How Boring Can Our Charts Get As The Ed Sheeran Takeover Continues?

Unsurprisingly, British singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran has claimed the throne on this week's ARIA charts again with new album ÷ (Divide), despite controversy around new Disney film Beauty & The Beast tipping its soundtrack to debut in the top five.

Sheeran has picked up #1, #3 (with X) and #8 (with +) on the Album chart this week, with Beauty & The Beast's soundtrack picking up the week's highest debut at #6. The rest of the top ten are filled out with Adele, fresh off her Aussie tour with all three of her albums at #2, #4 and #9, just-finished-but-still-in-Australia pop star Justin Bieber (#10), the Trolls soundtrack (#5) and The Waifs' Ironbark at #7.

Other debuts on the Albums chart this week include The Shins' Heartworms at #16, Laura Marling (who was just announced on Vivid Festival this year) at #19 with Semper Femina, Colin Hay's Fierce Mercy at #44, Nashville Cast's The Music Of Nashville Original Soundtrack Season 5, Volume 1 at #64, Charli XCX's Number 1 Angel at #74, C3 Music's Breathe at #86 and Got7's Flight Log: Arrival at #92.

Sheeran also keeps a chokehold on the Singles chart this week with a massive 17 singles in the top 100, most of them from his new album. Shape Of You remains at #1 for the tenth straight week.