Post by mitchm on Mar 11, 2017 14:23:33 GMT -5
In the latest British Top 100 Chart released yesterday, Ed Sheeran has done some things that no other artist has ever come close to accomplishing, even the Beatles. He has the top 6 songs on the survey. He has 9 of the top 10 songs and 14 of the top 15. He has 16 of the top 19 songs.
I know it is totally inappropriate to compare these feats to any accomplishments that happened before 1992 due to some major changes in methodology of calculating such things, but 16 of the top 19 is some major domination. Hopefully Drake or Justin Bieber or Adele or Taylor Swift or any other top current artist never dominate the Hot 100 in such a fashion, but it seems that almost anything is possible nowadays.
It is doubtful that Ed Sheeran will have such a major impact on the next edition of the Billboard Hot 100, which will be released Monday afternoon. All this activity for Sheeran is because his new album, Divide, was released on March 3rd. Billboard says that on the most recent "Billboard & Twitter Top Tracks" mid-week chart, Sheeran has 13 of the top 50 songs, which is a record, so his impact on the Billboard Hot 100 won't be small. But it won't be close to 16 of the top 19.
If you want to see this chart yourself, you can find it at "officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/". It updates every Friday at about 1pm Eastern time if you want to see future charts when they become available.
I know it is totally inappropriate to compare these feats to any accomplishments that happened before 1992 due to some major changes in methodology of calculating such things, but 16 of the top 19 is some major domination. Hopefully Drake or Justin Bieber or Adele or Taylor Swift or any other top current artist never dominate the Hot 100 in such a fashion, but it seems that almost anything is possible nowadays.
It is doubtful that Ed Sheeran will have such a major impact on the next edition of the Billboard Hot 100, which will be released Monday afternoon. All this activity for Sheeran is because his new album, Divide, was released on March 3rd. Billboard says that on the most recent "Billboard & Twitter Top Tracks" mid-week chart, Sheeran has 13 of the top 50 songs, which is a record, so his impact on the Billboard Hot 100 won't be small. But it won't be close to 16 of the top 19.
If you want to see this chart yourself, you can find it at "officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/". It updates every Friday at about 1pm Eastern time if you want to see future charts when they become available.