After a much anticipated comeback, Ed Sheeran released his newest album “Divide” on March 3rd. Within the first three days of the albums release, an incredible 432,000 album copies were sold. Sheeran’s album, “Divide”, sold more copies on its first day (232,000 copies to be exact) than any album did in 2016. It is expected for his album to exceed sales of 500,000 this week, making it the biggest opening week for an album since Adele’s 25 (which sold 800,307 copies in its first week).
Sheeran has noticeably kept a mathematical theme with his album titles: having released “+” in 2011, and “x” in 2014. However, no album has been quite like the other. Ed Sheeran’s style of music is hard to pinpoint, especially with the variety of styles included in his latest soundtrack. From foot-stomping “Castle on the Hill”, to groovy “Shape of You”, to bluesy “Dive” and experimental “Galway Girl”. There’s just about a little bit of everything on this album. His tracklist was published a month prior to his album release on his Instagram and includes the following songs: Eraser, Castle on the Hill, Dive, Shape of You, Perfect, Galway Girl, Happier, New Man, Hearts Don’t Break Around Here, What Do I Know?, How Would You Feel (Paean), Supermarket Flowers, Barcelona, Bibia Be Ye Ye, Nancy Mulligan, and Save Myself.