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Ed Sheeran's album 'X' has become the longest reigning top 10 album from a British artist.
The singer's second studio record - which was released in June 2014 - has stayed in the UK top 10 for 73 consecutive weeks, smashing a record previously set by Adele's '21'.
Ed commented: "2015 is definitely going to be one to remember. Wembley in the summer was such a big career highlight and now to hear that I've landed the longest run in the Top 10 for a British artist has really put the cherry on top. To all my brilliant fans - thank you!"
The album - which was the biggest and fastest-selling LP in the UK last year - has shifted more than 10 million copies since its release and the milestone comes on the same day as the release of the 24-year-old star's debut concert film 'Jumpers For Goalposts'.
The film was shot in July during his three consecutive sold-out shows at London's Wembley Stadium which saw him perform to more than 240,000 people.
As well as footage from the concert and behind-the-scenes material, the DVD is packaged with a CD featuring five exclusive new tracks 'English Rose', 'Touch and Go', 'New York', 'Make It Rain' and his Rudimental collaboration 'Lay It All On Me'.

Jimmy Page is going to release his first solo album for almost 30 years.
The Led Zeppelin legend is going in to the studio next year to record a new LP, the first he has made on his own since 1988's 'Outrrider', and he has been practising non-stop to make sure his guitar playing is at its very best.
Speaking at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour Awards in London this week, he told BANG Showbiz: "Next year I'm just going to working on the guitar, it's time for me to go out there and do a solo album - my last solo album was 1988. I haven't really milked the situation; it's time to do another one.
"I'm known for playing many styles of guitar, and I need to re-visit all the different styles I can play."
At the moment, Jimmy thinks his new record will be an instrumental album but he could be open to working with guest singers if he feels it would improve the music.
He added: "I'm not thinking about singers, I'm thinking of an instrumental thing - I want to work with my strengths rather than my weaknesses. I want to work with myself, I want to get myself up and running and once I'm ready I'll think about whether I need someone to sing on the music."
Once his new music is finished, Jimmy intends to play a series of live shows in 2016 and he hasn't ruled out appearing at Glastonbury.
The guitar legend - who last performed on stage in 2007 when Led Zeppelin reunited for a one-off concert - said: "I want to be playing live again, but that won't be until next year, I've planned all this a while ago. I want to start in the UK, I've got ideas but I want to wait to see what happens. I'd like to do Glastonbury I could do a sort of karaoke night with Led Zeppelin songs."

Brian May believes Freddie Mercury would have been a fan of Adam Lambert's singing.
The 33-year-old star teamed up with Queen in 2014 to play live shows in place of late frontman Freddie - who tragically died in 1994 at the age of just 45.
Brian admits Adam has been a "gift from god" for the band bringing his own unique style to Queen's classic songs and he thinks even Freddie would accept he's a phenomenal singer.
Speaking to BANG Showbiz at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour Awards, the guitarist said: "Adam is a phenomenon, you just have to watch him. We didn't look for him, we never looked for anyone to replace Freddie ever, the thing with Paul Rodgers happened very naturally. Adam just came out of the blue, I call him the 'GFG' because he's like a gift from God! It was like, 'Where the f**k did he come from?' He's just incredible and he's not a copy of Freddie, he's very much his own man and brings his style to it. He has a unique combination of confidence and humility, and he as the magic touch which means he can resonate with an audience. And his voice is beyond belief I think even Freddie would be saying that."
Queen + Adam Lambert are to play their first ever festival next year when they top the bill at Isle of Wight on June 12.
The 68-year-old guitarist admits he's very excited at the prospect of Queen - which also includes drummer Roger Taylor - making their festival debut but he's worried they won't have enough time to play all of their hits, which include tracks such as 'I want To Break Free', 'Somebody To Love' and 'We Will Rock You'.
Brian said: "The problem with Isle of Wight is how are we going to get all the hits in? We shall see. It's a very exciting prospect for us because we've never done a festival before ... We've been asked to play a lot of festivals and we haven't done it, I guess because we've always wanted control over what we do. But we've given that control for this."

David Bowie's new single will premiere in a short film next Thursday (19.11.15).
The 68-year-old musician's new 10-minute single 'Blackstar' will receive its first play in the clip, directed by Johan Renck, when it is broadcast on Sky Atlantic at 8.45pm.
The track, which is taken from the singer's new album of the same name, features in the opening credits of Sky/Canal+ drama 'The Last Panthers', although the full version will air shortly before the second episode of the show.
His 25th album will be released through RCA on January 8 2016, which will be his 69th birthday.
'Blackstar' comes three years after the release of 'The Next Day' in 2013, which was his first album in a decade and topped charts around the world.
The seven-song LP was recorded at the Magic Shop studio in New York according to the Times newspaper, which described the track as "completely bonkers" and revealed it contains "Gregorian chants, a soul section, various electronic beats and bleeps and Bowie's distinctive vocals."
However it looks unlikely fans will be treated to a live version of any of the tracks as promoter John Giddings recently claimed David had personally told him he will never return to touring.
He said: "David is one of the best artists I've ever worked with.
"But every time I see him now, before I even speak to him, he goes, 'I'm not touring' and I say, 'I'm not asking'.
"He has decided to retire and, like Phil Collins, you can't demand these people go out there again and again and again."

Zayn Malik hasn't wished One Direction well with their new album.
The four-piece band - which Zayn left in March - have released their first album since his departure today (13.11.15) titled 'Made In The A.M.' but Niall Horan admitted the group haven't received any well wishes from their former bandmate.
He told Digitalspy.co.uk: "I haven't spoken to him in a few weeks, but I'm sure we'll hear from him in the next few days once the album is out."
Their fifth studio album - available to stream on Prime Music now - is their final release before they take an extended break from the band but they're facing stiff competition in the charts from Justin Bieber.
And while Zayn hasn't been supporting One Direction, Justin Timberlake has backed the 'Sorry' singer and told him to "keep up the good work".
Tweeting Timberlake, Bieber wrote: "Good seeing you and thanks for the kind words. Means a lot," to which the 34-year-old star replied: "You too. Keep up the good work, lil' bro."
But other stars stayed on the fence while praising the musicians, with YouTuber Ricky Dillon telling his 2.24 million followers he was loving both of the acts' new records.
He tweeted: "I'm so obsessed with #purpose @justinbieber it's so cool to see how you and your music have grown. I love love love the sound of this album (sic)."
And shortly afterwards, he added: "I'm in love with #MadeInTheAM @onedirection incredible job guys, the album from start to finish is so flawless. Thanks for blessing my ears (sic)."

Missy Elliott feels "humbled" by the reaction to her new music video.
The 'Get Ur Freak On' hitmaker unveiled her first new music video in seven years for her first new song since 2012, 'WTF (Where They From)' and has confessed she's thrilled with the response she's received from fans and critics alike.
She wrote on Twitter: "Thank yall for so much love I'm humbled. now u can cop #WTF now on @AppleMusic!! #WTFMissy (sic)."
The 44-year-old star took the opportunity to urge other artists to keep working on new material.
She said: "I am a walking testimony don't giveup even when ppl doubt u Thank u God & my fans #WTFMissy (sic)."
Missy also thanked everyone involved in the release of the video - which features puppet versions of both her and her collaborator Pharrell Williams - for their help.
She added: "Lastly 2my peers who supported me I love yall & bloggers/radio/Dj's I cried from the outpour of love! Let's make it #1 (sic)."
Earlier this week the 'Pass That Dutch' rapper teased the release of both the song and the video.
She wrote: "I feel that fire coming! 2 MORE DAYS! Ooooh I can't wait no lie! Thursday hurry up we ready to set it off
"Let me put my thang down FLIP IT & RESERVE IT 1 DAY LEFT be4 takeoff #WTFMissy where they from yall ready (sic)."

Craig David has threatened to leak his album on SoundCloud.
The 34-year-old MC is hoping to release his sixth studio record next year but insisted he'll have no qualms about posting the tracks online for free "if it starts to get long" and he's not able to release the music properly.
He said: "I'm sitting in front of my computer now and I'm seeing lists of songs and songs and songs. Come 2016, if it starts to get long, I'll just put them all up on SoundCloud."
However, the '7 Days' hitmaker isn't expecting to fall out with his label and is planning to release the LP - following up 2010's 'Signed Sealed Delivered' - at the beginning of 2016.
He explained: "I'm not going to be the guy who says it because I've had so many fans say, 'You told me 2013 and it's still not here!' Even I thought it was coming out then. 2016, though, the album - it's called 'Following My Intuition' - it'll definitely be dropping and hopefully the early side of the year as well. I'm very thankful and glad to see such love come at this point in my career."
David - who recently unveiled new track 'When The Bassline Drops' on which he collaborated with Big Narstie - teased he has worked with a slew of other artists on the record including Diplo and Chase & Status.
He told Complex magazine: "There's Kaytranada as well, who I did some wicked stuff with out in Canada. He's about to drop his project which is going to be fire, because he's still on that futuristic R&B thing and he's taken it electronic. Working with him was dope. Diplo too; we've actually got a few things coming up. That's going to be big. Oh, and GoldLink. He's got his new record dropping soon, but we have a few bits dropping together next year... Who am I forgetting? Oh! I've also done some stuff with Chase & Status. Pure flames, man."

The Rolling Stones are set to begin recording their new album next month.
The iconic rockers haven't released a new studio record since 2005's 'A Bigger Bang' and guitarist Ronnie Wood has now teased they're going to start work on an LP imminently.
Speaking to ABC Radio, he explained: "We'll maybe go in the studio in December and cut a few tracks and see what happens.
"We'll take it from there, see how it all goes. One thing at a time."
The band - which also features Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts - will embark on a 12-date Latin American tour next year titled 'América Latina Olé Tour 2016'.
And the update comes just a week after fellow band member Keith said they'd had a "little chat" about new music and would be heading back into the studio next year after the string of tour dates.
He said: "These guys aren't getting any younger, but at the same time, they're getting better.
"I'd love to shove them in the studio in April, hot off the road."
Frontman Mick previously said: "It would be very nice and I've got a lot of new songs and songs I've written over the last couple of years. I've done really good demos for all of them, which I would love to record. So, let's hope so."

Niall Horan will work on solo material with Ellie Goulding.
The One Direction singer and his bandmates are taking a hiatus from the band from March in order to focus on solo projects and Ellie has revealed that she plans to write music with Niall.
She told The Sun newspaper: "I'm going to write with him. He's a really good guitarist and he's funny, cheeky, really cool. He's been my friend for quite a few years so I'm really up for it."
Ellie - who previously admitted she and Niall dated briefly - tipped Niall and his bandmates, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, for solo success, saying they all have what it takes.
She said: "They've got years ahead of them. They can all sing and I don't know about you but I love every song they release.
"I think they've got amazing taste in pop songs and they work with the right people so I think they could all succeed."
She also had some praise for their former bandmate Zayn Malik, who quit in March to launch his own solo career, saying he has a "great voice".