As Ed Sheeran makes it six consecutive weeks at the top in both the US & UK this week, "Perfect" becomes just the eighth track ever to achieve this feat - 2 from the 1990's, 1 from the 2000's and 5 from the 2010's. Ed is also the only artist to achieve it twice, as "Shape Of You" spent 13 & 11 weeks at Number One in the UK & US respectively one year ago.
Listed below is the complete list of these 8 tracks, in order of the number of weeks spent at the top.
Shape Of You - Ed Sheeran
UK - 13 weeks - 21st January - 15th April 2017
US - 11 weeks - 18th February - 29th April 2017
10 weeks+
I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
UK - 10 weeks - 5th December 1992 - 6th February 1993
US - 14 weeks - 28th November 1992 - 27th February 1993
9 weeks+
One Dance - Drake featuring WizKid & Kyla
UK - 15 weeks - 23rd April - 30th July 2016
US - 9 weeks - 4th June - 30th July 2016
7 weeks+
Everything I Do (I Do It For You) - Bryan Adams
UK - 16 weeks - 13th July - 26th October 1991
US - 7 weeks - 27th July - 7th September 1991
Umbrella - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
UK - 10 weeks - 26th May - 28th July 2007
US - 7 weeks - 9th June - 21st July 2007
6 weeks+
Uptown Funk! - Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
UK - 6 weeks - 3rd January - 7th February 2015
US - 14 weeks - 17th January - 18th April 2015
Despacito - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber
US - 6 weeks - 20th May - 24th June 2017
UK - 16 Weeks - 27th May - 9th September 2017
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
UK - 6 weeks- 16th December 2017 - 20th January 2018
US - 6 weeks - 23rd December 2017 - 20th January 2018
Yet another achievement for the Ed Sheeran CV, here is the man himself with "Perfect".
Perfect - Ed Sheeran
UK - 6 weeks- 16th December 2017 - 20th January 2018
US - 6 weeks - 23rd December 2017 - 20th January 2018
Yet another achievement for the Ed Sheeran CV, here is the man himself with "Perfect".
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