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Ed Sheeran announces new album release date and collaboration with Chance the Rapper

Album follows up on Sheeran's 2011 No 5 Collaborations Project

Clémence Michallon
Thursday 23 May 2019 11:32 EDT
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Ed Sheeran performs during the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 at FNB Stadium on 2 December, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ed Sheeran performs during the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 at FNB Stadium on 2 December, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. ((Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100))

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Ed Sheeran has announced the release date of his next album, which will include an imminent collaboration with Chance the Rapper.

The singer will unveil No 6 Collaborations Project, his fourth studio album, on 12 July 2019.

It follows up on Sheeran's No 5 Collaborations Project, an extended play he put out in 2011.

Sheeran partially published his new album's tracklist on Thursday, revealing the name of the songs but masking the identities of most artists collaborating with him.

No 6 Collaborations Project includes a track with Chance the Rapper and PnB Rock, titled "Cross Me" and scheduled for release on 24 May at midnight in the UK.

Presales for the album will open at the same time.

Also included in the album is "I Don't Care", the single unveiled by Sheeran and Justin Bieber on 10 May.

Sheeran's most recent studio album, ÷, came out in March 2017.

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It went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album in January 2018, while the song "Shape of You" earned the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance.

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