PERFECT BY ED SHEERAN HITS 100 TOTAL WEEKS ON UK SINGLES CHART

Congratulations go out to Ed Sheeran this week, as his track "Perfect" becomes just the third track in UK chart history to spend 100 weeks on the UK Top 75 Singles chart.  He joins an elite club of Frank Sinatra & Snow Patrol, who are the only two other artists to have achieved this, details below.

My Way - Frank Sinatra - 124 weeks

First chart run - 5th April 1969 to 17th January 1970 (42 weeks - peaked at Number 5)
Second chart run - 31st January 1970 (1 week - peaked at Number 49)
Third chart run - 28th February to 28th March 1970 (5 weeks - peaked at Number 30)
Fourth chart run - 11th April to 6th June 1970 (9 weeks - peaked at Number 33)
Fifth chart run - 27th June to 14th November 1970 (21 weeks - peaked at Number 28)
Sixth chart run - 28th November 1970 to 13th March 1971 (16 weeks - peaked at Number 18)
Seventh chart run - 27th March to 31st July 1971 (19 weeks - peaked at Number 22)
Eight chart run - 4th September to 23rd October 1971 (8 weeks - peaked at Number 39)
Ninth chart run - 1st January 1972 (1 week - peaked at Number 50)
Tenth chart run - 16th April to 23rd April 1994 (2 weeks - peaked at Number 45)

These figures are all the more impressive as up until 1978 the chart was only a Top 50



Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol - 111 weeks

First chart run - 29th July to 18th November 2006 (17 weeks - peaked at Number 6)
Second chart run - 13th January to 8th December 2007 (48 weeks - peaked at Number 9)
Third chart run - 5th January to 29th March 2008 (13 weeks - peaked at Number 50)
Fourth chart run - 5th July to 2nd August 2008 (5 weeks - peaked at Number 69)
Fifth chart run - 16th August to 23rd August 2008 (2 weeks - peaked at Number 74)
Sixth chart run - 11th October to 1st November 2008 (4 weeks - peaked at Number 49)
Seventh chart run - 29th November to 6th December 2008 (2 weeks - peaked at Number 65)
Eighth chart run - 21st November to 5th December 2009 (3 weeks - peaked at Number 56)
Ninth chart run - 9th January to 16th January 2010 (2 weeks - peaked at Number 39)
Tenth chart run - 11th December to 18th December 2010 (2 weeks - peaked at Number 50)
Eleventh chart run - 19th March to 26th March 2011 (2 weeks - peaked at Number 51)
Twelfth chart run - 30th July to 27th August 2011 (5 weeks - peaked at Number 54)
Thirteenth chart run - 31st December 2011 to 14th January 2012 (3 weeks - peaked at Number 58)
Fourteenth chart run - 24th August to 7th September 2013 (3 weeks - peaked at Number 47)


Perfect - Ed Sheeran - 100 weeks

First chart run - 18th March to 8th July 2017 (17 weeks - peaked at Number 4)
Second chart run - 7th October 2017 to 8th December 2018 (62 weeks - peaked at Number 1)
Third chart run - 12th January to 9th February 2019 (5 weeks - peaked at Number 40)
Fourth chart run - 23rd February to 2nd March 2019 (2 weeks - peaked at Number 65)
Fifth chart run - 6th April to 13th April 2019 - (2 weeks - peaked at Number 75)
Sixth chart run - 4th May 2019 (1 week - peaked at Number 71)
Seventh chart run - 8th February to 18th April 2020 (11 weeks - peaked at Number 36)

Here is the man himself, Mr Sheeran, with the Symphonic version of the track.