{"id":77738,"date":"2017-01-06T01:46:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T06:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=77738"},"modified":"2017-01-06T01:47:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T06:47:37","slug":"ed-sheerans-new-singles-shape-castle-hill-reach-1-2-us-itunes-sales-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2017\/01\/06\/ed-sheerans-new-singles-shape-castle-hill-reach-1-2-us-itunes-sales-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran&#8217;s New Singles &#8220;Shape Of You&#8221; &#038; &#8220;Castle On The Hill&#8221; Reach #1 &#038; #2 On US iTunes Sales Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Sheeran released two new singles late Thursday night.  The new songs quickly &#8212; and predictably &#8212; soared to the top of the US iTunes  sales chart.<\/p>\n<p>As of 1:40AM ET, Sheeran&#8217;s new &#8220;Shape Of You&#8221; is #1 on the listing.  &#8220;Castle On The Hill&#8221; is #2.<\/p>\n<p>Per an Atlantic press release, &#8220;Shape Of You&#8221; was co-written by Sheeran, Johnny McDaid and Steve Mac.  Steve Mac produced the song, while Sheeran is credited as a co-producer.<\/p>\n<p>Sheeran and Benny Blanco wrote and produced &#8220;Castle On The Hill.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hello 2017! I\u2019ve been working hard on the new material and I hope you can be as excited about it as I am,&#8221; said Sheeran regarding the new music. &#8220;I really wanted to show two different sides to my music that I\u2019m equally as passionate about and I just knew I wanted to roll with two songs at the same time. 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