"Perfect" was the first track Sheeran wrote for his third studio album
÷.. The song is about the love of Ed’s life, Cherry Seaborn, who inspired the lyrics. Ed wanted to write the best love song of his career! “Perfect” was produced by Ed himself with strings orchestration from his brother Matthew Sheeran. it was the final wish of Ed's grandmother to see her 2 grandsons work together before she died.
"Perfect" reached #3 in the UK in December 2017, but it was the version with Beyoncé, released on 1 December 2017, that drove the track to #1 in the UK. It was Sheeran's second #1 Single from ÷ and his fourth #1 single in total. With UK sales of 1,048,313, "Perfect" became Sheeran's 10th million-selling single and held for six consecutive weeks!
In the US, "Perfect” debuted at #37 In October. On 30 October 2017, "Perfect" soared to the top 10 on the
Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #3.
The second version of the single, titled "Perfect Duet" with Beyoncé was released on 1 December 2017. A second duet with Italian singer Andrea Boccelli, titled "Perfect Symphony", was released on 15 December 2017. On December 23, 2017, the single topped the
Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Sheeran's second #1 in the United States. “Perfect" topped the Hot 100 for five weeks. The original version of the song finally went to #1 in the week ending 20 January 2018. "Perfect” ended up the 7th best-selling song of 2017 in the US, with 1,340,000 copies sold that year and It was the best-selling song of 2018, with 1,300,000 copies sold!
Elsewhere around the world, the original version of “Perfect" topped the charts in Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland. Powered by the duet release, "Perfect" reached #1 in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. “Perfect” was the 6th top selling Song globally in 2017.
