5th May, 2023 - 11th May, 2023

My Favourite Songs, Albums and Artists of All Time: https://crownnote.com/charts/foxes/my-favourite-songs-of-all-time

Top albums of the week:

1) Ed Sheeran - '-' (Debut)   [100%]   [1st week at #1]
2) 6LACK - 'Since I Have A Lover' (-1)   [48%]
3) Dave - 'We're All Alone In This Together' (-1)   [43%]
4) The Weeknd - 'After Hours' (=)   [32%]
5) The Weeknd - 'Starboy' (-2)   [29%]

Notable events:

• Ed Sheeran bags his 3rd #1 album as '-' debuts at the top
• It follows '×' and 'No.6 Collaborations Project' which both also reached #1 previously
• He doesn't quite get the chart double though as 'After Hours' remains at pole position on the singles chart
• Spending its 11th non-consecutive week at #1, it officially becomes the longest running #1 of all time
• It overtakes 'God is a woman', which spent a total of 10 non-consecutive weeks atop the chart
• Ed Sheeran has his highest entry with 'Curtains' debuting at #2, one of 7 songs from '-' in the Top 10
• His Top 10 total now sits at 51 as 6 of those songs are new debuts
• In total he has 13 songs from '-' on the chart this week, bringing his Top 40 total up to 108

Early predictions for next week's Top 10 (new entries to the Top 10 in bold):

1) Ed Sheeran - 'Curtains' (+1) ^^   [100%]
2) The Weeknd - 'After Hours' (-1) --   [28%]
3) The Weeknd ft. Future - 'Double Fantasy' (=) --   [25%]
4) Ed Sheeran - 'End Of Youth' (=) --   [22%]
5) Post Malone - 'Chemical' (+1) --   [20%]
6) Ed Sheeran - 'Spark' (+2) ^   [18%]
7) Nafe Smallz ft. Krept & Konan - 'Groupie' (+4) --   [16%]
8) Ed Sheeran - 'Eyes Closed' (-3) v   [13%]
9) Ed Sheeran - 'Vega' (-2) --   [12%]
10) 6LACK ft. Don Toliver - 'Temporary' (+2) --   [9%]

Spotify playlist of the chart: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Oz6PEizlOwcsB6t1jx2vp