From the discharge of – (Subtract), his sixth studio album, to his model new tune for the Ted Lasso collection finale, Ed Sheeran has been omnipresent this 12 months. On Tuesday morning (June 6), the “Form of You” singer took over the Right now Present plaza for a efficiency in help of his newest document.
Whereas his set featured renditions of Subtract singles equivalent to “Eyes Closed,” which peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Scorching 100, the efficiency’s most memorable second got here by the use of a minimize from his 2017 ÷ (Divide) album.
After Sheeran concluded one in all his songs, Right now Present host Hoda Kotb got here throughout one other Ed within the viewers. With the encouragement of Kotb, this Ed — a Sheeran fan named Ed Castillo from Clifton, N.J. — launched into an impromptu rendition of “Excellent” because the singer-songwriter himself joined him on guitar. As soon as the fan completed singing, Sheeran agreed that if he have been a coach on The Voice, he would have turned his chair for Castillo. In 2017, “Excellent” grew to become the star’s second profession No. 1 single on the Scorching 100, thanks, partly, to its Beyoncé-assisted duet model.
Sheeran’s Right now Present stint additionally supplied followers with some hints as to the place the “Dangerous Habits” singer’s musical evolution will take him subsequent. “I’ve recognized for the final 13 years what Arithmetic can be, and now it’s, like, what to do subsequent?” Sheeran mentioned. “There’s numerous questions going round in my head.”
When prompted by host Carson Daly a couple of attainable pivot to nation music, Sheeran responded, “I lived in Nashville for a few years, and I type of fell in love with [country music] there. That’s one thing I’d like to do in some unspecified time in the future.” The nation music tease comes only a few weeks after Sheeran teamed up with nation powerhouse Luke Combs for a brand new model of “Life Goes On” from – (Subtract).
Sheeran has 9 prime 10 hits on the Scorching 100, two of which have reached the summit — “Form of You” and “Excellent.” The Grammy-winning celebrity has additionally topped the Billboard 200 with 4 albums courting again to 2014’s x (Multiply).
