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 lands straight in at Number 1 on this week’s Official Irish Singles Chart with her new single Easy On Me, outperforming the rest of the Top 5 combined.
The track, which heads up Adele’s forthcoming album 30, is the star’s fourth chart-topper in Ireland, following Someone Like You (2011), Skyfall (2012), and Hello (2015).
Adele’s comeback has send fans back to her catalogue this week, leading to two more of her songs landing in the Top 50 – When We Were Young at 19, and Love In The Dark (both from 2015's 25 album) at 24.
Last week’s Number 1, Ed Sheeran’s Shivers, drops to 3 after five weeks at the summit, while Lil Nas X’s That’s What I Want rises two places to new peak at 4.
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