Ed Sheeran is now officially the God of music

Yep, Ed has broken an incredible SEVEN records after just seven days

on the official album and singles charts with the new album becoming the fastest-selling album by a male artist ever, and taking the highest opening week album sales in Official Charts history ever for a male artist.

Divide sold an amazing 672,000 copies in its first week alone, with Official Charts confirming that 62% of sales came from physical sales, 26% from downloads and 12% streaming equivalent sales – and those streaming sales also break a record for the highest first-week streaming sales for an album ever, at 79,000 album streams.

The previous record was set only last week by Stormzy’s Gang Signs & Prayer, with a mere 21,000.

Elsewhere, Ed also scored the biggest one-week vinyl album sale in more than 20 years.

He became the first artist to ever have every single track from an album enter the Top 20.

And he is the first musician to ever take control of the entire Top 5 singles chart with Shape Of You sitting at number one, Galway Girl at two, Castle On The Hill at three, Perfect at four, and New Man in at five.

And finally, he also set a brand new record becoming the first artist to ever land the most Top 10 singles from one album with ten tracks from Divide making it into the Top 10 over the first week of release (as of Friday March 10 nine tracks are in the Top 10 with How Would You Feel (Paean) currently at number 11 after falling out of the Top 10 by the end of the week).

Every record Ed Sheeran has broken with Divide

1. Divide is the fastest-selling album by a male artist ever
2. Divide sold 672,000 copies in its first week, the highest opening week album sales in Official Chart history for a male artist
3. Streaming made up 12% of sales, the highest first-week streaming sales for an album ever
4. Divide also scored the biggest one-week vinyl album sale in more than 20 years
5. Ed has become the first artist to ever have every single track from an album enter the Top 20
6. The entire Top 5 is made up of tracks from Divide – the first time an act has ever achieved this
7. Ed has also set a new record for landing the most Top 10 singles from one album with ten tracks entering the single charts in the first week (Calvin Harris was the previous record holder with nine Top 10 singles from the album 18 Months.)

Speaking to Official Charts, Ed said: ‘Wow! What a phenomenal week.

‘To every person who’s bought the album – thank you. I’m buzzing!’

Ben Cook, President, Atlantic Records UK, added: ‘In the six years since we signed him nothing with Ed has been accidental – he’s constantly raised the bar, challenging us to match his drive and musical output at every step: ÷ is no different.’

Source: http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/10/ed-sheeran-is-now-officially-the-god-of-music-after-smashing-seven-chart-records-in-seven-days-6502124/