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\n\tEd Sheeran<\/a> is looking back on some of his standout memories of 2023.<\/p>\n \n\tOn Sunday (Dec. 31), the British pop superstar shared a photo gallery on Instagram<\/a> with numerous throwbacks of the past year, including one of him and Thor<\/em> star Chris Hemsworth posing with the superhero\u2019s hammer Mj\u00f6lnir.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201c2023 dump,\u201d Sheeran captioned the carousel. \u201cSee ya in 2024 have a good one yeah nice one love you.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tEarlier this year, the \u201cThinking Out Loud\u201d singer gave Hemsworth a guitar in exchange for the God of Thunder\u2019s famous weapon. The Australian actor documented the trade in a video on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cJust an instrumental trade off between two blokes,\u201d Hemsworth captioned the clip in February. \u201cEd Sheeran I\u2019ll make this guitar sing like no other and you swing that hammer with all your soul.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe photo dump also included a courtroom sketch of Sheeran\u2019s testimony<\/a> during his copyright dispute over Marvin Gaye<\/a>\u2019s soul classic \u201cLet\u2019s Get it On.\u201d In May, a Manhattan federal jury cleared him on the allegations<\/a>, allowing the star to avoid millions in potential damages.<\/p>\n \n\tOther reflective snapshots included Sheeran performing on the Today<\/em> show, the time he crashed a couple\u2019s wedding<\/a> in Las Vegas, and numerous behind-the-scenes recording studio images.<\/p>\n \n\tSheeran dropped his latest album, Autumn Variations<\/em>, in late September through Gingerbread Man Records. The set, produced by the National\u2019s Aaron Dessner, peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n \n\tThe album arrived shortly after the North American leg of Sheeran\u2019s Mathematics World Tour wrapped at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. The Asia leg of his trek is scheduled to launch in January 2024.<\/p>\n \n\tAutumn Variations<\/em> is the singer-songwriter\u2019s second album this year, following Subtract<\/em>, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums in May. The album also launched at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart, with his largest sales week since 2017.<\/p>\n \n\tSee Sheeran\u2019s 2023 year-end post on Instagram here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n