ed sheeran.fter a string of hits that included a grammy last year for song of the year, sheeran decided to take some time off. his se bat call was short lived and his new album "divide" just set a record on spotify. "divide" was heard 57 million times on friday. mark phillips caught up with sheeran in his hometown. >> cod and chips. >> reporter: to hear ed sheeran talk about the place he grew up, you wonder why he ever left. >> what's special about this place? >> the best fish and chips in england. >> reporter: and then you realize in a way he never did. are you a vinegar guy or no vinegar? >> reporter: ed sheeran is 26 now, and maybe the hottest thing in the pop music business. in fact, he seems to be reinventing it. >> can you jump up? >> let's just sit on the wall. ♪ i'm in love with the shape of you ♪ >> reporter: the teaser released called "shape of you" have gotten internet hits counted in the billions. ♪ i'm in love with the shape of you ♪ >> is that the slide technique? >> the good thing

>> we're here for ed sheeran! ♪ whoa, whoa >> we love ed sheeran!is ablaze >>> good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." it is a wednesday morning. we have willie in for matt. let's get to important things. we have ed sheeran. no offense, willie, but we are so excited. he's going to give us a live concert, and the -- we have a huge crowd. >> oh, my gosh. the view is great from up here. are you excited to play? >> very excited. >> did you have a show last night? >> yeah. i played last night, yeah. it was fun. >> did you stay up or rolling through the morning? >> i went to harlem, to sylvia's. >> nice. >> then i got a good night's sleep. >> so glad. we cannot wait. we are really looking forward to it, as is our crowd. >> i'm in love with your body. i thought she was talking to me but it is your new single. >> it is a song lyric, willie. >>> here's is news at 8:00. >> i'm peter alexander at the white house. many republicans are rebelling against their own health care plan, as senator rand paul put it, we are united on repeal but divided on repl

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>>> crowd waiting for ed sheeran.by update over in the orange room this morning. carson? >> yes, we do, savannah. excited to reveal "people" magazine's cover featuring hoda kotb and her beautiful daughter, h haley joy, right on the cover. hoda calls her her dream baby. inside, look at this photo. so cool, the two of them next to hoda's words. i waited so long for her. notice hoda's emmy by her face. that's good. nice placement there. in the article, hoda opening up about the ache she felt longing to be a mother. with haley, she didn't know this kind of love existed. haley met some of our family members. uncle al. jenna bush holding little haley there. great stuff has been on social media. she's been sharing gifts. sweaters, rocking chairs and giant stuffed animals. we couldn't be happier for hoda and haley. this issue hits stands on friday. hoda, we love you so, so much. congratulations. haley joy, we'll see you soon. guys? >> i was choking up when it said i waited so long for her. we're thrilled for her. >> i hope ho

ed sheeran has made music history with his third album, divide. downloading or streaming — his songs also account for all but one of the top 10 singles. the album is already the fastest—selling record ever released by a male artist. here's our arts editor, will gompertz. ed sheeran, singing "shape of you", now in its ninth week at number one on the uk's official chart, which, as of today, is dominated by the 26—year—old singer—songwriter from suffolk. in an unprecedented one—man takeover of the singles chart, all 16 tracks from his new album, divide, are in the top 20. let's be clear, ed sheeran would have had a storming week whatever system the official chart company used. the big difference now is not how many people buy a single by download or in physicalform, but how many people listen to it through streaming services, such as spotify and apple music, which also goes towards his chart position, by using this formula: 150 streams of a track equals one sale. so this week, ed sheeran had 110 million streams of tracks from his new album, which, di

popstar ed sheeran achieves nine songs in the british top ten.ven he says it is time to have a rethink about the charts. and the pitfalls of live tv. the moment a guest is art stayed upstaged by his children, right here on bbc world news. to serve. fears are growing for the tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the second city of mosul iraq as government forces tried to reca ptu re iraq as government forces tried to recapture it from so—called islamic state. 50,000 people have fled the west of the city over the last fortnight. the iraqi army is now pushing deeper into the extremist stronghold in the city. our correspondent has just sent this report from the latest areas to be taken back from is control. escaping the battleground and the terrors of the caliphate. fleeing western mosul on foot during a lull in the battle. countless numbers are likely to follow, their life reduced to a few bundles. streets, now liberated, but deserted, many didn't leave until the fight came right to their door, like abdul razsack. at 76, forced to leave home for

sheeran can come through those ways.flects what people engage with, not just listen to. they reflects what people engage with, notjust listen to. they don't broadly think there is a problem. they think there is a problem, ed sheeran accepts that, when the issue is about passive listening and not necessarily total engagement and love of music. fascinating. will, thank you. john surtees, the only man to win the formula one and motorcycle grand prix titles, has died aged 83. commentator: going like a bomb." he started racing cars after winning multiple titles on two wheels. he took the f1 world title in 1964. the commentator, murray walker, has paid tribute saying that surtees was "undoubtedly one of the greatest people who has ever lived in the history of motor sport." now, it's going to be a fantastic weekend of sport for rugby and football fans. with all the details, katherine downes is at the principality stadium in cardiff for us. we are underneath the roof here where ireland know that really only a win here against wa

divide and conquer: with nine songs in the the top 10 — even ed sheeran says it's time to have a rethinkrug addict who crashed a car into a family during a police chase in south london has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. last augustjoshua dobby lost control of a stolen car killing 3a year—old rosie cooper and her 10 year—old nephew makayah mcdermott — and seriously injuring two other children. it emerged in courtjoshua dobby has 53 previous convictions dating back to when he was 13. tom symonds has more. it was a summer's day, the family on their way to the park for ice cream, when this car came skidding off the road, hitting a bollard and lifting it into the air and down on top of three children and their aunt. the aftermath was horrific. little kids screaming, like. there were like 20 guys around this one car, they all lifting the car up and moved the car so everyone could come out. rozanne cooper and makayah mcdermott stood no chance. he loved sport and acting. she was the mainstay of her family, the court was told. joshua dobby tried to run. the court heard a statement from yah

. # and, as ed sheeran has nine songs in the top 10, even he says it's time to have a rethink about theoming up in sportsday on bbc news: john surtees, the only man to win the formula one and motorcycle world titles has died aged 83. he won the fi championship in 1964. good evening. fears are growing for the tens of thousands of civilians trapped in iraq's second city of mosul as government forces try to recapture it from so—called islamic state. 50,000 people have fled the west of the city over the last fortnight alone. after five months of fighting and heavy casualties, iraqi forces control the east of the city, which is divided by the river tigris. now they're pushing deeper into the extremists' stronghold in the west of mosul where civilians are hemmed in by the street—to—street fighting. 0ur correspondent, 0rla guerin, and cameraman, nico hameon, have just sent this report from the latest areas to be taken back from is control. escaping the battleground and the terrors of the caliphate. fleeing western mosul on foot during a lull in the battle. countless numbers are likely to follo

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one person asking why does this baby look more like ed sheeran than ed sheeran does? in love with -- >> i thought you were going to put a little beard on her. >> how cute is she? someday she'll be saying, you know, they didn't call me a cute fat baby. they called me a grown man. she's a little girl and looks like him as an adult. she's cute. >>> don't get in between a boy and his dog. this right here is 11-month-old oliver and his golden doodle leo. oliver's mom captured her baby in the midst of a paw-er nap and the little boy trying to get comfortable by using the dog as a pillow over and over again climbing all over him. leo is the whitlow family's first baby and as any log lover can attest, this can be a tough transition. but when oliver was born the pet accepted it with open paws and now the pair are inseparable. now, as -- [ applause ] as a dog lover i know you, robin, have been with your dogs and my little baby trixie was my first dog so i went through a lot of research figuring out how to welcome the baby in and have a picture representing their first -- the fi

let's be clear, ed sheeran would have had a storming week whatever system the official chart company used. the big difference now is not how many people buy a single by download or in physicalform, but how many people listen to it through streaming services, such as spotify and apple music, which also goes towards his chart position, by using this formula: 150 streams of a track equals one sale. so this week, ed sheeran had 110 million streams of tracks from his new album, which, divided by 150, represents 733,000 sales, plus 164,000 downloads, and that was enough to give him 16 songs in the official top 20. i don't know if there's some weird things that spotify and apple music are going to have to change now with streaming, but i never expected to have nine songs in the top ten ever in my life, so i don't know. something's gone wrong. but i am very, very happy about it. so he think something has gone wrong with the singles chart system. i wonder, does the man responsible for compiling it agree? the charts have changed dramatically in the last five or ten years, as we have incorporat

jackson, dakota fanning, ed sheeran!a in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- gwen stefani. senator from new york, kirsten gillibrand. music from tove lo. featuring the 8g band with andres forero. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, seth meyers. >> seth: good evening. i'm seth meyers. this is "late night." how's everybody doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] yeah, great to hear. in that case, let's get to the news. president trump had dinner with mike pence in the presidential dining room today. pence said grace, and trump said, "there were 1.5 million people at my inauguration." [ laughter ]

ed sheeran, making music history. now it is time for newsnight.es that you may find distressing. tonight, crimes against humanity in burma. an investigation reveals shocking human rights abuses against the muslim minority. definite crimes against humanity. committed by the burmese army against the rohingya? yes, by the military, ordered by the police or security forces. its nobel—winning leader has questions to answer. the united nations has accused this country of committing crimes against humanity. you have any response to that? pope francis says he is open to married men joining the catholic priesthood, but are these radical proposals now preventing mutiny from deep within? and — when she was 16 years old, this woman was raped by her then boyfriend. this is the man who raped her. we'll discuss their unique and painfuljourney from violence and betrayal to forgiveness. good evening. tonight we begin with extraordinary revelations about human rights abuse in burma. last year, after decades spent under house arrest, the nobel peace prize winner, au

the singer ed sheeran makes chart history — he's the first artist to get every single song from his newo the top 20. and the perils of live broadcasting — have a watch what's been happening over on our sister channel, bbc world news... i would be surprised but pardon me. an interview on a political crisis in south korea goes unexpectedly viral — after an unexpected intrusion. and in half an hour — we look at team gb‘s preparations for the 2018 winter olympic games. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. a 23—year—old drug addict who crashed his car into a family during a police chase in south london has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. in august last year, joshua dobby lost control of a stolen car, killing 34—year—old rosie cooper and her ten—year—old nephew makayah mcdermott — and seriously injuring two other children. it emerged in courtjoshua dobby has 53 previous convictions dating back to when he was 13. tom symonds reports. it was a summer's day. the family had been on their way to the park when this car came skidding off the road, hitting a bollard, lifting it into the air a

. ♪ >> ed sheeran has broad apparel to 2-year-olds. >> she loves ed sheeran and that in the backgrounds "shape of you." as soon as dad starts playing, he calms down. the story behind this video, she's born this is the only thing that calms her down. if those two things don't work for you, try this one. this new dad is on his hoverboard and pushing the stroller all around trying to put the baby to sleep. >> classic move. take them for a walk, put them in the car and they just -- >> this is just more fun for dad. >> yeah. and the least effort possible, too. >>> a woman walks into her rental property to find this. >> dude, that place is trashed. >> and you're just seeing the first room. >> why we just scratched the surface of the damage left to be discovered. >>> and it's time for some wilderness training. >> i was basically going on the idea that i was dieing in the ditch and needed charity to save me. >> but see what happens when our new survival skills don't exactly come naturally. >>> "right this minute" is brought to you by petsmart. only tylenol® rapid release gels have laser drille

bruno mars took home the innovator award for our pick for most excited to be there, that has to be ed sheeran some hardware for best lyrics. >> iheart radio. >> why is that? >> i don't know. i think i was on tour last time. i won one, though. i got it in the post, though. i got home, oh, really nice. >> it was a pretty crazy night for ed. he won. he performed two songs and jetted straight to new york. how art is immtating life on his new album. >> i've been listening to the album all weekend. >> do you like it? >> i do. i love it. ♪ >> with his third album divide already adding up to be a huge hit, ed is crediting the love of his life with his success and his happiness. >> i want my album to be about heartbreak. i'm not in that place. i had to find new things to write about. >> they have known each other since school days but didn't make it romantic until a year-and-a-half ago. showing chivalry isn't dead, ed gave her the shoes off his feet when sherry broke his heel. he admits she keeps him grounded. ♪ ♪ i'm in love with your body >> ed looked pretty down to earth selling and promoting his n

sheeran may be a worldwide megastar now.ns, he seems like a small act that made it big. he says thanks to them. ♪ so you can keep me >> who helped you first, friends? >> it was file sharing. i know that's a bad thing to say, because i'm part of the music industry that doesn't like illegal file sharing.it's code stream. happened, sheeraut ias detely ty'll be like, you know what? new albuca maybe rea maybe it was another really clever marketing ploy. maybe both. ♪ ♪ watch the sunset over the castle on the hill ♪ >> reporter: what does seem clear is that it worked. was hono film "the white helmet lives to capture images likesn' why. "i was disappointed, but the most important thing is that the film won the oscar. maybe it will encourage the international community to give us more help." "60 minutes" reported on the heroism and humanity of the white helmets last december. the group said it's rescued more than 80,000 people, and that over 160 of its emergency workers have been killed. this man joined the white helmets two years a

if you are driving by side him you will hear him belting out the hamilton sound track, ed sheeran or his head to the roots. >> so this is just about the cutest video you're going to see all day long. that is carrie underwood doing yoga with her 2-year-old son, isaiah. he has a better idea, make mom do all the work. smart kid. they could have an entire baby yoga class at "grey's anatomy." we got to the bottom of the ever-growing grey's family. >> what is it like for you working with all the lovely actresses when they're pregnant. >> there are 30 something babies coming out of this cast. there is clearly something in the water and it should be investigated. >> it's baby fever at "grey's anatomy" and another one is on the way. hopefully we're on baby watch right now. she sends her love from her couch. camilla's pregnancy is the tenth that the crew had to work around. her bump hidden by pillows, chairs, even another pregnant belly this season. when katarina was pregnant with baby number two her storyline changed to make it easier to shoot around her bump. sara drew's pregnancy was writte

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our guy ed sheeran, who we love, "shape of you" is the number one song right now.uys -- [ cheers and applause ] can you guys do it in kind of like an ed sheeran type of style? like a -- ♪ yeah. ♪ ♪ ♪ she star game i said how you doing where you from and where you done ♪ ♪ she said my name phylicia with a p like patricia i know how far it's gonna get me son m ♪ okay the new season for "the voice" premiered ♪ ♪ so for akron lets give give them a hand ♪ ♪ and now you're a lead singer because you're a dead ringer ♪ ♪ for the girl from the phylicious band ♪ ♪ she said well that's a real cool thing you do i love my hubby but i love you too ♪ ♪ questlove with a capitol q the roots cooler than the party ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: phylicia, thank you. husband. yeah, thank you. who else? come on. [ cheers and applause ] can i scoot through? i'm gonna scoot through cut if you don't mind. i'm gonna scoot through if you don't mind. wait. e you coming this way? [ light laughter ] all right. hello. how are you? >> hello. how are you? >> jimmy: fantastic. i was going to

ed sheeran, kylie minogue, eddie redmayne, simon cowell, just some of the celebrities taking part in tonight. lizo mzimba's live at the 02. yes, this is the stage where some of the biggest names in comedy will be stepping out very soon. since it began, comic relief has raised more than £1 billion for people in need here in the uk and overseas. when tonight's money raising efforts kick off injust over tonight's money raising efforts kick off in just over half an hour, tonight's money raising efforts kick off injust over half an hour, one off injust over half an hour, one of the highlights will almost certainly be the on—screen reunion of some very familiar characters from a very special movie. # some things that happen for the first time...# 14 years on from hit romantic comedy love actually, its stars are back for a special short film sequel. like the original, it's been written and directed by richard curtis, who co—founded comic relief with lenny henry. it'll be shown during an evening that will be mostly comedy but that will address other, more serious, issues. of course, it's bee

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ed sheeran makes chart history, as the first artist to get every song from his new album into the top on newsnight the woman who was raped as a teenager and then, years later, sought him out to discuss forgiveness. we'll talk to her and the man who raped her. good evening and welcome to bbc news. fears are growing for the tens of thousands of civilians trapped in iraq's second city of mosul as government forces try to recapture it from so—called islamic state. 50,000 people have fled the west of the city over the last fortnight alone. after five months of fighting and heavy casualties, iraqi forces control the east of the city, which is divided by the river tigris. now they're pushing deeper into the extremists‘ stronghold in the west of mosul where civilians are hemmed in by the street—to—street fighting. 0ur correspondent 0rla guerin and cameraman nico hameon have just sent this report from the latest areas to be taken back from is control. escaping the battleground and the terrors of the caliphate. fleeing western mosul on foot during a lull in the battle. countless numbers are lik

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ed sheeran said he was most proud records had sold so much on vinyl as well as downloads.e interviews at the start of this album campaign, you are confident of everything and you said you were confident of what you have got and the album you have got and you knew people would like them. did you think it would go this well? no. i do not know if they have got to change how they stream now, but i did not expect this ever in my life. with as is the newsbeat reporter jimmy blake. this is his third album and outsold the rest of the other albums in the uk combined this week. so that makes it the fastest selling album by a uk male artist ever and it's also the third fastest selling in uk chart history. it's only behind adele's 25. all of the 16 tracks are in the top 20, nine in the top ten and the top 20, nine in the top ten and the top five is entirely his songs. why hasn't an artist been able to do that before? some people might say why didn't do it with 25? her album wasn't on a streaming site straight toa wasn't on a streaming site straight to a comet came later. so 150 stream

. >>> entertainment news right now we need your opinion on this one, does ed sheeran, big hit the shapeturn on the radio, sound like tlc's no scrubs. first we will play ed sheeran. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> so, a lot of people thought they sounded really similar. you know who else did? the real housewives star from atlanta who helped write that song and said that sound like my song from 1999 and apparently ed thought there were similarities as well because he added her to the writing credits, long with some of the fellow members. very interesting. similar. >>> if you are a fan of h gt v series, fixer upper you will like this news a lot because joanna gaines will get her own h gt v show behind the design. this will focus more on the design aspect, of home renovation. it will preview on h gt v tuesday, march 28th with more episode to follow, later this year. >>> all right. lets take a live look outside on this very, very busy friday it is national cheese stake day? do you have a favorite place? use our #fox 29 good day we will be right back. horns on their helmets. ostriches don't really stick th

ed sheeran song. >> it's got a lot of bumps and curves. >> okay. to the bottom of that. >> is that what it is? >> big night in the ballroom, by the way. "dancing with the stars" hit a landmark 400th episode. >> and they knew how to celebrate. they pulled out all the stops and we get a look at what happened on the ballroom there. abc's danya bacchus was there. ♪ >> reporter: the quest for the mirror ball trophy has officially started season 24 of "dancing with the stars" kicked off with the stick step from normani kordei and val. then figure skater nancy kerrigan and partner wowed the judges with the eknees waltz. >> you are a pair with great promise. >> reporter: and a little humor added to the floor with chris cat tan and whitney dancing to the theme from "a night at the roxbury ♪ >> bonner bolton turninged up the heat with a cha-cha. >> reporter: charo and keough show us the coochy coochy actress knows how to move. but her scores fell the show's first baseball player david ross hitting it out of the park for the judges. mr. t proving he's more th

ed sheeran makes chart history, as the first artist to get every song from his new album into the topn, years later, sought him out to discuss forgiveness. we'll talk to her and the man who raped her.

tom stopped by to check out ed sheeran's concert yesterday.hanging with our senior editor, jennifer, and setting the record straight on any new music with taylor. >> everyone is of course waiting for the new big crush collaboration. are we going to get one of those this year? >> no, no, no. not this year. it will definitely happen again but i don't know when that will be. >> her 26-year-old dishes other taylor news in the issue of rolling stone admitting to hooking up with her famous friend when they first toured together. as for rumored relationship with swift herself, he said, quote, there wasn't any truth to it whatsoever. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ed with his album heading to number one, is now happily settled down with girlfriend cherry. they've known each other since they were kids. but just started dating a year and half ago. >> she knew you when? >> from age 11. >> you know, she can cool you off. >> and ed credits cherry with his recent 50-pound weight loss, putting him on workout regime and cleaning up his diet. >> i've chain soaked. a drank a lot, a

. >> by the way, calling a play list shattered ed sheeran's record for the most dreams in a day on spotify. >> impressive. >> beyonce made the day after fan. tonight's know and tell, b's face time surprise. >> beyonce made a dream come true of a teenage cancer patient with a simple phone call. friends of ebony banks, whose nickname is e-bob, ran a campaign to get beyonce's attention. and it worked. the pregnant grammy winner face timed with banks last night. and next, demi lovato celebrates her sobriety. >> i know that my life depends on it. >> the 24-year-old singer now five years sober was honored for her work in the mental health community last night. at ucla gala. >> something that's very important to me. i've been able to share my story with other people and i had fans that came up to me and tell me, because you got sober, i got sober. it's been a really beautiful thing. >> and finally, another sober star stepped out looking rather different. recognizrecognize this woman? maybe not. used to look like this. th that without her wig, catching a fly to dubai. the flight is 16 hours so we

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