
He later confirmed the title of the album through his Twitter account on January 5, 2017.

The album is set to be released later in 2017. On 1 January 2017, Sheeran uploaded a video on social media websites which shows him holding a paper written "New Song Coming Friday", and entails that the first album single from his upcoming new album will be available at 6 January 2017. Name of song, featured performers, writers, originating album, and year released.On 13 December 2016, after a year long hiatus and social media break, Sheeran tweeted a picture and changed his twitter, Facebook and instagram to a light blue, which his friends is guessing hat it was implying the new album title name. Indicates songs written solely by Ed Sheeranįoy Vance has co-written 8 songs with Sheeran for x and ÷. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

Upon release, the album was accompanied by a music video for the single " Overpass Graffiti". The album was preceded by the singles " Bad Habits" and " Shivers". In 2021, Sheeran announced his fourth solo studio album = (pronounced "equals") to be released 29 October 2021.

The album included the tracks " I Don't Care" with Justin Bieber, " Beautiful People" featuring Khalid, and " South of the Border" featuring Camila Cabello and Cardi B. Sheeran collaborated with various artists on all the album's tracks. The follow-up to his 2011 EP, No.6 Collaborations Project was released in 2019. The accompanying concert tour became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time. It also included other major hits, such as " Perfect", " Galway Girl", and " Happier". The album release was preceded by the singles " Castle on the Hill" and " Shape of You". Sheeran's third studio album, ÷ (pronounced "divide"), was released in 2017. The album spawned the hits " Thinking Out Loud", " Photograph", " Don't" and included the track " I See Fire", also included on the soundtrack for second installment of The Hobbit film series.

Sheeran released his second studio album x (pronounced "multiply") in 2014. The album included songs such as " You Need Me, I Don't Need You", " Lego House", and " Give Me Love". " The A Team" was released as the lead single for Sheeran's first studio album, + (pronounced "plus"), in 2011. Later that year, Sheeran was signed to Asylum Records. Sheeran performing in 2013 for the + tourĮnglish singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has recorded songs for five studio albums and 17 EPs.īefore releasing his first studio album, Sheeran released eight EPs while not being signed by a label, titled The Orange Room, Ed Sheeran, Want Some?, You Need Me, Loose Change, Songs I Wrote with Amy, Live at the Bedford, and No.5 Collaborations Project, with the latter gaining mainstream attention for having reached number 2 in the iTunes chart without any promotion or label, selling over 7,000 copies in the first week.
