Interviews Ed Howard’s roster of artists at Asylum have changed the face of global pop. But what’s his philosophy on A&R – and how has it led to such an extraordinary hit rate?
News Shape Of You, Photograph and other Ed Sheeran hits join the Hipgnosis portfolio
Analysis News Swift's new record trumps Ed Sheeran's latest LP (just) – but not Ariana Grande's
News Within WMG's recorded music figures, streaming generated $540m, up by $92m (+20.5%) on the equivalent figure from the prior year quarter.
News Over 69 million people have played the star's music in the past 28 days
Analysis News Album generated $500,000 for Sheeran and Atlantic Records on Spotify in its first three days of availability
News Sheeran is being sued by the estate of Let’s Get It On co-writer Ed Townsend
News Bandier sent a wide-ranging final note to staff ahead of his departure in March 2019
News Sheeran and Taylor Swift secure the year's two biggest tours
News The composer and songwriter is older brother to superstar Ed Sheeran
News Songwriter documents the creation of Sheeran's chart-topping third album, Divide
News Top 50 best-selling tours of the first half of 2018 generated a record $2.21 billion
News British singer/songwriter beats Drake to No.1 spot
News 'We look forward to seeing Stu’s company and Ed’s success go from strength to strength'
Analysis 45.8m physical albums (ie. CD and vinyl) and 13.8m digital albums sold in 2017