ED SHEERAN: DIVIDE AND CONQUER
It’s not often an artist can take up residence at the #1 and #2 spots on the chart, but Ed has already achieved that this year with Shape Of You and Castle On The Hill. His new album ÷ (ie, divide) is quite likely to end up as this year’s top-selling release. While Shape Of You sounds like the kind of craftily deconstructed radio-friendly record written especially for Justin Bieber (Ed penned Beeb’s #1 hit Love Yourself), Castle On The Hill suggests he has ambitions to be the new U2. “My new album ÷ holds a very special place in my heart,” Ed insists, “I really believe this is my best work to date.”