Ed Sheeran’s Eyes Closed looking to dislodge Miley Cyrus’s Flowers

With the emotional track Eyes Closed, Ed is closing in on a landmark Number 1

Ed Sheeran could finally be the artist to do what those before him could not, and dislodge Miley Cyrus from Number 1 in the UK.

Eyes Closed, the Max Martin produced lead single from Ed’s new album Subtract is set to debut at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart, clinching the superstar his landmark 14th UK Number 1 single.

A tender acoustic ballad backed by a snare drum and one of Ed's most full-throttle choruses, Eyes Closed touches on Ed's mental state in the past year, following the death of his best friends Jamal Edwards and health issues experienced by his wife, Cherry Seaborn, in 2022.

In the track's impactful new music video, Ed is followed - quite literally - by his depression, in the form of the Big Blue Monster. 

MORE: Ed Sheeran's Official Charts history in full

After setting a BTS chart record last week, Jimin could go one further and become the first soloist from the K-pop supergroup to achieve a Top 10 single. Like Crazy from solo record Face is expected to enter in at Number 7.

Jax Jones and Calum Scott have been slowly but surely climbing the chart over the last few years, and their rave banger Whistle could jump five spots this Friday to its highest peak yet (20).

Official Chart First Look Top 20 - March 26 2023

LW POS TITLE ARTIST
NEW 1 EYES CLOSED ED SHEERAN
1 2 FLOWERS MILEY CYRUS
2 3 MIRACLE CALVIN HARRIS/ELLIE GOULDING
3 4 DIE FOR YOU WEEKND
4 5 CALM DOWN REMA
5 6 PEOPLE LIBIANCA
NEW 7 LIKE CRAZY JIMIN
6 8 CEILINGS LIZZY MCALPINE
8 9 AS IT WAS HARRY STYLES
10 10 CREEPIN' METRO BOOMIN/WEEKND/21 SAVAGE
7 11 BOY'S A LIAR PINKPANTHERESS
9 12 US AGAINST THE WORLD STRANDZ
12 13 RED FLAGS MIMI WEBB
13 14 GREEN GREEN GRASS GEORGE EZRA
19 15 TRUSTFALL PINK
11 16 ALL OF THE GIRLS YOU LOVED BEFORE TAYLOR SWIFT
17 17 IF WE EVER BROKE UP MAE STEPHENS
18 18 ANTI-HERO TAYLOR SWIFT
16 19 KILL BILL SZA
25 20 WHISTLE JAX JONES/CALUM SCOTT

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