan are at no.4
and no.6.

The six-times Oscar Award winning musical 'La La Land' rises back to
no.7 with 97,000 units.'Fifty Shades Darker' closes the Top 10 with
80,000 units.


Between the two soundtracks is Bruno Mars' '24k Magic' at no.8 with
sales of 91,000. Close behind at no.9 is The Weeknd's 'Starboy' with
86,000 sales.



WORLD'S TOP 10 ALBUMS OF THE PAST WEEK
1. Hndrxx - Future - 142.000 (1st wk)
2. Human - Rag’n’Bone Man - 121.000 - 450.000 (total)
3. Twicecoaster: Lane 2 - TWICE - 115.000
4. Way Of Glory - AAA - 112.000
5. Wings - BTS - 105.000 - 1.130.000
6. Kakumei No Oka - SKE48 - 100.000
7. La La Land - Soundtrack - 97.000 - 667.000
8. 24k Magic - Bruno Mars - 91.000 - 1.905.000
9. Starboy - The Weeknd - 86.000 - 1.653.000
10. Fifty Shades Darker - Soundtrack- 80.000 / 396.000

"Shape Of You" rules the Global Track Chart for an 8th consecutive week.

The highest debut of the week is 'Something Just Like This', a
collaboration of American DJ duo The Chainsmokers and the British rock
band Coldplay. The songs debuts at no.2.

'Chained To The Rhythm' from Katy Perry's upcoming fifth studio album is
No. 3 for a third week in a row.

WORLD'S TOP 20 SINGLES OF THE WEEK
1. Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
2. Something Just Like This - The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
3. Chained To The Rhythm - Katy Perry feat. Skip Marley
4. I Don't Wanna Live Forever - Zayn & Taylor Swift
5. Paris - The Chainsmokers
6. Rockabye - Clean Bandit feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie
7. It Ain't Me - Kygo feat. Selena Gomez
8. I Feel It Coming - The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk
9. Castle On The Hill - Ed Sheeran
10. Over The Top - Hey! Say! Jump
11. That's What I Like - Bruno Mars
12. Human - Rag’n’Bone Man
13. Bad And Boujee - Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert
14. Say You Won't Let Go - James Arthur
15. Closer - The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey
16. Slide - Calvin Harris feat. Frank Ocean & Migos
17. Can't Stop The Feeling! - Justin Timberlake
18. 24k Magic - Bruno Mars
19. Starboy - The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk
20. Stay - Zedd & Alessia Cara

"Shape Of You" resists atop the Global Track Chart for a 7th consecutive
week and is on its way to become the best-selling Song of 2017. Ed has 2
other Songs on this week's Global Top 10! 'Castle On The Hill' slides to
no.8 and 'How Would You Feel (Paean)' enters the Top 10 at no.10.


'I Don't Want To Live Forever' by Zayn feat. Taylor Swiftholds tight at
No.2 and 'Chained To The Rhythm' by Katy Perry feat. SkipMarley remains
at no.3.


Norwegian DJ Kygo soars to No. 7 this week with his new smash 'It Ain't
Me', a collaboration with American Pop Princess Selena Gomez. The tune
soars to no.7.