I can't work this out either. Beyond the popular picks, the chart ranking largely flows in tracklist order, yet Eraser is down there with the bonus tracks. I've just come to the conclusion that people don't like pure rap Ed as much as his other guises.

Great. That deadwood from Chainsmokers has climbed back in. I was hoping we would see the last of that crap. On the other hand, we could be getting a new #1 next week

I think opening with Eraser was Ed's only mis-step of this era, surely one of the two lead singles would have set the album up better than a track that a lot of listeners are not going to 'get'.

On another note, it's a shame that the last No.1 single by an act that hadn't previously had significant (or any) chart success before was Lukas Graham over a year ago. Record companies must be having a horrendous time trying to break new acts at the moment, streaming so hugely favours artists over songs. Of course well known acts have always done well in the UK charts due to fanbase buys and loyalty - or just a consistently high quality output - but we used to have just as many unknown acts breaking through due solely to the quality of the song. We hardly ever see previous unknowns with brilliant songs at the top anymore.

To be fair, Ed is getting the numbers all other tracks should be showing. It's bizarre that tracks by other acts can't break 500k on Spotify in a country of 63 million