Ed Sheeran dances with his Eyes Closed to Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart

Eyes Closed is currently leading the race for Number 1 this week.

Ed Sheeran has debuted at Number 1 on the Official Trending Chart with his brand new single, Eyes Closed.

The emotional lead track from Ed's forthcoming new album - (Subtract), sees Ed reacting to a turbulent few years in his life, following the death of his best friend, Jamal Edwards, and several health issues experienced by his wife Cherry Seaborn last year.

Despite reports that Subtract, Sheeran's acoustic-led, most personal album yet, would be produced by The National's Aaron Dessner (who helped Taylor Swift create folklore and evermore), Eyes Closed comes courtesy of Swedish super-producers Max Martin (who has just started working with Madonna) and Shellback and Ed's frequent collaborator Fred again...

And it seems that UK audiences are really reacting to Eyes Closed - not only is it the UK's Official Number 1 Trending Song, it's also charging ahead towards a Number 1 debut proper on the Official Singles Chart.

LISTEN to the Official Trending Chart here:

Other new entries on the Trending Chart this week come from BTS member Jimin, fresh off setting a record for the K-pop superstars (Like Crazy), folk-pop singer-songwriter Paris Paloma (Labour), BRIT award-winning girlband FLO with their brand new, Missy Elliot featuring banger (Fly Girl), which could become Renée, Stella & Jorja's first ever UK Top 40 single.

We also have two big gainers this week - Nathan Daw, Bru-C, BSHP and Issey Cross' Oh Baby, which is having something of a resurgence up the chart (it has so far peaked at Number 35) and US country superstar Luke Combs' 5 Leaf Clover, as he comes one step closer to gaining his first ever UK Top 5 album with Gettin' Old.

Official Trending Chart Top 20 - March 21 2023

POS	CLIMB	TITLE	ARTIST	LABEL	LW	CURRENT	DIFF	PREV PEAK
1		EYES CLOSED	ED SHEERAN	ATLANTIC	NE	1	0
2		LIKE CRAZY	JIMIN	BIGHIT ENTERTAINMENT	NE	11	0
3		IF WE EVER BROKE UP	MAE STEPHENS	EMI	17	15	2	17
4		TRUSTFALL	PINK	RCA	19	16	3	14
5		WHISTLE	JAX JONES/CALUM SCOTT	POLYDOR	25	21	4	25
6		REACT	SWITCH DISCO & ELLA HENDERSON	RELENTLESS	32	25	7	32
7		MOTHER	MEGHAN TRAINOR	EPIC	27	26	1	27
8		LABOUR	PARIS PALOMA	NETTWERK	NE	30	0
9		PRETTY BOYS	CAITY BASER	CHOSEN MUSIC/EMI	36	32	4	26
10		CAN'T TAME HER	ZARA LARSSON	BLACK BUTTER/EPIC/SOMMER HOUSE	38	34	4	38
11		HERE	TOM GRENNAN	INSANITY	39	35	4	39
12		FLY GIRL	FLO FT MISSY ELLIOTT	ISLAND	NE	38	0
13	⬆️	OH BABY	NATHAN DAWE/BRU-C/BSHP/CROSS	ATLANTIC	51	41	10	35
14		A&W	LANA DEL REY	POLYDOR	RE	42	0
15		LOVE AGAIN	KID LAROI	RCA	48	47	1	16
16		PARIS TEXAS	LANA DEL REY	POLYDOR	NE	49	0
17		THE LIGHT	JUICE WRLD	INTERSCOPE	NE	66	0
18		HOLD ME LIKE A GRUDGE	FALL OUT BOY	PARLOPHONE	NE	69	0
19	⬆️	5 LEAF CLOVER	LUKE COMBS	SONY MUSIC CG	92	73	19
20		FIGHTING MYSELF	LINKIN PARK	WARNER RECORDS	NE	74	0

⬆️ - Indicates a climb of 10 places
LW - Last week's Official Singles Chart position
CURRENT - Current position on today's Official Singles Chart sales flash
DIFF - Number of places climbed since the previous week on the Official Singles Chart

Smith Smyth

29th March 2023

And apparently there is a Rumour that he wrote "seeeeelessssteeeeyyuuuuuulllllll" in between brushing his teeth and curling out his morning number 2 in just 4 minutes. And you can tell. 🤪