Ed Sheeran and Elton John fly straight to Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with their new collaboration Merry Christmas.
The song claims 76,700 chart sales in its first week, including 22,100 pure sales (physical + digital downloads) and 7.6 million streams.
It also earns the biggest week of CD single sales of the year so far, with 8,100 copies sold on disc over the last seven days.
Merry Christmas marks Ed’s third Number 1 single of 2021, and 12th in total, and Elton’s second of this year – following Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) with Dua Lipa – and ninth in total.
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