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Ed Sheeran’s ‘x’ Smashes One Million UK Sales

The Thinking Out Loud singer's sophomore album is the first record to do so since Emeli Sande's debut in 2012...

Ed Sheeran's chart-topping LP x has become the first album to hit one million UK sales since Emeli Sande's 2012 release, Our Version of Events.

According to The Official Charts Company, x has amassed sales for the year to date in excess of 1.005 million copies across all recorded music formats (CD, vinyl and downloads).

[related]And, with Christmas just around the corner, it is likely the album will be certified 4x Platinum (equivalent to 1.2m copies) by the BPI before the end of 2014.

When hearing the news of his latest achievement, Ed stated he was “f**kin’ buzzin’!”

Ben Cook, President, Atlantic Records UK, said: "Ed is a phenomenal artist at the top of his game and his album reaching this impressive milestone so quickly only serves to underline that.

"x is Ed at his original and inventive best - we're absolutely thrilled for him that it joins ‘+’ in the ranks of the million-sellers and are delighted that so many people love it as much as we do."

Official Charts Chief Executive Martin Talbot added: “What an incredible year for Ed Sheeran – having the best-selling and longest-running No.1 album of 2014 so far, two No.1 singles, and now x hitting the million album sales mark in the space of just a few months. 2014 has well and truly belonged to the Suffolk lad.”

Congrats Ed!

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