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 Easy On Me secures fourth week at Number 1 on Official Singles Chart
officialcharts.comAdele secures a fourth consecutive week atop the Official Singles Chart with Easy On Me. Easy On Me lands at Number 1 after another closely-fought battle with Ed Sheeran’s Shivers, which holds again at Number 2, with just 2,000 chart sales separating the two songs.
Ed also has two further singles in the Top 10; Bad Habits (3) and Overpass Graffiti(6). Meanwhile, this week’s highest new entry goes to Brighton rapper ArrDee, who debuts at Number 5 with Flowers (Say My Name).
Not only is it the 19-year-old’s third UK Top 10 single in less than six months, it’s also his highest-peaking entry on the Official Singles Chart yet.
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