Ed Sheeran earns his fourth Number 1 album with the No.6 Collaborations Project

Ed Sheeran lands straight in at Number 1 on this week’s Official Irish Albums Chart with No.6 Collaborations Project.

The record is Ed’s fourth album to reach the top spot in Ireland and outperforms the rest of this week’s albums Top 10 combined.

Ed’s new album continues his unbroken streak of Number 1s Irish Albums Chart: all four of his studio albums have topped the chart, following +, x and ÷. ÷ and x both also appear in this week’s chart, at Numbers 7 and 24 respectively.

No. 6 Collaborations Project gives Ed his 57th week on top of the chart across all his albums, the most for any artist this decade; Adele is second with 50 weeks.

Elsewhere on this week’s rundown, Jax Jones’ Snacks EP rockets into the Top 20 for the first time, rising 23 places to Number 19 following the release of his latest song Harder with Bebe Rexha.

Finally, Rita Ora’s Phoenix returns to the Top 50 at Number 48 after unveiling the music video for her latest single New Look.

Official Irish Albums Chart Top 5

1 NO.6 COLLABORATIONS PROJECT - ED SHEERAN

2 DIVINELY UNINSPIRED TO A HELLISH EXTENT - LEWIS CAPALDI

3 WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP WHERE DO WE GO - BILLIE EILISH

4 WESTERN STARS - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

5 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN - MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING