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Popular British singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran released his latest album on September 12. The album titled Play debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 chart. According to reports, the album sold 71,000 equivalent units in its first week.
@PopBase on X shared the news with the caption:
“‘Play’ by Ed Sheeran debuts at #5 on the Billboard 200 with 71k units.”
The post quickly garnered several reactions as netizens took to the comments section to express their opinions.
@arianatorswildt commented: “I guess nobody clicked play.”
Several comments echoed this sentiment as netizens criticized the low unit numbers.
@harryshouse tweeted: “Mind you he use to be the biggest artist of the 2010s and he use to do good in sales and now he’s doing these numbers the downfall is crazy.”
@industrystn wrote: “How do you go from having 2 of the top 10 highest selling songs of all time to flopping this hard in the blink of an eye??”
@Hovuneh1 added: “71k feels low for someone of Ed's caliber. Wonder if the pink aesthetic alienated some of his core fanbase.”
Other netizens praised his consistency of ranking high on the Billboard charts.
@RavuSpeaks stated: “Ed Sheeran’s ‘Play’ hits #5 with 71K units another top 10 to add to the list! Consistency is king.”
@KyrosWeb3 praised: “71k in 2025? man’s consistency is crazy.”
@azucubanna added: “Ed's still the evergreen hitmaker—71k at #5? That's Sheeran math: cozy acoustics turning casual streams into platinum. Steady king.”
More details on Ed Sheeran’s album, Play
Play is Ed Sheeran’s eighth studio album and the first of the singer’s six-album collection that will include titles based on media control symbols, including Pause, Rewind, Fast Forward, Stop, and Eject.
It was released on September 12, 2025, and produced by Ed Sheeran, Elvira Anderfjärd, Louis Bell, Cirkut, Omer Fedi, Savan Kotecha, Fred, Ilya, Steve Mac, Johnny McDaid, Blake Slatkin, and Andrew Watt.
The album was preceded by five singles: Azizam, Old Phone, Sapphire, A Little More, and Camera. It contains total thirteen tracks. Rest of the song part of the album are Heaven, For Always, The Vow, Don’t Look Down, Slowly, In Other Words, and Symmetry.
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