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ED SHEERAN TOPS BILLBOARD CHARTS WITH 'SHAPE OF YOU'

Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" rebounds from No. 2 to No. 1 for a second total week atop the Billboard Hot 100 (dated Feb. 18). Meanwhile, Zayn and Taylor Swift rise 5-3 with "I Don't Wanna Love Forever (Fifty Shades Darker)," with both songs benefiting from newly released official videos.

In its fourth week on the Hot 100, Sheeran's "Shape of You" returns to No. 1; it had spent the past two weeks at No. 2 following its bow at No. 1 on the Jan. 28-dated chart. With its official video having premiered Jan. 30, the song gains by 19 percent to 31.7 million U.S. streams in the week ending Feb. 2, according to Nielsen Music, and holds at No. 2 on the Streaming Songs chart. It increases by 11 percent to 115,000 downloads sold, although it dips to No. 2 after logging its first three weeks on Digital Song Sales at No. 1. On Radio Songs, "Shape" pushes 5-3 (116 million in audience, up 24 percent), good for the Hot 100's top Airplay Gainer award for a third straight week.

Notably, as it ranks at Nos. 2, 2 and 3 on Streaming Songs, Digital Song Sales and Radio Songs, respectively, "Shape" is the first song to top the Hot 100 but not rank at No. 1 on any of those component charts in more than six months, since Sia's "Cheap Thrills," featuring Sean Paul, led the Hot 100 but not any of those tallies on Aug. 13, 2016.

"Shape" previews Sheeran's third studio album ÷, due March 3.

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