Ed Sheeran wrote 2 of this week’s Top 10 songs in the world

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As a performer, Ed Sheeran hasn’t reached the top 10 on Billboard’s global charts in over a year and hasn’t topped the list since 2021. But as a songwriter, he bookends the top 10 of this week’s Billboard Global 200 (dated Aug. 8) with cowriter credits.

For the fourth consecutive week, Shakira and Burna Boy’s “Dai Dai (FIFA World Cup Official Song 2026)” leads the Global 200, which counts Sheeran as one of five writers, alongside Shakira, Jon Bellion, Ahmed Saghir and Alexander “A.C.” Castillo Vasquez.

Plus, KATSEYE debuts at No. 10 with “Animal,” cowritten by Omar Fedi, Johnny McDaid, Blake Slatkin, and Sheeran.

Five years ago, Sheeran’s first Global 200 No. 1 was also as a cowriter on someone else’s song. He topped the chart by penning BTS’ “Permission to Dance,” which led the July 24, 2021-dated list.