÷ (album)
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March 3, 2017 |
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| Label (s) | Asylum, Atlantic | ||||||||||
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12 |
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running time |
46 min 14 s |
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Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid , Benny Blanco , Steve Mac , Will Hicks, Mike Elizondo , Labrinth , KillBeatz |
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÷ (Pronunciation: Divide ) is the third studio album by British singer Ed Sheeran . It was released on March 3, 2017 under the labels Asylum Records and Atlantic Records .
background
Shape of You
Shape of You was written by Sheeran with Johnny McDaid and Steve Mac . The song was originally written for the singer Rihanna , but Sheeran, McDaid and Mac decided while the song was being made to have it performed by Sheeran instead. Because the rhythm of the song is similar to the song No Scrubs by the band TLC , the authors of No Scrubs , namely Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle and Kevin Briggs, are listed as co-authors of Shape of You .
Galway girl
Sheeran wrote the song Galway Girl with the Irish band Beoga . In Galway Girl of extracts found in the Beoga-piece Minute 5 of the album how to tune a fish (2011) again. The line "She Played the fiddle in an Irish band" (dt .: You played the fiddle in an Irish band ) refers to the fiddle player from Beoga, Niamh Dunne. The rest of the song is made up, however.
Castle on the Hill
Sheeran sings from his hometown of Framlingham in Suffolk at the song Castle on the Hill . With the "castle on the hill" is meant the Framlingham Castle standing there .
Track list
| # | title | Author (s) | Producer (s) | length | annotation |
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| 1 | Eraser | Ed Sheeran , Johnny McDaid | Johnny McDaid | 3:47 | |
| 2 | Castle on the Hill | Ed Sheeran, Benjamin Levin | Benny Blanco , Ed Sheeran | 4:21 | |
| 3 | Dive | Ed Sheeran, Benjamin Levin, Julia Michaels | Benny Blanco | 3:58 | |
| 4th | Shape of You | Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Steve Mac | Steve Mac | 3:53 | |
| 5 | Perfect | Ed Sheeran | Will Hicks, Ed Sheeran | 4:23 | |
| 6th | Galway girl | Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance, Johnny McDaid, Amy Wadge, Eamon Murray , Niamh Dunne , Liam Bradley , Damian McKee , Sean Graham | Mike Elizondo | 2:50 | |
| 7th | Happier | Ed Sheeran, Benjamin Levin, Ryan Tedder | Benny Blanco | 3:27 | |
| 8th | New Man | Ed Sheeran, Benjamin Levin, Jessie Ware , Ammar Malik | Benny Blanco | 3:09 | |
| 9 | Hearts Don't Break Around Here | Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid | Ed Sheeran | 4:08 | |
| 10 | What do I know? | Ed Sheeran, Voy Vance, Johnny McDaid | Johnny McDaid, Ed Sheeran | 3:57 | |
| 11 | How Would You Feel (Paean) | Ed Sheeran | Ed Sheeran | 4:40 | |
| 12 | Supermarket Flowers | Ed Sheeran, Benjamin Levin, Johnny McDaid | Benny Blanco, Johnny McDaid | 3:41 | |
| 13 | Barcelona | Ed Sheeran, Amy Wadge, Benjamin Levin, Foy Vance, Johnny McDaid | Benny Blanco, Ed Sheeran | 3:11 | Deluxe Edition bonus titles |
| 14th | Bibia Be Ye Ye | Ed Sheeran, Benjamin Levin, Joseph Addison, Nana Richard Abiona , Stephen Woode | Benny Blanco, KillBeatz, Ed Sheeran | 2:56 | Deluxe Edition bonus titles |
| 15th | Nancy Mulligan | Ed Sheeran, Amy Wadge, Foy Vance, Johnny McDaid, Murray Cummings, Benjamin Levin | Benny Blanco, Ed Sheeran | 2:59 | Deluxe Edition bonus titles |
| 16 | Save Myself | Ed Sheeran, Amy Wadge, Timothy McKenzie | Labrinth , Ed Sheeran | 4:07 | Deluxe Edition bonus titles |
reception
Commercial win
The album entered the album charts in more than 20 countries. In the UK , Sheeran's homeland, the album sold more than 670,000 copies in the first week. This makes it the fastest-selling album in the country after Adeles 25 (800,307 sales in the first week) and Oasis ' Be Here Now (696,000 sales in the first week).
In Germany, Sheeran managed to enter the top positions in the charts with two singles at the same time, something that had never happened in the history of the German music charts , which have been published since 1953. In addition to Shape of You , the Brit made it to second place with Castle on the Hill . For Ed Sheeran it is the first number one hit in Germany. The British author Steve Mac , who was involved in the creation of both songs, managed to drive himself off the top of the charts for the first time in Germany.
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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 Germany (GfK)
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1 (159 weeks) | 159 |
 Austria (Ö3)
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1 (... Where.) | ... |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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1 (... Where.) | ... |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
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1 (... Where.) | ... |
 United States (Billboard)
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1 (... Where.) | ... |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ed Sheeran Debated Giving Rihanna His New Song 'Shape of You' on billboard.com, accessed April 28, 2017.
- ↑ Ed Sheeran loves his Irish "Galway Girl" on bigfm.de, accessed on April 28, 2017.
- ↑ Alicia Adejobi: Inside the real Castle On The Hill where Ed Sheeran 'found love' and 'got drunk'. International Business Times UK, January 9, 2017, accessed January 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Cast of the album on blogspot.com
- ↑ Ed Sheeran creates a record. spiegel.de, January 13, 2017, accessed on January 13, 2017 .
- ↑ Ed Sheeran - ÷ - chart position Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed April 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Ed Sheeran - ÷ - Chart position Austria. In: austriancharts.com. Retrieved April 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Ed Sheeran - ÷ - Chart position Switzerland. In: hitparade.ch. Retrieved April 14, 2017 .
- ^ Ed Sheeran Chart History United Kingdom. In: Officialcharts.com. Retrieved April 14, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Ed Sheeran - ÷ - Chart position United States and Canada. In: Billboard . Retrieved April 14, 2017 (English).
