ED SHEERAN TAKES OVER FROM RIHANNA AS TOP ARTIST OF THE DECADE

This week Ed Sheeran clocks up 831 weeks on the UK Singles Top 75 chart, a figure which moves him ahead of Rihanna as the artist with the most weeks on the UK Singles chart this decade.  The remarkable thing is that his first hit was in June 2011, by which time Rihanna had already totalled 254 weeks on the chart in the decade.  His total also eclipses the previous record for the most weeks in a decade, previously held by the Shadows with 632 weeks in the 196o's.

Top 10 Artists of 2010's (based on Total weeks in Top 75)

 1. Ed Sheeran - 831 weeks 

 2. Rihanna - 828 weeks

 3. Justin Bieber - 605 weeks

 4. Drake - 584 weeks

 5. David Guetta - 547 weeks

 6. Calvin Harris - 480 weeks

 7. Nicki Minaj - 456 weeks

 8. Bruno Mars - 433 weeks

 9. Katy Perry - 416 weeks

10. Tinie Tempah - 414 weeks

Previous Artists of the Decade

1950's - Elvis Presley - 298 weeks

1960's - The Shadows - 632 weeks

1970's - Elvis Presley - 332 weeks

1980's - Shakin' Stevens - 254 weeks

1990's - Oasis - 283 weeks

2000's - Kanye West - 320 weeks

So, another record falls to Mr Sheeran, here he is with his Number 2 hit from last year, "Castle On The Hill".