It was released on 20 June 2014 in Australia and New Zealand, and worldwide on 23 June through and. The album received positive reviews from music critics. It was an international commercial success, peaking at No. It became Sheeran's second UK number-one single and has been certified 3× Platinum, with sales of over 1 million copies in the UK. It has been certified 4× Platinum, with sales of over 4 million copies in the US alone. It gave Sheeran his fifth consecutive top ten single from the album in Australia and New Zealand, peaking at numbers 9 and 8, respectively. In December 2014, named x the most-streamed album in the world for 2014, racking up more than 430 million streams for the year. The album has been certified 3× Platinum in Canada, 6× Platinum in New Zealand, and 4× Platinum in the US, with sales of over 4 million copies. It also became the first album ever to be certified Diamond in Australia. Also, x broke 's record for the longest charting Top 10 album in the history of the United Kingdom. In 2015, x won the for , and at the it was nominated for and. Jake Gosling, who co-wrote and produced the majority of Sheeran's debut album, has no writing credits on this album, while new collaborators include Snow Patrol's and British drum and bass band,. This section may be to read and navigate comfortably. Please consider content into sub-articles, it, or adding or removing. Written on a guitar made out of wood from a whisky barrel in a hotel room whilst on tour in in 2011, the song was the last song written about the love interest that was the focus of the previous album. It is one of two songs written about his then-current girlfriend. A remix of the track has been made with Korean recording artist , and the music video for the song was based on a night out with the artist. Sheeran has claimed to have forgiven Goulding. The song was recorded first with Benny Blanco, then again with Rick Rubin, and the two producers came together to produce the final cut. Sheeran wrote the song about his mother. The song focuses on a failed relationship, whilst touching on the subjects of marriage, chemical dependency and his career in the music industry. And then he did. It explains the aftermath of his death, with his family reuniting for the funeral, and explains the deep love between his grandparents. In it, Sheeran claims not to be a rapper, whilst delivering four rapped verses. Sheeran was asked to write the song for the closing credits by the film's director, , whose daughter was a fan of his work. After flying to to watch the film, he wrote the majority of the song in a single day, performing all the instruments, apart from the cello, including a violin, which Sheeran taught himself to play for the song. The track was produced by Sheeran himself, and mixed in Abbey Road studios by Peter Cobbin and Kirsty Whalley. It was released on 5 November 2013 as the first single from the soundtrack. As a result, the album does not bear the Parental Advisory: Explicit Content sticker. The physical versions of the album come packaged in a green jewel case. The song was played twice in a row, and Sheeran discussed the album and working with Pharrell to produce the single. The song was given away on 16 May to people who had preordered the album on iTunes. X Tour To promote the album, Sheeran embarked on the. He will hold several shows in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia and New Zealand until December 2015. This edition includes bonus tracks and a DVD of the concert film. The music video, released exclusively to Facebook on 22 May, features a puppet caricature of Sheeran on a night out in Los Angeles. The single entered the at No. It has since sold in excess of 3 million copies worldwide, including 1,464,000 copies in the US alone. It has peaked within the top-ten of nine international charts, including Australia, the UK and the aforementioned US. It then hit No. The was released on 7 October. The song was incredibly successful, selling in excess of 5 million copies worldwide as of April 2015. The song peaked at No. Moreover, it peaked at No. In September 2015, it became just the fifth single released in the 21st century to go 3× Platinum. The new version of the song was remixed by British band, and was released as a joint single. The song became Sheeran's fourth consecutive top-ten hit from the album by peaking at No. Wait til you see the video, it's a special one. Photograph then hit No. The song first charted for a week in December 2014. The music video for the single was released on 10 May 2015. It debuted at No. Accolades Publication Rank List 5 The 10 Best Albums of 2014 5 Top Albums of 2014 1 Best 50 Albums of 2014 x debuted at number one on the , marking Sheeran's second number one album in the United Kingdom. It sold 180,000 copies in its first week of release to become the fastest-selling album of 2014, overtaking 's. It stayed at number one for 12 non-consecutive weeks in the UK, the longest number one since 's in 2011. As of December 2015, the album has sold 2,660,000 copies in the UK. The album spent 74 consecutive weeks in the top ten, surpassing 21 's 71-week record. In the United States, the album became Sheeran's first number one on the , debuting at number one with sales of 210,000 copies. Furthermore, Sheeran marked the second largest debut for a pop album in 2014 and the fourth-biggest opening overall of the year. In December 2015, the album was certified double platinum for shipments of two million albums by the. It reached 2 million copies sold there in February 2016. By July 2017, tracks from the album had accumulated over 1. In Canada, the album debuted at number one on the ; in its second week, the album remained at number one selling 7,000 copies. It became the year's fourth best-selling album in Canada, having sold 133,000 copies over the course of the year. In Australia, x spent eight non-consecutive weeks at number one and sold 490,000 copies. Until October 2015, the album had not left the top ten of the chart since its release. In November 2015, x became the first album to be certified Diamond by the , a newly created category that denotes over 500,000 sales. The album reached the top 10 in 5 consecutive years, 2014 to 2018, in Australia, Denmark, Ireland where it reached No. Thus, it means the album has sold 10 million copies worldwide. Retrieved 6 December 2014. It's one of few minor lapses on an otherwise solid pop album... Retrieved 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014. 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