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Ed Sheeran has had the bestselling album of 2014, shifting over 634,000 copies and knocking Coldplay into second place.
The singer songwriter, who on his second album both worked with Pharrell and shamed an ex in style, released X in June and it spent eight weeks at number one, shifting over 182,000 copies during its first week on sale. It has now overtaken Coldplay's mopey Ghost Stories as the UK's best selling album of the year.
Nine out of the top ten bestsellers are British acts.
The full list is
1. X by Ed Sheeran
2. In The Lonely Hour by Sam Smith
3. Ghost Stories by Ghost Stories
4. Caustic Love by Paolo Nutini
5. A Perfect Contradiction by Paloma Faith
6. Halycon by Ellie Goulding
7. GIRL by Pharrell Williams
8. If You Wait by London Grammar
9. AM by Arctic Monkeys
10. Bad Blood by Bad Blood
Following his triumphant gig at the ITunes Festival, Sheeran recently announced he will play the NIA Indoor Arena in Birmingham on 18 October. Tickets can be purchased from here.
Ed Sheeran's autumn tour includes two at London's O2 Arena, as well as stops in Birmingham, Dublin, Manchester and Glasgow. The tour will commence at Dublin's O2 Arena on October 6, and finish up at Glasgow SSE Hydro Arena on October 30.
See the full list of tour dates below.
OCTOBER:
Sat 4th: DUBLIN 02 Arena
Sun 5th: DUBLIN 02 Arena
Mon 6th: DUBLIN 02 Arena
Wed 8th: BELFAST Odyssey Arena
Thurs 9th: BELFAST Odyssey Arena
Sat 11th: LEEDS First Direct Arena
Sun 12th: LONDON The O2
Mon 13th: LONDON The O2
Tues 14th: LONDON The O2
Weds 15th: LONDON The O2
Sat 18th: BIRMINGHAM NIA Indoor Arena
Sun 19th: BIRMINGHAM LG Arena
Mon 20th: BIRMINGHAM LG Arena
Weds 22nd: NOTTINGHAM Capital FM Arena
Thurs 23rd: NOTTINGHAM Capital FM Arena
Sat 25th: NEWCASTLE Metro Radio Arena
Mon 27th: MANCHESTER Phones 4U Arena
Tues 28th: MANCHESTER Phones 4U Arena
Thurs 30th: GLASGOW SSE Hydro Arena
Fri 31st: GLASGOW SSE Hydro Arena
Photos: Ed Sheeran and 14 other acts who rocked the iTunes Festival
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