Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
Adele’s 30 holds steady for fourth week at Number 1 - the longest consecutive stint at the top spot in 2021
officialcharts.comAdele’s 30 holds steady for a fourth consecutive week at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart. With nearly double the chart sales of its nearest rival - Ed Sheeran’s Equals - 30 has now spent the most consecutive weeks at Number 1 for any album in 2021.
The album with the most total weeks at Number 1 so far this year is Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour, which logged a total of five non-consecutive weeks at the top.
This week’s highest new entry goes to Paul Weller, whose An Orchestrated Songbook debuts at Number 4 and becomes his 22nd UK Top 10 album.
Earlier this year, Weller gained his sixth UK Number 1 record with Fat Pop. Thanks to the success of his festive single Merry Christmas with Ed Sheeran, Elton John’s previous chart topper The Lockdown
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