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Calvin Harris makes chart history with eight Top Ten hits from one album

Ellie Goulding helps producer secure the victory

 

Calvin Harris makes chart history with eight Top Ten hits from one album

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Calvin Harris has made chart history, becoming the first artist ever to score eight Top Ten singles from one album - with a little help from his big name collaborators, of course.

His latest track with Ellie Goulding, 'I Need Your Love', hit No. 7 on the Official Charts over the weekend, which secured the record - and allowed him to overtake the previous holder of the record, Michael Jackson, who only had seven hits from one album.

Harris wrote on Twitter, "Eight Top 10s from my album 18 Months now! So happy!!!"

Martin Talbot, from the Official Charts Company, said, "Many artists only achieve a handful of hits in their entire careers, so for any act to secure three or four from one album is an excellent achievement.

"In turn, eight top 10s from one album is not just impressive, it is absolutely remarkable. And, of course, record breaking. Congratulations to Calvin Harris, the modern day hit-maker."

In the 60 years of the Official Charts, Harris is the first artist to ever achieve eight Top 10 hits from one studio album - in this case, his album 18 Months, which spent two weeks at No. 1 itself and ten weeks in the Top 10 album chart.


Calvin Harris perfoming in Glasgow last December

Harris also addressed claims that he could be the new Michael Jackson, writing, "Yep i'm the new MJ lmaooo."

He then added, "I'll never dance, sing or be an ultimate musical legend & icon like MJ but he didn't know anything about sidechaining so it all balances out."

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