Ed Sheeran‘s newest album, Subtract, has topped this week’s new music ballot.
Music followers voted in a ballot revealed Friday (Might 5) on Billboard, selecting the British pop star’s sixth studio launch as their favourite new music launch of the previous week.
Subtract introduced in practically 57% of the vote, beating out new music from Lil Child (“Go Laborious”), Megan Moroney (Fortunate), Toosii that includes Khalid (“Favourite Tune (Remix)”), and others.
On Friday, Sheeran dropped a full visible album to accompany the emotional studio set. That includes a music video for every of the 14 songs on the album’s normal tracklist, the 12 new visuals joined the beforehand launched ones for singles “Eyes Closed” and “Boat” to inform the story of Subtract.
Subtract is the final installment in Sheeran’s decade-long mathematical album period, following 2011’s +, 2014’s x, 2017’s ÷ and 2021’s =.
The singer teamed up with The Nationwide’s Aaron Dessner — whom he met by pal Taylor Swift — to put in writing and produce the upcoming album.
Trailing behind Sheeran on the ballot is Lil Child’s “Go Laborious,” with 17% of the vote, and Moroney Fortunate, with 13% of the vote.
See the ultimate outcomes of this week’s new music launch ballot under.