Ed Sheeran: Top 50 Songs

Ed Sheeran Top 50 Songs

Singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran was born on 2/17/1991 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. He released his debut album, Plus (+) in 2011. His songs “Thinking Out Loud,” “Shape of You,” and “Perfect” are featured in the Dave’s Music Database book The Top 100 Songs of the Digital Era, 2000-2019. His albums Multiply (X) and Divide (÷) will both be featured in the upcoming Dave’s Music Database book The Top 100 Albums of the 21st Century. For a complete list of this act’s DMDB honors, check out the DMDB Music Maker Encyclopedia entry. Click here to see other acts’ best-of lists.

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Top 50 Songs Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists, appearances on compilations and live albums by the featured act, and songs’ chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards. DMDB Top 1%: 1. Shape of You (2017) 2. Thinking Out Loud (2014) 3. Perfect (with Beyoncé, 2017) 4. Love Yourself (written by Sheeran, performed by Justin Bieber) DMDB Top 2%: 5. I Don’t Care (with Justin Bieber, 2019) 6. Bad Habits (2021) DMDB Top 5%: 7. Photograph (2014) 8. The A Team (2011) 9. Castle on the Hill (2017) 10. Shivers (2021) DMDB Top 10%: 11. Don’t (2014) 12. Sing (2014) 13. Beautiful People (with Khalid, 2019) 14. River (with Eminem, 2017) 15. Lego House (2011) 16. Bam Bam (with Camila Cabello, 2022) 17. I See Fire (2013) 18. Everything Has Changed (with Taylor Swift, 2012) 19. Galway Girl (2017) DMDB Top 20%: 20. Happier (2017) 21. Afterglow (2020) 22. Merry Christmas (with Elton John, 2021) 23. End Game (with Taylor Swift & Future, 2017) 24. South of the Border (with Camila Cabello & Cardi B, 2019) 25. Give Me Love (2011) 26. Dive (2017) Beyond the DMDB Top 20%: 27. Cross Me (with Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock, 2019) 28. One (2014) 29. Supermarket Flowers (2017) 30. Lay It All on Me (with Rudimental, 2015) 31. Those Kinda Nights (with Eminem, 2020) 32. Peru (with Fireboy DML, 2022) 33. How Would You Feel (Paean) (2017) 34. New Man (2017) 35. What Do I Know? (2017) 36. Barcelona (2017) 37. Eraser (2017) 38. Hearts Don’t Break Around Here (2017) 39. Blow (with Chris Stapleton, 2019) 40. Make It Rain (2014) 41. Take Me Back to London (with Stormzy, 2019) 42. Eyes Closed (2023) 43. Own It (with Stormzy & Burna Boy, 2019) 44. Remember the Name (with Eminem & 50 Cent, 2019) 45. Afire Love (2014) 46. The Joker and the Queen (with Taylor Swift, 2021) 47. Candle in the Wind (2014) 48. Bloodstream (with Rudimental, 2014) 49. Antisocial (with Travis Scott, 2019) 50. Overpass Graffiti (2021) Resources and Related Links: DMDB Encyclopedia entry for Ed Sheeran Dave’s Music Database: “Acts’ Profile Pages and Best-of Lists” First posted 5/7/2023.

Ed Sheeran “Bad Habits” released

Bad Habits Ed Sheeran

Writer(s): Ed Sheeran, Fred Gibson, Johnny McDaid (see lyrics here) Released: June 25, 2021 First Charted: July 3, 2021 Peak: 2 BB, 12 BA, 11 AC, 17 A40, 111 UK, 14 CN, 12 AU, 24 DF (Click for codes to charts.) Sales (in millions): 3.0 US, 3.6 UK, 11.15 world (includes US + UK) Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 806.18 video, 1819.87 streaming

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About the Song: Ed Sheeran was born in England in 1991. He released his first solo album in 2011. A decade later, Equals (=), marked his fifth time to ascend to the top of the UK album charts and fourth time atop the U.S. charts. The lead single, “Bad Habits,” was his eighth chart topper in the UK. It also topped the charts in 27 other countries and was the best selling song of the year in the UK. “The moody song” SF is “part ballad and part dance track.” Sheeran is “in a deep internal conflict about his bad habits. His unhealthy lifestyle, such as nighttime drinking and partying, is leading him to make some poor choices, which le later regrets.” SF He addressed his drinking when his first daughter was on the way. Sheeran’s wife, Cherry, expressed concern about him being too drunk to drive her to the hospital safely when she was ready to give birth. WK Originally Sheeran had a slower, acoustic song in mind as the album’s lead single. However, when Covid-19 restrictions were beginning to be lifted in England in 2021, he thought, “I don’t know if the world needs a depressing, sad, slow acoustic song when [the country is] opening up.” WK He inserted a “dancy vibe” into the song to make it a more “upbeat dance tune.” SF The video for the song was compared to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” WK The video was also inspired by the American TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. WK Sheeran portrays a vampire in a hot pink suit. He and other monsters attack people during the night. He said he chose vampires as a way to “play on the nature of habits in a fantastical way.” WK Resources: SF Songfacts WK Wikipedia Related Links: First posted 4/13/2024; last updated 10/14/2024.