Ed Sheeran never had any trouble topping the charts in his home country, and he did it once again! He welcomed a new season with Autumn Variations, which became his seventh consecutive album to top the charts in the UK.
Autumn Variations was released on September 29, through Sheeran’s own label Gingerbread Man. It featured a total of 14 songs, each one honoring a different one of his friends, inspired by the same concept that shaped Edward Elgar’s seminal work Enigma Variations.
Sheeran thanked his fans for listening to Autumn Variations and making it No. 1 and said he hopes they’ll continue liking this album.
“It’s my first album on my own record label [Gingerbread Man Records], so this means more than any other award I’ve had. Thanks for all the support; it’s been amazing to get reconnected with the fans over the past few months,” Sheeran said in an official statement to Official Charts.
As for the rest of the UK chart for this week, Olivia Rodrigo’s second studio album Guts returned to No. 2 for the third consecutive week, while Jorja Smith’s Falling or Flying took the No. 3 spot. Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” returned to No. 1 on the Official Singles Chart, followed by Kenya Grace’s “Strangers” and Tate McRae’s “Greedy”.
