Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa And The Greatest Showman Top Apple Music 2018 List in Asia

Drake? Post Malone? Cardi B? Sorry folks, but Asia is still enamoured with one Ed Sheeran and the love songs he brings along.

Sure, you can say they’re corny, cliched, trite and overdone, but evidently, love songs aren’t going away yet — especially not since we have the wonderfully angelic vocals of one Ed Sheeran, who’s melting our hearts and working our tear ducts.

And this year, two of his works have made top three in Apple’s Regional Top 100 Songs, with Shape of You — the catchy pop number — coming in at number 3, and Perfect — his heartstring-tugging, soulful ballad — coming in first. For all the rampant popularity of songs about sex, drugs and violence, it looks like there’s something about love, hope and other things soft and gooey that still get to us every time.

While Ed Sheeran has also topped Apple’s Regional Top 100 Albums charts, with + (Deluxe), he’s joined by the incredibly inspiring soundtrack of The Greatest Showman — a film about accepting our differences and accepting ourselves. And that idea of persevering through the odds and coming through gloriously victorious is best encapsulated by its Golden Globe-winning title, This Is Me. Maybe it’s these worrying times of socio-economic and constitutional crises, that compel us towards more classically uplifting music choices.

And coming in third on the chart is Dua Lipa’s debut album, Dua Lipa, which has eight of its tracks released as singles out of the twelve.

And if you’re interested in the rest of Apple’s Regional (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Sri Lanka) Top 100 Songs and Albums, we have them listed in the tables below:

Regional Top 100 Songs

Rank	Artist	Song
1	Ed Sheeran	Perfect
2	Camila Cabello	Havana (feat. Young Thug)
3	Ed Sheeran	Shape of You
4	Sam Smith	Too Good at Goodbyes
5	Zac Efron & Zendaya	Rewrite the Stars
6	BLACKPINK	DDU-DU DDU-DU
7	Dua Lipa	New Rules
8	Maroon 5	Girls Like You (feat. Cardi B)
9	Calum Scott	You Are the Reason
10	Selena Gomez & Marshmello	Wolves
11	Dua Lipa	IDGAF
12	Zedd,Maren Morris & Grey	The Middle
13	The Chainsmokers & Coldplay	Something Just Like This
14	Ariana Grande	no tears left to cry
15	Keala Settle & The Greatest Showman Ensemble	This Is Me
16	Loren Allred	Never Enough
17	Lauv	I Like Me Better
18	Maroon 5	What Lovers Do (feat. SZA)
19	Charlie Puth	Attention
20	Marshmello & Anne-Marie	FRIENDS
21	Anne-Marie	2002
22	ZAYN	Dusk Till Dawn (feat. Sia) [Radio Edit]
23	Charlie Puth	How Long
24	Camila Cabello	Never Be the Same
25	Khalid	Young Dumb & Broke
26	Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso	Let Me Go (feat. Florida Georgia Line & watt)
27	Alan Walker,Noah Cyrus & Digital Farm Animals	All Falls Down
28	Ed Sheeran	Perfect Duet (with Beyoncé)
29	Imagine Dragons	Thunder
30	The Chainsmokers	Closer (feat. Halsey)
31	Ed Sheeran	Photograph
32	Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa	One Kiss
33	Daniel Caesar	Best Part (feat. H.E.R.)
34	ZAYN	Let Me
35	Ziv Zaifman,Hugh Jackman & Michelle Williams	A Million Dreams
36	Drake	In My Feelings
37	Clean Bandit	Solo (feat. Demi Lovato)
38	Selena Gomez	Back to You
39	Calum Scott & Leona Lewis	You Are the Reason
40	Drake	God’s Plan
41	Shawn Mendes	In My Blood
42	Marshmello	Silence (feat. Khalid)
43	Ed Sheeran	Happier
44	iKON	LOVE SCENARIO
45	Bruno Mars	That’s What I Like
46	Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line	Meant to Be
47	BTS	FAKE LOVE
48	Bruno Mars	Versace On The Floor
49	BLACKPINK	As If It’s Your Last
50	Bruno Mars	Finesse (Remix) [feat. Cardi B]
51	Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee	Despacito (Remix) [feat. Justin Bieber]
52	James Arthur	Say You Won’t Let Go
53	BLACKPINK	Forever Young
54	LANY	ILYSB
55	MOMOLAND	Bboom Bboom
56	Post Malone	rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)
57	Taylor Swift	Look What You Made Me Do
58	Kendrick Lamar & SZA	All The Stars
59	Ed Sheeran	Dive
60	TWICE	LIKEY
61	Hugh Jackman,Keala Settle,Zac Efron,Zendaya & The Greatest Showman Ensemble	The Greatest Show
62	Bazzi	Mine
63	Red Velvet	Bad Boy
64	John Mayer	New Light
65	Taylor Swift	Delicate
66	Shawn Mendes	There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back
67	BTS	DNA
68	Camila Cabello	Real Friends
69	Martin Garrix & David Guetta	So Far Away (feat. Jamie Scott & Romy Dya)
70	Ed Sheeran	Thinking Out Loud
71	Jonas Blue	Rise (feat. Jack & Jack)
72	Clean Bandit	Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)
73	Rudimental	These Days (feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen)
74	Charlie Puth	We Don’t Talk Anymore (feat. Selena Gomez)
75	TWICE	What is Love?
76	Clean Bandit	I Miss You (feat. Julia Michaels)
77	Ariana Grande	God is a woman
78	Post Malone	Psycho (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
79	5 Seconds of Summer	Youngblood
80	benny blanco, Halsey & Khalid	Eastside
81	Charlie Puth	Done For Me (feat. Kehlani)
82	Taylor Swift	End Game (feat. Ed Sheeran & Future)
83	James Arthur	Naked
84	Taylor Swift	Gorgeous
85	Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa	Scared to Be Lonely
86	TWICE	Heart Shaker
87	Alan Walker	Faded
88	Lauv	Paris in the Rain
89	Zedd & Alessia Cara	Stay
90	The Weeknd	Call Out My Name
91	Bazzi	Beautiful
92	Bebe Rexha	I’m a Mess
93	Clean Bandit	Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie)
94	Louis Tomlinson	Back to You (feat. Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals)
95	Avicii	Lonely Together (feat. Rita Ora)
96	Justin Bieber	Love Yourself
97	Luis Fonsi	Despacito (feat. Daddy Yankee)
98	DJ Snake	Let Me Love You (feat. Justin Bieber)
99	Kygo & Selena Gomez	It Ain’t Me
100	XXXTENTACION	changes

Regional Top 100 Albums

Rank	Artist	Album
1	Ed Sheeran	÷ (Deluxe)
2	Various Artists	The Greatest Showman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
3	Dua Lipa	Dua Lipa
4	Taylor Swift	reputation
5	Camila Cabello	Camila
6	Charlie Puth	Voicenotes
7	Sam Smith	The Thrill of It All
8	BTS	Love Yourself 轉 ‘Tear’
9	Maroon 5	Red Pill Blues
10	BLACKPINK	SQUARE UP – EP
11	Bruno Mars	24K Magic
12	Shawn Mendes	Shawn Mendes
13	BTS	Love Yourself 結 ‘Answer’
14	Ariana Grande	Sweetener
15	Khalid	American Teen
16	Imagine Dragons	Evolve
17	BTS	Love Yourself 承 ‘Her’
18	Calum Scott	Only Human (Deluxe)
19	Taylor Swift	1989
20	The Chainsmokers	Memories…Do Not Open
21	Drake	Scorpion
22	Post Malone	beerbongs & bentleys
23	Kendrick Lamar,The Weeknd & SZA	Black Panther The Album Music From And Inspired By
24	Bazzi	COSMIC
25	Daniel Caesar	Freudian
26	Little Mix	Glory Days: The Platinum Edition
27	Adele	25
28	Westlife	Westlife – Greatest Hits
29	BTS	The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever
30	Various Artists	Fifty Shades Freed
31	Ed Sheeran	x (Deluxe Edition)
32	Shawn Mendes	Illuminate
33	LANY	LANY
34	Charlie Puth	Nine Track Mind
35	Ariana Grande	Dangerous Woman
36	iKON	Return
37	XXXTENTACION	?
38	Anne-Marie	Speak Your Mind
39	Coldplay	A Head Full of Dreams
40	BIGBANG	MADE
41	The Weeknd	Starboy
42	Taylor Swift	Red
43	Post Malone	Stoney
44	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans (Deluxe Version)
45	BTS	You Never Walk Alone
46	Sam Smith	In the Lonely Hour (Drowning Shadows Edition)
47	Adele	21
48	Ariana Grande	My Everything
49	5 Seconds of Summer	Youngblood
50	The Chainsmokers	Collage – EP
51	Lauv	I met you when I was 18. (the playlist)
52	James Arthur	Back from the Edge (Deluxe Edition)
53	TWICE	twicetagram
54	The Weeknd	My Dear Melancholy,
55	BTS	Wings
56	Calvin Harris	Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1
57	BLACKPINK	SQUARE TWO – EP
58	Selena Gomez,OneRepublic & YUNGBLUD	13 Reasons Why: Season 2 (Music from the Original TV Series)
59	Kendrick Lamar	DAMN.
60	P!nk	Beautiful Trauma
61	NCT	NCT 2018 EMPATHY
62	Bebe Rexha	All Your Fault, Pt. 2 – EP
63	Shawn Mendes	Handwritten
64	Maroon 5	Overexposed
65	Various Artists	Love, Simon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
66	Bruno Mars	Unorthodox Jukebox
67	Bebe Rexha	Expectations
68	XXXTENTACION	17
69	TWICE	Merry & Happy
70	Avicii	Avīci (01) – EP
71	周杰倫	周杰倫的床邊故事
72	Cardi B	Invasion of Privacy
73	Billie Eilish	dont smile at me
74		Coco (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
75	Sia	This Is Acting
76	Taylor Swift	Speak Now
77	DJ Snake	Encore
78	Ed Sheeran	+
79	DJ Khaled	Grateful
80	Wanna One	1-1=0 (NOTHING WITHOUT YOU)
81	Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper	A Star Is Born Soundtrack
82	TWICE	What is Love? – EP
83	Maroon 5	V (Deluxe)
84	Little Mix	Get Weird (Deluxe Edition)
85	Various Artists	Fifty Shades Darker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
86	Michael Learns to Rock	25
87	Various Artists	Pitch Perfect 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
88	TWICE	TWICEcoaster: LANE1
89	Demi Lovato	Tell Me You Love Me
90	Yiruma	The Very Best of Yiruma: Yiruma & Piano
91	Ed Sheeran	x (Wembley Edition)
92	Imagine Dragons	Night Visions
93	Niall Horan	Flicker
94	Coldplay	Ghost Stories
95	LINKIN PARK	One More Light
96	G-Eazy	The Beautiful & Damned
97	One Direction	Made In The A.M.
98	Halsey	hopeless fountain kingdom
99	EXO	THE WAR – The 4th Album
100	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection