{"id":123833,"date":"2025-01-03T15:10:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T20:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/01\/03\/ed-sheeran-lands-eighth-no-1-on-u-k-albums-chart-with-greatest-hits-compilation\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T15:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T20:10:23","slug":"ed-sheeran-lands-eighth-no-1-on-u-k-albums-chart-with-greatest-hits-compilation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/01\/03\/ed-sheeran-lands-eighth-no-1-on-u-k-albums-chart-with-greatest-hits-compilation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran Lands Eighth No. 1 on U.K. Albums Chart With Greatest Hits\u00a0Compilation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/ed-sheeran\">Ed Sheeran<\/a> has secured his eighth No. 1 on the U.K.\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/albums-chart\/\">Official Album<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/albums-chart\/\">s<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.officialcharts.com\/charts\/albums-chart\/\"> Chart<\/a> with his greatest hits compilation <em>+\u2013=\u00f7\u00d7 (Tour Collection)<\/em>.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/ed-sheeran-best-pop-star-2017-1235837552\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2017-Ed-Sheeran-Greatest-Pop-Stars-by-Year-billboard-1240.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2017-Ed-Sheeran-Greatest-Pop-Stars-by-Year-billboard-1240.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Ed Sheeran\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBillboard\u2019s Greatest Pop Star of 2017: Ed\u00a0Sheeran\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  a-font-primary-medium-xxs lrv-u-color-brand-primary lrv-u-order-100\" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><br \/>\n\t11\/26\/2024<br \/>\n<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe collection is made up of Sheeran\u2019s hits from his Mathematical series of records: 2011\u2019s <em>+<\/em> (<em>Plus<\/em>), 2014\u2019s <em>\u00d7<\/em> (<em>Multiply<\/em>), 2017\u2019s <em>\u00f7 <\/em>(<em>Divide<\/em>), 2021\u2019s <em>=<\/em> (<em>Equals<\/em>) and 2023\u2019s <em>\u2013<\/em> (<em>Subtract<\/em>). A number of songs from 2019\u2019s standalone<em> No. 6 Collaborations Project, <\/em>including team-ups with Justin Bieber (\u201cI Don\u2019t Care\u201d) and Rudimental (\u201cLay It on Me\u201d), also feature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFirst released in September 2024, <em>+\u2013=\u00f7\u00d7 (Tour Collection)<\/em> has appeared on the charts for 14 weeks and initially peaked at No. 5. The album received a boost over the festive period when it was issued on vinyl for the first time, ultimately earning the compilation the top spot in 2025\u2019s opening week (Jan. 3). All seven of Sheeran\u2019s studio albums have previously reached No. 1 in the U.K. over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSheeran\u2019s +\u2013=\u00f7\u00d7 Tour, which kicked off in April 2022, is set to conclude this year after 165 shows. His upcoming slate will kick off in Bhutan on Jan. 24, before heading to a number of cities in India, China, Qatar and more, later returning to European stadiums throughout the summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn December, Sheeran teased that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/ed-sheeran-next-album-done-return-big-pop-1235853842\/\">new album<\/a> would be a return to the bigger sounds heard on the compilation. \u201cIt feels like I\u2019m getting back into big pop for the first time in a long time,\u201d he told <em>Variety<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s quite exciting.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSheeran\u2019s most recent studio LP was 2023\u2019s <em>Autumn Variations<\/em>, which landed at No. 4 on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/billboard-200\/\">Billboard 200<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tElsewhere, there\u2019s little movement week-on-week in the the top five, with Sabrina Carpenter\u2019s <em>Short n\u2019 Sweet<\/em> (No. 2), SZA\u2019s <em>SOS<\/em> (No. 3), Chappell Roan\u2019s <em>The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess<\/em> (No. 4) and Charli XCX\u2019s <em>Brat<\/em> (No. 5) all staying put.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/chart-beat\/ed-sheeran-tour-collection-number-1-uk-albums-chart-1235868531\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Sheeran has secured his eighth No. 1 on the U.K.\u2019s Official Albums Chart with his greatest hits compilation +\u2013=\u00f7\u00d7 (Tour Collection).\u00a0 Related Billboard\u2019s Greatest Pop Star of 2017: Ed\u00a0Sheeran 11\/26\/2024 The collection is made up of Sheeran\u2019s hits from his Mathematical series of records: 2011\u2019s + (Plus), 2014\u2019s \u00d7 (Multiply), 2017\u2019s \u00f7 (Divide), 2021\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}