In 2016, when Ed Sheeran and his collaborators wrote “Shape Of You,” people just assumed that Rihanna would continue to be the center of the pop universe for the foreseeable future.

Ed Sheeran is one of Britain’s biggest-selling male pop stars, and he’s sold out stadiums as an aw-shucks everyman writing peppy acoustic guitar songs with Disney wisdom. “Shape of You ...

"My man came through for me tonight," wrote 50 Cent on social media after performing with Ed Sheeran at London's O2 Arena.