New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) Atlantic recording artist and 3x-GRAMMY nominee
Ed Sheeran is set to launch "Thinking Out Loud," the third single from his chart-topping, RIAA-Gold certified album "x" (pronounced multiply). The single follows back-to-back RIAA-Platinum certified singles "Sing" and "Don't," and has already gone to #1 in 6 countries around the world, including his native United Kingdom.
Sheeran will perform the U.S. network television premiere of "
Thinking Out Loud" on the "Victoria's Secret Fashion Show" airing on CBS on December 9th. The single's beautifully-shot companion music video (https://youtu.be/lp-EO5I60KA) -- directed by longtime collaborator Emil Nava -- has already amassed over 40 million views and features Sheeran ballroom dancing, a skill he learned through intensive, five-hour training sessions over the course of ten days during the North American leg of his worldwide arena tour. "
Thinking Out Loud" is beginning its ascent up the Top 40 and Hot AC radio charts now.
Sheeran is offering a special 7" vinyl single of "
Thinking Out Loud" that will be exclusively available at participating Record Store Day retail stores on
Black Friday, November 28th. The single's b-side will feature an exclusive version of album track "I'm A Mess," recorded live at London's Lightship95 studio. For more information, please visit www.recordstoreday.com.
Sheeran is currently in the midst of his worldwide headlining arena tour in support of "x." He recently announced that the tour's finale will take place at London's Wembley Stadium on July 10, 2015, marking his biggest headlining show to date. For more information, please visit Sheeran's official website. www.edsheeran.com.
"x" is already one of the most successful releases of 2015, topping the iTunes charts in 83 territories and going to #1 in 14 countries around the world, including the United States and United Kingdom, where the multiplatinum collection is also the biggest and fastest selling album of the year.
Blending soulful vocals with organic folk introspection and irresistible hip-hop hooks,
Ed Sheeran is a genuine global phenomenon. The 23-year-old British singer-songwriter's acclaimed new album "x" (pronounced multiply) finds the 3x-GRAMMY nominee collaborating with a stellar list of producers, including multiple GRAMMY Award®-winners Pharrell Williams, Rick Rubin and Jeff Bhasker, multiple GRAMMY Award®-nominee Benny Blanco, Snow Patrol's Johnny McDaid, and BRIT-Award nominee and longtime collaborator Jake Gosling. The album has earned Sheeran a remarkable amount of rapturous press attention, including cover stories in Billboard and Parade, as well as major feature profiles in Entertainment Weekly, Time, and the cover of the New York Times' Sunday Arts & Leisure section. Moreover, "x" has drawn critical applause from all corners, with USA Today hailing it in a four-and-a-half-starred rave as "the rare album that satisfies expectations while simultaneously raising them... As good as Sheeran was before, he's even better now." "Mr. Sheeran is a gifted singer with a tender tone and a naturalistic way with storytelling," declared the New York Times, adding, "Though he may well be the most prominent folk-minded singer in contemporary pop, he's an open-eared experimenter at core, and saddled with none of the modesty, false or otherwise, that typically go with the folkie role." "(Sheeran) is a polyglot," noted Time, "raised on folk, R&B, hip-hop and rock in equal measure and comfortable incorporating each of those genres into his compositions."
Sheeran's 2012 breakthrough debut album, "+," entered the UK Albums Chart at #1 with the highest opening sales figures for a debut male solo artist ever and is now certified 6x-platinum. Fueled by international hit singles like "
The A Team" and "Lego House," "+" has enjoyed multi-platinum, platinum, and gold sales in nine countries around the world. Here in the US, "
The A Team" proved a blockbuster, earning 2x-platinum certification from the RIAA as well as a GRAMMY® Award nomination as "Song Of The Year." Sheeran also made a record-breaking chart debut with the stateside release of "+," which entered the SoundScan/Billboard 200 at #5, becoming the highest debut for a U.K. solo artist's first full-length album, since 2009. Along with his three GRAMMY® nods -- including the prestigious "Best New Artist" -- Sheeran has accrued an array of distinguished international honors, spanning two BRIT Awards ("Best Male Artist," "Best Breakthrough Artist") and the 2012 Ivor Novello Award for "Best Song Musically and Lyrically."
Long acclaimed as a captivating and creative live performer, Sheeran spent much of the past two years traversing North
America on back-to-back sold-out headline tours, the latter of which including a stop at the renowned
Radio City
Music Hall that sold out in a matter of minutes. Following a main support role on Taylor Swift's massively successful "RED Tour," Sheeran returned to New York City for a trio of sold-out headline shows at the legendary Madison
Square Garden to close out his incredible 2013.
Sheeran's honest songwriting and incredible live show has also connected with millions through the small screen with countless high profile television appearances including the 55th Annual GRAMMY® Awards (performing "
The A Team" accompanied by Sir Elton John), the closing ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, NBC's The Voice (as one of Team Christina's mentors) and Today (where he pulled in one of last summer's largest audiences into NYC's
Rockefeller Plaza for the show's annual outdoor concert series), and as the youngest performer among the star-studded lineup on CBS' special "The Beatles: The Night That Changed
America - A GRAMMY Salute."
For additional news and information, please see www.edsheeran.com, www.twitter.com/EdSheeran (@EdSheeran), www.facebook.com/EdSheeranMusic and www.top40-charts.com.
