Ed Sheeran tops 2017 list of US album sales

Ed Sheeran's "Divide" was the top-selling album of 2017 in the U.S., logging total equivalent sales of 2.76 million copies, a figure that melds sales and streaming data, according to final year-end music consumption data compiled by Nielsen Music.

It was one of just two albums, with Taylor Swift's "Reputation," to sell more than 1 million physical units at a time when most consumers are streaming their favorite songs and albums rather than