An Analysis: Ed Sheeran Had the Biggest 2017 of Any Musician

The statement “Ed Sheeran had a great year” isn’t surprising to hear, and it hasn’t been since he first broke into the mainstream several years ago. He has consistently churned out mega-hits with mainstream-mass appeal and earned the respect of music critics of all kinds. 

It is now almost a given that the British singer-songwriter will do well whenever he has something new to peddle, but he deserves to be featured as a look back at just how well his music performed in 2017 to argue that he had the best year of any musician on the planet.