Ed Sheeran has topped the UK album chart for the eighth week running.
x becomes the joint longest number one album for a British male solo artist, equalling James Blunt's Back to Bedlam, which claimed the number one spot for eight weeks in 2005.
x has now also spent the longest consecutive time in the number one spot since Adele's 2011 album 21.
In the Lonely Hour by Sam Smith is up one place to number two, while Dolly Parton's Blue Smoke occupies third spot.
American rockers The Gaslight Anthem are new in at number four with their fifth studio album Get Hurt, while Britain's Got Talent stars Richard & Adam land at five with At The Movies.
One Republic climb 61 places to number nine, following the release of a deluxe version of their album Native.
The Saturdays' greatest hits collection Finest Selection debuts at number ten.
Enigmatic singer-songwriter FKA Twigs' debut album LP1 enters the charts at number 16.
Sinead O'Connor is new in at 22 with her tenth studio album I'm Not Bossy, I'm The Boss.
Other new entries include Feeder frontman Grant Nicholas's debut solo album Yorktown Heights at 29, and former BGT contestants Loveable Rogues with their debut album This and That at 37.
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