{{Use British English|date=August 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Autumn Variations | type = studio | artist = [[Ed Sheeran]] | cover = Autumn Variations.png | border = yes | alt = | released = {{Start date|df=y|2023|9|29}} | recorded = | studio = * Gingerbread (London) * Narwhal (Chicago) * The Dwelling (New York) * Treehouse ([[Suffolk]]) * [[Sonic Ranch]] ([[El Paso, Texas|El Paso]]) * Smilo ([[Orcas Island]]) * The Schoolhouse ([[Gansevoort, New York|Gansevoort]])<ref name="liner" /> | genre = [[Folk music|Folk]] | length = 49:05 | label = [[Gingerbread Man Records|Gingerbread Man]] | producer = [[Aaron Dessner]]<!-- Primary producer only; Bryce Dessner only produces one track --> | prev_title = [[− (album)|−]] | prev_year = 2023 | next_title = [[+−=÷× (Tour Collection)]] | next_year = 2024 | misc = {{Singles | name = Autumn Variations | type = studio | single1 = [[American Town]] | single1date = 29 September 2023 }} }}
'''''Autumn Variations''''' is the seventh studio album by English singer-songwriter [[Ed Sheeran]]. It was released on 29 September 2023 through his record label, [[Gingerbread Man Records]]. All tracks on the album were solely produced by [[Aaron Dessner]], except the track "Spring", which was produced by Dessner together with his twin brother [[Bryce Dessner|Bryce]]. The album also serves as Sheeran's second project of 2023, following the May release of his previous album ''[[− (album)|−]]'', and is the first studio album for which he owns the copyright.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Autumn Variations [Explicit] by Ed Sheeran on Amazon Music |date=29 September 2023 |access-date=1 September 2023 |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Autumn-Variations-Explicit-Ed-Sheeran/dp/B0CG9NMDPF |via=[[Amazon Music]] |publisher=[[Gingerbread Man Records]]}}</ref> ''Autumn Variations'' received positive reviews from music critics and topped the charts the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.
== Background == On 24 August 2023, Sheeran announced the album on social media, in which he said: "Last autumn, I found that my friends and I were going through so many life changes. After the heat of the summer, everything either calmed, settled, fell apart, came to a head or imploded". He also added: "My dad and brother told me about a composer called [[Edward Elgar|Elgar]], who composed ''[[Enigma Variations]]'', where each of the 14 compositions were about a different one of his friends. This is what inspired me to make this album".<ref>{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |title=Ed Sheeran Announces Second Album of 2023, ''Autumn Variations,'' Reteaming with Aaron Dessner |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/ed-sheeran-autumn-variations-album-announce-aaron-dessner-1235703487/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=24 August 2023 |date=24 August 2023 |url-status=live |archive-date=24 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824211655/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/ed-sheeran-autumn-variations-album-announce-aaron-dessner-1235703487/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |title=Ed Sheeran's New Album ''Autumn Variations'' Is Arriving Faster Than the Leaves Can Fall |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ed-sheeran-aaron-dessner-album-autumn-variations-announcement-1234811579/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=24 August 2023 |date=24 August 2023 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-date=24 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824211841/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ed-sheeran-aaron-dessner-album-autumn-variations-announcement-1234811579/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |title=Ed Sheeran to Welcome Fall with New Album ''Autumn Variations'' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/ed-sheeran-new-album-autumn-variations-1235399637/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=24 August 2023 |date=24 August 2023 |url-status=live |archive-date=24 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824211626/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/ed-sheeran-new-album-autumn-variations-1235399637/ }}</ref>
The album is his first studio album released independently on his own label, [[Gingerbread Man Records]]. Sheeran said that there would be no singles or music videos released to promote the album,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ed-sheeran-no-singles-music-videos-autumn-variations-1235428945/ |title=Ed Sheeran Says There Will Be No Singles or Music Videos for 'Autumn Variations'|first= Starr|last= Bowenbank |magazine=Billboard |date=29 September 2023 }}</ref> although one single, "[[American Town]]", was sent to Italian [[contemporary hit radio]] the same day as the album was released.<ref name="american town">{{cite web |last1=Tenaglia |first1=Raffaella |title=Ed Sheeran - American Town (Radio Date: 29-09-2023) |url=https://www.earone.it/news/ed_sheeran_american_town_radio_date_29_09_2023_80003982/ |website=EarOne |access-date=29 September 2023 |language=it |date=29 September 2023}}</ref>
On 2 October 2023, the Fan Living Room Sessions edition of ''Autumn Variations'' was released. Each song was recorded live in a different fan's living room.<ref>{{cite web |title=Autumn Variations Fan Living Room Sessions |url=https://usstore.edsheeran.com/products/autumn-variations-fan-living-room-sessions |website=usstore.edsheeran.com |access-date=3 October 2023 }}</ref>
On 21 September 2023, Sheeran performed "American Town", "Magical", "Blue" and "Plastic Bag" during his ''[[Amazon Music Live]]'' concert; the performance of "Plastic Bag" was uploaded on [[YouTube]] on 26 September 2023.<ref>{{cite web |date=26 September 2023 |title=Ed Sheeran - Plastic Bag (Amazon Music Live) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ3X309p04c |access-date=3 October 2023 |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> Several songs from ''Autumn Variations'' were also performed during the [[- Tour]] between July and September 2023, and during the [[+–=÷× Tour]] concert in [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]] on 23 September 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/ed-sheeran-53d5f3bd.html|title=Ed Sheeran Concerts Setlists|website=www.setlist.fm|accessdate=3 October 2023}}</ref>
Five live acoustic videos of "American Town", "Plastic Bag", "Magical", "Blue", and "When Will I Be Alright" were uploaded on YouTube shortly after the album was released.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/@EdSheeran/videos|title=Ed Sheeran|via=YouTube|access-date=3 October 2023}}</ref>
On 18 and 19 November 2023, Sheeran performed ''Autumn Variations'' in its entirety at the [[Royal Albert Hall]], London.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |title=Ed Sheeran to Perform 'Autumn Variations' Album in Full During Pair of Royal Albert Hall Gigs in London |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/ed-sheeran-perform-autumn-variations-album-royal-albert-hall-london-1235408763/ |website=Billboard |access-date=20 May 2024 |date=8 September 2023}}</ref>
== Critical reception == {{Music ratings | ADM = 5.2/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/13783/Ed-Sheeran-Autumn-Variations.aspx|title=Autumn Variations by Ed Sheeran reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|access-date=8 May 2024}}</ref> | MC = 62/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/autumn-variations/ed-sheeran|title=''Autumn Variations'' by Ed Sheeran Reviews and Tracks|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref> | rev1 = ''[[The Arts Desk]]'' | rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-ed-sheeran-autumn-variations|title='Album: Ed Sheeran - Autumn Variations: Interesting moments are too far and few between in the popular singer-songwriter's latest|newspaper=[[The Arts Desk]]|last=Carr|first=Tom|date=29 September 2023|access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' | rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/sep/29/ed-sheeran-autumn-variations-review-as-flat-and-dull-as-a-grey-sky|title='Ed Sheeran: Autumn Variations review – as flat and dull as a grey sky|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|last=Aroesti|first=Rachel|date=29 September 2023|access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[The Independent]]'' | rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Independent">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/ed-sheeran-review-autumn-variations-tracklist-b2420238.html|title=Ed Sheeran review, ''Autumn Variations'': Enough soupy, seasonal sentimentality to keep you warm on a cold night|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|last=Brown|first=Helen|date=29 September 2023|access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[The Irish Times]]'' | rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="IrishTime">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/review/2023/09/29/ed-sheerans-new-album-autumn-variations-has-landed-the-news-is-not-good/|title=Ed Sheeran's new album, Autumn Variations, has landed. The news is not good|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|last=Murphy|first=Lauren|date=29 September 2023|access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[NME]]'' | rev5score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="NME">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/ed-sheeran-autumn-variations-review-lyrics-tracklist-3505933|title=Ed Sheeran – ''Autumn Variations'' review: a pumpkin-spiced snoozer|website=[[NME]]|last=Smith|first=Thomas|date=29 September 2023|access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[The Telegraph (UK)|The Telegraph]]'' | rev6score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/ed-sheeran-autumn-variations-review/|title=''Autumn Variations'': Sheeran channels Elgar, with surprisingly stunning results|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (UK)|The Telegraph]]|last=Hall|first=James|date=29 September 2023|access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref> }} ''Autumn Variations'' received a score of 62 out of 100 on review aggregator [[Metacritic]] based on 6 critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception.<ref name="MC" />
James Hall of ''[[The Telegraph (UK)|The Telegraph]]'' gave the album five out of five stars and called it "meatier, more absorbing and more varied than the slightly monotonic ''Subtract''", opining that "Sheeran sounds like a supercharged [[David Gray (British musician)|David Gray]]. Grown-up. Energised. Forget Autumn, this feels like an album of bright new dawns".<ref name="Telegraph" /> Helen Brown of ''[[The Independent]]'' found that Sheeran "sticks to the busker'n'beats style that's made him the best-selling male artist of the past decade" and on the album he is "in mellow, misty-eyed mode, rather than the cringier dancefloor zone of ''[[No.6 Collaborations Project|Collaborations]]''".<ref name="Independent" />
By contrast, ''[[NME]]''{{'}}s Thomas Smith wrote that "the nuance and specificity of his last album's songwriting is largely absent; instead ''Autumn Variations'' is akin to aimlessly swiping through [[Instagram]], blurry snaps of followers' leafy happenings whizzing past in a distracted daze".<ref name="NME" /> Rachel Aroesti of ''[[The Guardian]]'' described the album as a "another occasion to despair at the colossal popularity of such proudly unimaginative, staunchly unoriginal and intellectually bereft music", with "dashed-off lyrics, half-arsed even by Sheeran's standards" and that "many don't rhyme, scan or even make basic sense".<ref name="Guardian" />
== Commercial performance == In the UK, ''Autumn Variations'' debuted as Sheeran's seventh number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] selling 30,016 units (16,027 CD, 6,121 vinyl albums, 2,188 digital downloads and 5,680 sales-equivalent streams).<ref name="ukn1">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/ed-sheeran-seventh-uk-no-1-autumn-variations-1235435434/|title=Ed Sheeran Scores Seventh U.K. No. 1 With 'Autumn Variations'|magazine=Billboard|last=Brandle|first=Lars|date=8 October 2023|access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref><ref name="Jones 2023 m610">{{cite web | last=Jones | first=Alan | title=Charts analysis: Ed Sheeran scores seventh consecutive No.1 album — Analysis | website=Music Week | date=6 October 2023 | url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-ed-sheeran-scores-seventh-consecutive-no-1-album/088627#:~:text=Arriving%20just%2021%20weeks%20after,5%2C680%20sales-equivalent%20streams). | access-date=16 October 2023}}</ref> The album charted in the top 10 for two weeks, leaving the top 40 in its third week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/ed-sheeran-autumn-variations-0/|title=Autumn Variations|website=Official Charts|access-date=22 October 2023}}</ref>
In the United States, ''Autumn Variations'' debuted at number four on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with 62,000 [[album-equivalent unit]]s, which included 46,500 pure album sales, marking the highest debut of the week and the best-selling album of the week in terms of [[Top Album Sales|pure sales]].<ref name="BB200">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/morgan-wallen-one-thing-at-a-time-16th-week-number-one-billboard-200-chart-1235436707/|title=Morgan Wallen's 'One Thing at a Time' Back at No. 1 for 16th Week on Billboard 200|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=8 October 2023|access-date=8 October 2023}}</ref> ''Autumn Variations'' marks Sheeran's seventh top-ten album on the ''Billboard'' 200 and second in 2023.<ref name="BB200" /> Of ''Autumn Variations'''s 46,500 first-week sales, physical sales comprised 33,500 (17,500 on CD and 16,000 on vinyl, his largest week ever on vinyl) and digital downloads comprised a little over 13,000.<ref name="BBbiz">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/ed-sheeran-autumn-variations-number-1-top-album-sales-chart-1235441594/|title=Ed Sheeran Scores Sixth No. 1 on Top Album Sales Chart With 'Autumn Variations'|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=13 October 2023|access-date=14 October 2023}}</ref> The album marked Sheeran's fourth number-one album on the ''Billboard'' Vinyl Albums chart.<ref name="BBbiz" /> In the second week, the album fell at number 96 on the ''Billboard'' 200, following which it exited the chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2023-10-21/|title=October 21, 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=20 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Chart History – Ed Sheeran |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ed-sheeran/chart-history/hsi/ |website=Billboard |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
== Track listing == {{track listing | headline = Standard edition | all_writing = [[Ed Sheeran]] and [[Aaron Dessner]], except for "Blue", written by Sheeran and [[Foy Vance]], and "Spring", written by Ed Sheeran, Aaron Dessner, and [[Bryce Dessner]] | title1 = Magical | length1 = 3:14 | title2 = England | length2 = 3:46 | title3 = Amazing | length3 = 4:05 | title4 = Plastic Bag | length4 = 3:49 | title5 = Blue | length5 = 2:33 | title6 = [[American Town]] | length6 = 3:17 | title7 = That's on Me | length7 = 3:47 | title8 = Page | length8 = 3:51 | title9 = Midnight | length9 = 2:59 | title10 = Spring | length10 = 2:58 | title11 = Punchline | length11 = 3:26 | title12 = When Will I Be Alright | length12 = 2:55 | title13 = The Day I Was Born | length13 = 4:12 | title14 = Head > Heels | length14 = 4:13 | total_length = 49:05 }}
'''Notes''' * The Fan Living Room Sessions edition includes live versions of all 14 tracks.
== Personnel == Credits adapted from the album's [[liner notes]].<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes |title=Autumn Variations |others=[[Ed Sheeran]] |date=29 September 2023 |publisher=[[Gingerbread Man Records]]}}</ref> {{div col}} * [[Ed Sheeran]] – vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (track 12) * [[Aaron Dessner]] – [[Record producer|production]] (all tracks), guitars (1–4, 6–11, 13, 14), drum [[Programming (music)|programming]] (1–4, 6–9, 11, 14), [[Teenage Engineering OP-1|OP-1]] (1–4, 6, 10, 14), [[Mellotron]] (1, 2, 4, 6–8, 11, 14), [[Korg MS-20|MS-20]] (1, 6, 14), sub-bass (1), Juno (1, 4, 7, 8, 14), percussion (2, 3, 6–11, 13), piano (2, 3, 6, 10, 13, 14), bass synthesiser (2, 3, 14), [[Wurlitzer electronic piano|Wurlitzer]] (2, 6, 9), [[Yamaha synthesiser]] (3, 9), recording (3), acoustic guitar (5, 12), drum kit (6, 13); rubber bridge, [[Fender VI]] (7); [[Prophet-X]] (9) * Jonathan Low – [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]] (all tracks), [[Audio engineer|engineering]] (1–4, 7–14), recording (1–4, 6–14) * Bella Blasko – engineering, recording * [[Randy Merrill]] – [[Mastering (audio)|mastering]] * Mike Hillier – [[LP record|vinyl]] cut * James McAlister – recording (1, 4, 6–8, 11, 13), cheat codes (1, 4, 11), [[Pulsar (synthesizer)|Pulsar]] (1, 6); ghostly clouds, [[Omnichord]], [[OP-Z]], [[Sequential (company)|Prophet]], guitars (1); [[VEB Klingenthaler Harmonikawerke|Vermona]] (2, 4); percussion, [[Roland TR-808|808]] (2); Moog (3, 4, 6–8, 13), [[Ace Tone]] (3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13), [[Prophet '08]] (3, 4, 6, 7, 13), [[Roland Juno-106|Juno]] pulse (3, 4, 6), drum kit (3, 4, 9), [[maraca]]s (3, 4), [[Buchla]] (3, 7); bloops, [[Boss Corporation|Boss]] DR55 [[drum machine]], drum [[arrangement]], electric guitar, piano riff, [[floor tom]], [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] fill (3); [[Shaker (musical instrument)|shaker]] (4, 6, 8); [[Brush (music)|brushes]], [[Yamaha CS-80|CS-80]], JM (4, 8); bell, blooper [[Expression pedal|swells]], [[backbeat]], Cherry CR, giant bridge pad pulse (4); Sponge Piano (6, 7, 11), Lyra-8 (6, 7, 13), [[tambourine]] (6–8); guitar bloops, [[Sub bass|sub]] 808, table beat (6); 808 bass, drum [[Loop (music)|loop]], [[Roland R-8]] (7); [[Spectrasonics|Chimeatron]], [[Woodblock (instrument)|woodblock]] (8); synthesiser, [[Minimoog]] (9); kick sample, [[Lo-fi music|lo-fi]] snare, vocal [[Chopping (sampling technique)|chops]] (11); [[GoldStar]] (13) * [[Benjamin Lanz]] – trombone arrangement (1, 2, 4, 6, 11), trombone (1, 2, 4, 6, 11, 13), recording (2, 13), [[modular synthesiser]] (2) * [[JT Bates]] – drum kit (1, 2, 6, 13), [[kick drum]] (7) * [[Josh Kaufman (musician)|Josh Kaufman]] – guitars (1, 3, 4), Yamaha synthesiser (4) * Reggie Pace – trombone (1, 6, 11) * [[James Krivchenia]] – tambourine, shaker (1) * [[Bryce Dessner]] – orchestration (2, 10), glitchy loops (2), production (10) * [[Clarice Jensen]] – [[cello]], recording (2, 10) * Yuki Numata – violin (2, 10) * [[Kyle Resnick]] – recording (2, 10) * [[Ryan Olson]] – Allovers (2) * [[Thomas Bartlett (musician)|Thomas Bartlett]] – Mellotron, Prophet-X, recording (3, 4, 7, 11, 13); OP-1, piano (3, 4, 7, 11); Wurlitzer (3, 4, 11, 13) * [[Bryan Devendorf]] – drum kit (3, 8, 11) * [[Glenn Kotche]] – drum kit (4, 7, 14), shaker (6, 14); snare brushes, bongos (6); fills, percussion (7); [[Tom drum|toms]] (8, 14), tambourine (14) * [[Chad Copelin]] – recording (4) * [[Rob Moose]] – orchestration, violin, [[viola]] (5, 7, 8, 11–14); recording (5, 11, 12, 14) * [[Walter Martin (musician)|Walter Martin]] – organ, recording (9) * Misty Boyce – piano (12) * [[Bridget Kearney]] – [[upright bass]] (12) * Scarlett Curtis – artwork * Alex Cowper – design {{div col end}}
== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Autumn Variations'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=6 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Austria|1|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=13 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Flanders|2|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=8 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|2|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=8 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|4|artist=Ed Sheeran|rowheader=true|access-date=10 October 2023}} |- ! scope="row"| Croatian International Albums ([[Top of the Shops|HDU]])<ref name="Croatia">{{cite web|url=https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-40-tjedan-2023/|title=Lista prodaje 40. tjedan 2023|date=25 September 2023|publisher=[[Top of the Shops]]|language=hr|access-date=13 October 2023|archive-date=13 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013085823/https://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-40-tjedan-2023/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 4 |- {{album chart|Czech|23|year=2023|week=40|rowheader=true|access-date=10 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Denmark|2|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=11 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=7 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Finland|9|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=7 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|France|5|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=9 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Germany|1|id=524908|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=6 October 2023}} |- ! scope="row" | Greek Albums ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/charts_el.html|title=Official IFPI Charts – Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) Week: 40/2023|publisher=[[IFPI Greece]]|language=el|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012231136/https://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html|archive-date=12 October 2023|url-status=dead|access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref> | 57 |- {{album chart|Hungary|18|year=2023|week=40|rowheader=true|access-date=11 October 2023}} |- ! scope="row"| Icelandic Albums ([[Tónlistinn]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|title=Tónlistinn – Plötur – Vika 40 – 2023|publisher=Plötutíðindi|language=is|trans-title=The Music – Albums – Week 40 – 2023|access-date=8 October 2023|archive-date=8 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008020307/https://plotutidindi.is/tonlistinn/|url-status=live}}</ref> | 22 |- {{album chart|Ireland3|2|date=20231006|rowheader=true|access-date=6 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Italy|15|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=6 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Oricon|28|date=2023-10-30|rowheader=true|access-date=25 October 2023}} |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Combined Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Oricon Top 50 Combined Albums: 2023-10-30 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/coa/w/2023-10-30/p/4/ |publisher=[[Oricon]] |access-date=27 October 2023|language=ja}}</ref> | 36 |- ! scope="row"| Japanese Hot Albums (''[[Billboard Japan]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2023&month=10&day=30|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of 25 October 2023|website=[[Billboard Japan]]|language=ja|access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref> | 26 |- ! scope="row"| Lithuanian Albums ([[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s40-2/|title=2023 40-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]]|language=lt|date=6 October 2023|access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref> | 79 |- {{album chart|New Zealand|2|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=7 October 2023|refname=NewZealand}} |- {{album chart|Norway|3|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=7 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Poland2|7|date=29.09.2023–05.10.2023|rowheader=true|access-date=12 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Portugal|8|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=15 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|2|date=20231006|rowheader=true|access-date=7 October 2023}} |- ! scope="row"| Slovak Albums ([[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|ČNS IFPI]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/36?weekId=2864|title=SK - Albums Top 100|publisher=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry]]|language=cs|access-date=19 October 2023}}</ref> | 4 |- {{album chart|Spain|15|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=10 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|3|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=6 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Ed Sheeran|album=Autumn Variations|rowheader=true|access-date=8 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|UK2|1|date=20231006|rowheader=true|access-date=6 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|UKIndependent|1|date=20231006|rowheader=true|access-date=7 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|4|artist=Ed Sheeran|rowheader=true|access-date=10 October 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardFolk|1|artist=Ed Sheeran|rowheader=true|access-date=10 October 2023}} |}
== Certifications == {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Autumn Variations''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|relyear=2023|certyear=2024|title=Autumn Variations|artist=Ed Sheeran|type=album|award=Silver|id=19724-2403-2|access-date=23 February 2024|salesamount=71,781|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.musicweek.com/analysis/read/charts-analysis-ed-sheeran-scores-second-no-1-album-of-2025/092696|title=Charts analysis: Ed Sheeran scores second No.1 album of 2025|magazine=[[Music Week]]|last=Jones|first=Alan|date=19 September 2025|access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref> }} {{end}}
== Release history == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Release history and formats for ''Autumn Variations'' ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format(s) ! scope="col"| Edition(s) ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| Various | 29 September 2023 | {{hlist|[[Compact disc|CD]]|[[Phonograph record|vinyl]]|[[Music download|digital download]]|[[Streaming media|streaming]]}} | Standard | rowspan="2"| {{hlist|[[Gingerbread Man Records|Gingerbread Man]]}} | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Autumn Variations |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/autumn-variations/1703592522 |via=[[Apple Music]] |access-date=3 October 2023 }}</ref> |- | 2 October 2023 | {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | Fan living room sessions | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Autumn Variations (Fan Living Room Sessions) |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/autumn-variations-fan-living-room-sessions/1709488784 |via=Apple Music |access-date=3 October 2023 }}</ref> |}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Ed Sheeran}} {{Elgar's Enigma Variations}}
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