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Ed Sheeran penalised by new chart rules – BBC News

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Image caption Ed Sheeran has the number 1 album but some of his singles have descended out of the following chart

The chart guidelines may have changed – but Justin Bieber is still number one.

Last week, the Official Charts Company modernized the method it gathers the Top 40 in an effort to stop -Alist masters shouldering newer deeds out of the way.

The move was prompted by Ed Sheeran, whose brand-new recording[ Divide] substantiated so popular that it spurred 16 lines into the top 20 in March.

Appropriately, he seems to be the main victim of the brand-new settles, with several of his songs adversely affected.

Last week, Sheeran had eight songs in the Top 100. This week, he has three.