Ed Sheeran’s Perfect is UK Christmas Number One 2017

He beat off competition from Wham and Mariah Carey 
What a year: Ed Sheeran is the Christmas number one
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Jennifer Ruby22 December 2017
The Weekender

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Ed Sheeran’s Perfect has won the chart battle to be crowned the 2017 Christmas number one single.

Following a year that saw his album, Divide, dominate the music charts across the globe, Sheeran has ended 2017 on a high by taking both the number one and number two slots.

“Thank you very much for making Perfect Christmas Number 1. This is an actual dream come true and I’m very proud and happy. Thank you so much and have a very Merry Christmas, happy holidays and a Happy New Year,” he told OfficialCharts.com.

Sheeran beat off competition from Wham’s Last Christmas, which shot up the charts after a George Michael fan campaign to get it to the top spot.

But the Christmas classic only managed to climb to number three on the charts, as Sheeran’s collaboration with Eminem, River, is now at number two.

Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You is in fourth place on the charts, while Rita Ora’s Anywhere is in fifth.

Sheeran’s Perfect has sold 85,000 units this week, split across 45,000 downloads and 6 million streams.

Eminem’s new offering, Revival, has become his eighth consecutive chart-topping record over in the album charts.

The US rapper scored impressive combined sales of 132,000 to debut at the top - the year’s second fastest-selling album behind Sheeran’s Divide.

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