Ed Sheeran cracks America

Ed Sheeran ‘+’ has finally made the American chart.

After already riding the Australian chart for most for the year and topping the UK chart in 2011, Ed Sheeran ‘+’ entered the Billboard chart this week at no. 5 after selling around 44,000 units.

Sheeran’s American debut is the highest for a UK solo artist since 2009.

Ed has been touring the USA after starting his showcasing at SXSW in March. He then toured America as special guest of Snow Patrol and is about to start his first North American headline tour through cities like Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Denver, Vancouver, New York, and Washington, DC

Upcoming dates are:

ED SHEERAN
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2012

All Dates w/The ‘VH1 YOU OUGHTA KNOW TOUR WITH ED SHEERAN’ Except *

SEPTEMBER
17 Toronto, ON Kool Haus * ‘ SOLD OUT!
18 Montreal, QC Olympia de Montreal *
19 Boston, MA House of Blues ‘ SOLD OUT!
21 New York, NY Terminal 5 ‘ SOLD OUT!
22 Washington, DC 9:30 Club ‘ SOLD OUT!
23 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts ‘ SOLD OUT!
25 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
26 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre
28 Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre ‘ SOLD OUT!

OCTOBER
1 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern
2 San Diego, CA House of Blues
4 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom * ‘ SOLD OUT!
5 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
6 Seattle, WA The Showbox SoDo