Ed Sheeran proves slow and steady wins the race as Thinking Out Loud claims the longest ascent to Number 1 of any single in Official Chart history. Thinking Out Loud has topped the Official Singles Chart after a mammoth 19 weeks in the Top 40, becoming the song with the longest climb from entering the Top 40 to the Number 1 spot in history. This isn’t the first Official Chart record this year for Ed, who has just finished playing to over 290,000 people on his recent UK tour. The singer/songwriter’s second studio album X is also the current fastest-selling and longest-running Number 1 album of 2014...