Not to take anything away from Adele. From The Official Charts:
Ed Sheeran has toppled Adele’s 21 (3) to return to the top of the Official Albums Chart this week with his triple platinum debut release +, after climbing one place to the summit. ‘+’ became the fastest selling digital debut album in chart history when it was released in September 2011, and became one of the biggest selling albums of 2011. The album has amassed unit sales of nearly 881,000 since release.
The albums race has once again been incredibly tight this week with just 1200 copies separating all three top positions. Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto walks away with second place today with Adele landing at Number 3.
US crooner Chris Isaak’s collection of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis covers, Beyond The Sun, is this week’s highest new entry at Number 6, while Virginian metallers Lamb Of God’s seventh album, Resolution, is new in at Number 19. Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit‘s second album, The Lion’s Roar, lands at 35.
And finally, in the midst of media flurry surrounding a rumoured divorce from supermodel Heidi Klum, this week’s highest climber is British singer Seal‘s Soul 2, up 51 places to Number 17.
Check out this week’s Official Albums Chart Top 100 here.
