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Ed Sheeran

Sapphire

3rd single from Play

Released: 5th June 2025

Label: Gingerbread Man Records / Atlantic Records UK

End of Year Chart Run

NE (2025) | 57

Chart Statistics

NE (19/06/2025) | 9-9-12-9-9-5-9-7-10-9-12-30-38-38-28-33-37-43-44-40-53-61-59-68-88-x

Sales: 500,000+

Certification: Gold

01 Sales

10 Audio Streaming

05 Video Streaming

Video

Biography

In a scene from Apple Music’s Songwriter documentary about Ed Sheeran, the singer-songwriter straggles out into a garden in Malibu at dawn. Jet-lagged and carrying a cup of tea, he sits down at his laptop and begins writing a song about the moment right in front of him: the crisp air, the birdsong, the hot tea, the day ahead. Sheeran gets a full verse in, melody and all, and then pauses. “Songs are weird things,” he says. “How so?” an interviewer asks. “They just come and go,” Sheeran says, smiling. “And they never give you any warning.” For Sheeran, songs have come rather reliably since he started writing in his youth. Born in 1991 in Halifax, he started out gigging on the pub circuit before releasing his first studio album, +, in 2011. Sheeran kept up the mathematical theme on subsequent album titles as he became one of the most unstoppable singer-songwriters in music, forging a light, polished blend of folk, pop and hip-hop that feels bittersweet and redemptive, intimate yet universal. Whether on his own songs (“Sing”, “The A Team”, “Shape of You”, “Perfect”) or in collaboration with artists such as Taylor Swift, Chance the Rapper and Beyoncé, Sheeran strikes a chord that feels good-natured and genuine: he’s the hopeless romantic who isn’t afraid to be vulnerable and show you his heart. Perhaps even more important, Sheeran isn’t afraid to take chances. His 2021 smash “Bad Habits” dabbled in modern dance-pop, while in 2023, he performed an Apple Music Live session in London and released two albums: −, a vulnerable album about grief and depression; and Autumn Variations, featuring collaborations with Aaron Dessner of The National. - Apple Music

Top 100 Chart History

2011 03 The A Team -1- MILLION SELLER

2011 35 Hush Little Baby (Wretch 32 feat. Ed Sheeran)

2011 04 You Need Me, I Don't Need You -2- MILLIONAIRE

2011 09 Drunk -4- MILLIONAIRE

2011 05 Lego House -3- MILLIONAIRE

2011 81 Gold Rush -AT-

2011 84 Autumn Leaves -AT-

2012 25 Small Bump -5-

2012 34 Wish You Were Here (Ed Sheeran, Richard Jones, Nick Mason, Mike Rutherford & David Arnold) -AT-

2012 07 (All Along The) Watchtower (Devlin feat. Ed Sheeran)

2012 18 Give Me Love -6-

2012 07 Everything Has Changed (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran)

2013 13 I See Fire -OST- MILLIONAIRE

2014 18 One -IG-

2014 01 Sing -1- MILLIONAIRE

2014 08 Don't -2- MILLIONAIRE

2014 01 Thinking Out Loud -3- MILLION SELLER

2014 15 Photograph -5- MILLIONAIRE

2014 59 Afire Love -IG-

2014 49 I'm A Mess -AT-

2014 02 Bloodstream (Ed Sheeran & Rudimental) -4- MILLIONAIRE

2014 82 The Man -IG-

2014 62 Tenerife Sea -AT-

2014 46 All Of The Stars -OST-

2014 57 Nina -AT-

2014 71 Runaway -AT-

2014 85 Take It Back -AT-

2014 38 Make It Rain -OST-

2015 69 I Will Take You Home -B-SIDE-

2015 88 Dreams (Krept & Konan feat. Ed Sheeran)

2015 92 Dark Times (The Weeknd feat. Ed Sheeran)

2015 12 Lay It All On Me (Rudimental feat. Ed Sheeran)

2017 01 Shape Of You -1/2- MILLIONAIRE

2017 02 Castle On The Hill -1/2- MILLIONAIRE

2017 02 How Would You Feel (Paean) -IG-

2017 02 Galway Girl -3- MILLIONAIRE

2017 01 Perfect -4- MILLIONAIRE

2017 05 New Man -AT-

2017 06 Happier -5- MILLIONAIRE

2017 08 Dive -AT- MILLIONAIRE

2017 08 Supermarket Flowers -AT- MILLIONAIRE

2017 09 What Do I Know? -AT-

2017 12 Barcelona -AT-

2017 13 Nancy Mulligan -AT-

2017 14 Eraser -AT-

2017 15 Hearts Don't Break Around Here -AT-

2017 18 Bibia Be Ye Ye -AT-

2017 19 Save Myself -AT-

2017 52 Boa Me (Fuse ODG feat. Ed Sheeran & Mugeez)

2017 49 End Game (Taylor Swift feat. Ed Sheeran & Future)

2017 01 River (Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran) MILLIONAIRE

2019 01 I Don't Care (Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber) -1- MILLIONAIRE

2019 04 Cross Me (feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock) -2-

2019 01 Beautiful People (feat. Khalid) -3- MILLIONAIRE

2019 01 Take Me Back To London (feat. Stormzy) -4- MILLIONAIRE

2019 04 South Of The Border (feat. Camila Cabello & Cardi B) -5- MILLIONAIRE

2019 01 Own It (Stormzy feat. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy) MILLIONAIRE

2020 12 Those Kinda Nights (Eminem feat. Ed Sheeran)

2020 02 Afterglow -NAS-

2021 01 Bad Habits -1- MILLIONAIRE

2021 05 Visiting Hours -IG-

2021 01 Shivers -2- MILLIONAIRE

2021 04 Overpass Graffiti -3-

2021 02 Peru (Fireboy DML & Ed Sheeran) MILLIONAIRE

2021 01 Merry Christmas (Ed Sheeran & Elton John) -4-

2021 01 Sausage Rolls For Everyone (LadBaby feat. Ed Sheeran & Elton John)

2022 02 The Joker And The Queen (feat. Taylor Swift) -5-

2022 07 Bam Bam (Camila Cabello feat. Ed Sheeran)

2022 96 Sigue (J Balvin & Ed Sheeran)

2022 09 2step (feat. Lil Baby) -6-

2022 18 For My Hand (Burna Boy feat. Ed Sheeran)

2022 47 Are You Entertained (Russ & Ed Sheeran)

2022 06 My G (Aitch & Ed Sheeran)

2022 06 Celestial -OST-

2023 50 F64 -NAS-

2023 85 Who We Love (Sam Smith & Ed Sheeran)

2023 01 Eyes Closed -1-

2023 15 Boat -IG-

2023 16 Curtains -AT-

2023 29 Life Goes On -AT-

2023 27 American Town -1-

2023 49 Magical -AT-

2023 84 England -AT-

2024 55 Under The Tree -OST-

2025 03 Azizam -1-

2025 17 Old Phone -2-

2025 05 Sapphire -3-

2025 49 Drive -OST-

2025 18 A Little More -IG-

2025 16 Camera -4-

2025 75 Symmetry (feat. Karan Aujla) -AT-

14 x #1 | 31 x Top 5 | 43 x Top 10 | 61 x Top 20 | 67 x Top 40 | 91 x Top 100

Social Media

Ed Sheeran

ewww not ed

every song on Ed Sheeran's new album an absolute banger??

press X to doubt

Is this the first Sabrina entry of the EOY chart?

But the chart run that Sapphire was usually odd numbers - 9-5-7-11-9-7 etc.

1 minute ago, Stephen Emmett said:

But in the case of this, remember when they mispronounced it often as "Bad Chem"? 🤨

It's something ive never understood. I remember the first time i read the track list, bed chem was such a unique name it immediately stood out as a song I was excited for

Absolutely sick of Ed Sheeran this year, the radio loves him too much (same goes for Capaldi)

Bed chem and sapphire 2 bops in a row , ed didnt have a bad year for someone thats careers supposed to be over 🙌

Sapphire is boring but his Camera is good. Obviously the later is not top 100.

Sapphire's a great track!

Just now, gasman449 said:

Absolutely sick of Ed Sheeran this year, the radio loves him too much (same goes for Capaldi)

But he did get a couple of number ones on their totally not fake chart 🤭

56

Billie Eilish

WILDFLOWER

3rd single from HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

Released: 17th May 2024

Label: Darkroom / Interscope Records

End of Year Chart Run

NE (2024) | 66-56

Chart Statistics

NE (01/08/2024) | [50-45-37-36-36-34-35-30-34-23-20-21-18-17-18-11-7-9-16-32-90-98-x]

RE (09/01/2025) | 16-16-15-16-22-19-16-20-23-27-75-82-81-86-95-99-83-93-89-96-x

RE (05/06/2025) | 95-x

Sales: 1,000,000+

Certification: Platinum

28 Sales

16 Audio Streaming

60 Video Streaming

Video

Biography

When singer-songwriter Billie Eilish feels something new, the first thing she does is take out her phone and write it down. “You can write anything,” she told Apple Music in an interview for the Up Next series in 2018. “You can say the truth, and you cannot tell anyone that it’s the truth—you can just write it, and it’ll be yours.” Raised and homeschooled in Los Angeles by actor/musician parents, Eilish (born Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O’Connell in 2001) started writing songs when she was around 11, exploring a strain of melancholy, minimal, and slightly surrealistic pop influenced as much by Lana Del Rey as the radical honesty of rappers like Tyler, The Creator and Earl Sweatshirt. Writing and recording with her brother—and producer—FINNEAS at their parents’ house, Eilish released dont smile at me in 2017, graduating directly from her bedroom to the spotlight. Hardly two years later, she’d released the Grammys-slaying WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?, an experimental-pop opus exploring mental health and totally upending notions of what constitutes pop music in 2020. (She also won the inaugural Apple Music Award for Global Artist of the Year and performed an Apple Music Live session at London’s O2 Arena in 2022.) Despite the attention, Eilish has done her best to stake out a space of freedom and fluidity, dodging easy definition. Her 2021 album Happier Than Ever saw her chart a further path of self-discovery, after which 2023’s Academy Award-winning ballad “What Was I Made For?” felt downright existential and the 2024 single “LUNCH” openly radiated queer desire. For an artist who has always seemed like she’s whispering closely guarded secrets into our ears, Eilish’s songwriting only seems to be growing more personal. “This is the most ‘me’ thing I’ve ever made,” she told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe about 2024’s HIT ME HARD AND SOFT. “And purely me—not a character.” - Apple Music

Top 100 Chart History

2018 47 lovely (Billie Eilish & Khalid) -3- MILLIONAIRE

2018 21 when the party's over -2*- MILLIONAIRE

2018 72 ocean eyes -1- MILLIONAIRE

2018 47 come out and play -NAS-

2019 78 idontwannabeyouanymore -AT-

2019 79 bellyache -2-

2019 06 bury a friend -3*- MILLIONAIRE

2019 13 wish you were gay -IG-

2019 02 bad guy -4*- MILLIONAIRE

2019 60 you should see me in a crown -1*-

2019 77 all the good girls go to hell -5*-

2019 03 everything i wanted -NAS- MILLIONAIRE

2020 01 No Time To Die -OST- MILLIONAIRE

2020 07 my future -1-

2020 02 Therefore I Am -2-

2021 35 Lo Vas A Olvidar (Billie Eilish & ROSALÍA) -OST-

2021 05 Your Power -3-

2021 14 Lost Cause -4-

2021 23 NDA -5-

2021 04 Happier Than Ever -6- MILLIONAIRE

2021 28 Getting Older -AT-

2021 32 Oxytocin -AT-

2022 23 TV -1/2-

2022 33 The 30th -1/2-

2023 69 hotline -PS-

2023 01 What Was I Made For? -OST- MILLIONAIRE

2024 02 LUNCH -1-

2024 07 CHIHIRO -4-

2024 02 BIRDS OF A FEATHER -2- MILLIONAIRE

2024 07 WILDFLOWER -3- MILLIONAIRE

2024 01 Guess (Charli xcx & Billie Eilish)

2024 96 L'AMOUR DE MA VIE -AT-

2025 69 THE GREATEST -AT-

3 x #1 | 10 x Top 5 | 14 x Top 10 | 16 x Top 20 | 23 x Top 40 | 33 x Top 100

Social Media

Billie Eilish

Nice to see "WILDFLOWER" here

Sapphire probably should of been the lead over azizam although the latter might not of been as successful if they were that way round

Higher than it was last year! Was hoping this would be ahead of I Love You I'm Sorry though

beautiful song idgaf if her stanbase is just as bad as the swifties or barbz

I like WILDFLOWER, glad this and BIRDS OF A FEATHER ended up as the two biggest hits from the album.

“Hit Me Hard And Soft” is still one of my favourite albums of the ‘20s. Great that “Wildflower” has held up so well.

Pity Billie didn't have any new top 40 hit this year.

Any estimates for Wildflower’s 2025 sales?