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÷ (pronounced "divide") is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released on 3 March 2017 through Asylum Records and Atlantic Records. "Castle on the Hill" and "Shape of You" were released as the album's lead singles on 6 January 2017.

The album debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, selling 672,000 units in its first week, making it the fastest-selling album by a male artist there and the third-highest opening behind Adele's 25 and Oasis' Be Here Now. It also topped the charts in 14 countries, including the United States, Canada, and Australia. All the tracks on the album reached the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart in the week of the album's release, due mainly to heavy streaming. The dominance of its tracks on the UK chart led to calls for change on how the single chart is compiled,[3] and the Official Charts Company then introduced new rules limiting tracks eligible for entry in the top 100 to three, as well as adjusting streams-to-sales ratio for older songs.[4]

Background

On 13 December 2015, Sheeran announced a self-imposed hiatus from social media, commenting that he found himself "seeing the world through a screen and not my eyes."[5] He further ensured that some of this time would be spent creating his third album, which he considered "the best thing I have made thus far." Exactly one year after this announcement, on 13 December 2016, Sheeran's various social media platforms posted pictures of a blank blue square to state his imminent return to music.[6] On 1 January 2017, Sheeran officially ended his hiatus by announcing that "new music" would be released on 6 January.[7] On 12 January 2017, Sheeran revealed the track list and the release date for the album.[8][9]

Singles

"Castle on the Hill" and "Shape of You", the album's lead singles, were issued on 6 January 2017. Sheeran teased the tracks on social media during the week leading up to their release, posting instrumental extracts and each song's opening lyric.[10][11]

"Galway Girl" was announced as the third single via Sheeran's Twitter on 17 March 2017.[12] It was added to BBC Radio 2's playlist the following day (18 March).[13]

On 21 August 2017, Billboard announced that "Perfect" will be the fourth single from the album.[14]

Promotional singles

"How Would You Feel (Paean)" was released on 17 February 2017 as a promotional single.[15]

An extended live acoustic version of "Eraser" debuted on the SB.TV YouTube channel on 28 February 2017.[16][17]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic62/100[18]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Consequence of SoundC-[2]
Daily Express[19]
The Daily Telegraph[20]
Entertainment WeeklyB-[21]
The Guardian[22]
The Independent[23]
NME[24]
Pitchfork2.8/10[25]
Rolling Stone[26]

÷ has been given a Metacritic score of 62 based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[18][27] Martin Townsend of the Daily Express gave a highly positive five-star review, calling it "Ed's strongest collection to date" and "a shimmering and magical record" and also said "Ed does the toughest thing in pop music disarmingly well, he writes and performs songs which are rooted winningly in smalltown everyday life but which strike a universal chord."[19] Maura Johnston of Rolling Stone gave a four-star review, commenting that "Ed is still showcasing pop savvy on Divide" and going on to say that he "doubles down on the blend of hip-hop bravado and everyday-bloke songwriting that helped him break out at the turn of the decade."[26] Roisin O'Connor of The Independent also gave the album a four-star rating, claiming "[the album] leans on little asides from Sheeran's own talent" and that it was "astonishing for its sheer ambition alone".[23] Jordan Bassett of NME described the album as "a collection that, somehow, adheres to his perfect pop template... while also being quietly weird", and that the album is "likeable", "assured but unassuming and sometimes hard to fathom".[24] Mark Kennedy of the Associated Press, after commenting on the album's "missteps", said that it "is certain to add listeners, subtract a few weary of his inconsistency, but definitely multiply his bank account," and ultimately called Sheeran "a special talent."[28]

Some reviews were unfavourable; Harriet Gibsone of The Guardian gave the album a two-star rating out of five, calling it "no less calculating than his peers at the very top level of pop stardom".[22] In a negative review of 2.8 out of 10, Laura Snapes of Pitchfork stated: "considering he [Sheeran] is among the most successful songwriters in the world, a lot of his lyrics do not even scan."[25] In another negative review, writing for Drowned in Sound, David Hillier gave ÷ a 3/10 rating, calling it "the most anodyne and bland pop album possible."[29]

Commercial performance

The album sold 232,000 physical and digital copies in the UK in its first day of release without the inclusion of streaming data, more than the sales of Sheeran's previous album x in its first week.[30] In its three days, the album continued to increase in sales and sold over 432,000 copies, thereby topping the UK Albums Chart with just three days of availability. The album sold 63% in physical format, 31% in digital, and 6% in streaming equivalent sales.[31] The album sold a total of 672,000 in the UK during its first week, making it the nation's fastest-selling album by a male artist and the third highest opening behind Adele's 25 (which sold 800,307 copies in its first week) and Oasis' Be Here Now (which sold 696,000 copies in its first week).[32] In ÷'s opening week, Sheeran had his first three albums chart in the top five in the UK. Additionally, it broke the record for the most top 10 songs from a single album on the UK Singles Chart (with nine songs in the top 10 in a single week as well), surpassing a record previously held by Calvin Harris. All 16 songs from the album also entered the top 20.[33][34] The album reached one million sales in the UK after just 16 days.[35] As of April 2017, it has sold 1.3 million units in the UK.[36]

The large number of tracks from the album on the UK Singles Chart led to calls to reconsider how the charts are compiled.[3] In response to the controversy and to help new artists on the chart, the Official Charts Company introduced rules limiting the number of tracks by a lead artist eligible for entry in the top 100 to three, to be introduced for charts published starting 7 July 2017. It also adjusted the streams-to-sales ratio for older tracks that had declined for three consecutive weeks or any record that had charted for ten weeks to accelerate removal of existing songs.[4][37]

÷ debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 451,000 album-equivalent units, of which 322,000 were pure album sales.[38] The tracks collectively achieved 134.6 million streams in the United States in the album's first week of availability.[38] Ten songs from the album also debuted on the Hot 100 the same week, joining the three songs already on the chart, including "Shape of You" in its seventh week at number one.[39] In its second week, it stayed on top of Billboard 200 with 180,000 units (87,000 copies sold),[40] which qualified it for a Gold certification from the RIAA on 22 March 2017.[41] As of 4 July 2017, ÷ was the top selling album of 2017 so far in the US, with 743,000 copies sold.[42]

Worldwide, on the day of its release, the tracks of the album achieved a total of 56.73 million streams on Spotify in a single day, breaking the previous record of 29 million for Starboy by The Weeknd in November 2016. In total, all tracks by Sheeran were streamed 68.7 million times that day, with the single "Shape of You" receiving 10.12 million streams, both also breaking previous records on Spotify.[43] Both records were broken by Drake's More Life 16 days later.[44] By its second day of release, the videos of songs from the album had achieved a cumulative one billion views on YouTube, including figures from "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill" released earlier.[45]

In Ireland, ÷ opened at number one, with all three of Sheeran's albums in the top five. Furthermore, the entire top 16 of the Irish Singles Chart consisted only of songs from the album.[46] In Australia, the album opened at number one with a double Platinum certification in its first week, selling 97,014 copies.[47] Sheeran also achieved a record with 18 songs in the Australian top 40 in the same week—16 from the album and two from Sheeran's other albums, which were also in the top five of the albums chart.[48] He also topped the charts in the Belgian region of Flanders, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Sweden.[49] In all, it opened at number one in over 14 countries, including 10 European nations.[50]

Track listing

Standard edition[51]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Eraser"
  • McDaid
  • Sheeran[a]
3:47
2."Castle on the Hill"Benny Blanco4:21
3."Dive"
Blanco3:58
4."Shape of You"
3:53
5."Perfect"Sheeran[53]
  • Will Hicks
  • Sheeran
  • Blanco[b]
4:23
6."Galway Girl"Mike Elizondo2:50
7."Happier"
Blanco3:27
8."New Man"Blanco3:09
9."Hearts Don't Break Around Here"
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
4:08
10."What Do I Know?"
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Vance[53]
  • McDaid
  • Sheeran
3:57
11."How Would You Feel (Paean)"SheeranSheeran4:40
12."Supermarket Flowers"
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Levin[58]
  • Blanco
  • McDaid
  • Sheeran[a]
3:41
Total length:46:14
Deluxe edition[59]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Barcelona"
  • Sheeran
  • Wadge
  • Levin
  • Vance
  • McDaid
[60]
  • Blanco
  • Ed Sheeran
3:11
14."Bibia Be Ye Ye"
[61]
  • Blanco
  • KillBeatz
  • Sheeran
2:56
15."Nancy Mulligan"
  • Sheeran
  • Wadge
  • Vance
  • McDaid
  • Murray Cummings
  • Levin
[62]
  • Blanco
  • Sheeran
2:59
16."Save Myself"
[63]
4:07
Total length:59:27

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer
  • "Dive" features a guitar solo by Angelo Mysterioso (Eric Clapton)[64]
  • "Dive", "Happier", and "New Man" features background vocals by Jessie Ware
  • "Dive" features background vocals by Julia Michaels
  • "Shape of You" samples "No Scrubs" by TLC
  • "New Man" features additional vocals by Francis Farewell Starlite
  • "How Would You Feel (Paean)" features a guitar solo by John Mayer
  • "Save Myself" features a string arrangement by Ed's brother Matthew Sheeran[65]

Personnel

Adapted from AllMusic.[66]

  • Leo Abrahams – guitar
  • Laurie Anderson – viola
  • Graham Archer – engineer
  • Brent Arrowood – assistant engineer
  • Charlotte Audery – art direction, design
  • Thomas Bartlett – keyboards, piano
  • Fenella Barton – violin
  • Benny Blanco – additional production, executive producer, keyboards, producer, programming, background vocals
  • Leon Bosch – double bass
  • Liam Bradley – piano, background vocals
  • Karl Brazil – drums
  • Archie Carter – assistant engineer
  • Nick Cartledge – flute, piccolo
  • Meghan Cassidy – viola
  • Travis Cole – background vocals
  • Ben Cook – A&R
  • Nick Cooper – cello
  • Johnny Costello – art direction, design
  • Damian McKeeaccordion, background vocals
  • Mandhira De Saram – violin
  • Matthew Denton – violin
  • James Dickenson – violin
  • Dj Final – scratching
  • Alison Dods – violin
  • Eamon Murraybodhrán, background vocals
  • Mike Elizondo – drum programming, keyboards, piano, producer, synthesizer bass
  • Brian Finnegan – tin whistle
  • Michael Freeman – assistant mixer
  • Duncan Fuller – assistant, assistant engineer
  • Geo Gabriel – background vocals
  • Oscar Golding – bass
  • Sean Grahamaccordion, background vocals
  • Laurence Love Greed – piano
  • Charys Green – clarinet
  • Peter Gregson – cello, conductor
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Adam Hawkins – engineer
  • Wayne Hernandez – background vocals
  • Will Hicks – electric guitar, percussion, producer, programming
  • Ed Howard – A&R
  • Martyn Jackson – violin
  • Katherine Jenkinson – cello
  • Magnus Johnston – violin
  • Marije Johnston – violin
  • Matt Jones – assistant
  • Simon Hewitt Jones – violin
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Trevor Lawrence Jr. – drums
  • Chris Laws – drums, engineer
  • Jay Lewis – drums
  • Tim Lowe – cello
  • Steve Mac – keyboards, producer
  • Ammar Malik – background vocals
  • Kirsty Mangan – violin
  • John Mayer – electric guitar
  • Johnny McDaid – guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, piano, producer, programming, background vocals
  • Jeremy Morris – violin
  • L'Angelo Mysterioso – guitar
  • Niamh Dunnefiddle, background vocals
  • George Oulton – assistant
  • Pino Palladino – bass
  • Phillip Peterson – strings
  • Dann Pursey – engineer
  • Jan Regulski – violin
  • Rachel Roberts – viola
  • David Rowan – cover art, photography
  • Mikey Rowe – keyboards
  • Joe Rubel – drum programming, engineer, guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer
  • Ben Russell – double bass
  • Kotono Sato – viola
  • Chris Sclafani – engineer
  • Robert Sellens – assistant engineer
  • Ed Sheeran – bass, body percussion, cello, cover painting, drums, executive producer, guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, percussion, producer, vocals, background vocals
  • Matthew Sheeran – string arrangements
  • Hilary Skewes – coordination
  • Francis Farewell Starlite – background vocals
  • Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
  • Geoff Swan – assistant mixer
  • Leo Taylor – drums
  • Ryan Tedder – piano
  • John Tilley – Hammond organ, piano
  • Jessie Ware – background vocals
  • Andy Wells – assistant
  • Deborah Widdup – violin

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[67] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[68] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[69] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[70] 2
Brazilian Albums (Billboard Brasil)[71] 1
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[72] 1
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[73] 1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[74] 1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[75] 1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[76] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[77] 1
French Albums (SNEP)[78] 1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[79] 1
Greek Albums (IFPI)[80] 5
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[81] 1
Irish Albums (IRMA)[82] 1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[83] 1
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[84] 5
Mexican Albums (AMPROFON)[85] 2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[86] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[87] 1
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[88] 1
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[89] 1
Scottish Albums (OCC)[90] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[91] 1
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[92] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[93] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[94] 1
US Billboard 200[95] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[96] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[97] Platinum 15,000
Belgium (BEA)[98] Platinum 20,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[99] 4× Platinum 320,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[100] 3× Platinum 60,000
France (SNEP)[101] 2× Platinum 200,000
Germany (BVMI)[102] 2× Platinum 400,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)[103] 3× Platinum 6,000^
Italy (FIMI)[104] Platinum 50,000*
Mexico (AMPROFON)[105] Gold 30,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[106] 4× Platinum 60,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[107] Platinum 20,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[108] Gold 20,000
Sweden (GLF)[109] 2× Platinum 80,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[110] 7× Platinum 2,100,000
United States (RIAA)[41] Platinum 743,000[42]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

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