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Ed Sheeran and more record breaking moments in chart history

has broken chart records this week with 14 songs inside the UK Top 15.

Bet he hates that and single right now.

Ed's 2017 comeback has been more successful than even the statistics-obsessed star could have imagined and now he has made history by being so extremely brilliant.

Here are some of the other record breakers from the chart records that Ed now joins in the history books. He's in very good company indeed.

Here's every chart record that Ed Sheeran has broken

His new album is quite popular, isn't it

The fastest selling UK No.1 single ever

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sold 1.55 million copies of his single, Candle In The Wind in 1997 when it was released as a tribute to Princess Diana.

The song is also the biggest selling UK single ever, with nearly 5 million copies sold in total.

The most consecutive Top 10 singles

was named the artist with the most consecutive UK Top 10 singles in 1998 by the Guinness Book Of Records and she still held the title in 2015.

Her most recent Top 10 single was Celebration in 2009.

The youngest person to ever debut at No.1

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Before she joined Doctor Who in the Tardis and later became a hugely respected actor, was breaking records in the pop world.

She is the youngest person to have ever debuted in the charts at No.1 when her single Because We Want To entered at the top in 1998.

The first single to reach No.1 on downloads alone

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Viva La Vida became Coldplay's first UK No.1 single when it was released in 2008 and it was also the first single to hit No.1 without ever getting released on a physical format.

Even Crazy by , which hit No.1 on downloads in 2006 was later released on CD.

The most number of weeks on the UK chart in the 2010s

No star has spent more time on the UK charts since the year 2000 than , who had clocked up a total of 782 weeks on the charts up until 17 November 2016.

However, Ed Sheeran could take her place before the end of the decade with his success in 2017. Until the same point, he had spent the second longest on the UK charts, with 526 weeks.

The most weeks spent on the UK chart

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No song has spent more time on the UK charts than Chasing Cars by , with 166 weeks chalked up so far.

Originally released in 2006, the song has been used on reality shows and other TV programmes which keeps it coming back for more.