Since at number 6, his second hit, Castle on the Hill, also debuted at the same time, Ed Sheeran became the first American performer to make his debut in the top ten Billboard with two of his singles.
In a review of the edition of The New York Times it is said that "Shape of You" is a cunning, lively and impressive song that incorporates the aggressive subtlety of Caribbean music ".
Simultaneously in the second place debuted another Sheeran single "Castle on the Hill", which made this artist the first in the history of the United Kingdom, who managed to debut at once on the first two places in one week.
"Shape" (240,000 downloads) and "Castle" (171,000) started on the first two positions in the Digital Song Sales digital chart, and Sheeran also became the first in the history of this chart, debuting on the first two places, No. 1 and No. 2 at the same time.
Official German Charts, peak position 1, 2017.