X follows Ed Sheeran’s critically acclaimed and hugely successful 2011 debut +; an album that was certified 4 times platinum in NZ alone and has achieved worldwide sales of over 4 million copies to date. Never an artist to stand still, Ed recorded X at various locations around the globe with such luminary producers as Rick Rubin, Pharrell Williams, Benny Blanco and Jeff Bhasker adding new flavours to the classy work of key collaborators Johnny McDaid & Jake Gosling (who produced +).