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 set to battle Ed Sheeran’s Shivers again for a fifth week at Number 1 with Easy On Me
officialcharts.comAdele and Ed Sheeran are set to battle it out once again for the top spot on the Official Singles Chart this week, with just 1,000 chart sales currently separating Easy On Me and Shivers.
As it currently stands, Easy On Me remains on top for a possible fifth consecutive week at Number 1, but it could all change on the run up to Friday.
Taylor Swift eyes this week’s highest new entry with All Too Well (10 Minute Version), taken from her re-recording of her fourth album Red (Taylor’s Version).
The expanded version of All Too Well currently sits at Number 7, while she also has two further entries in this week’s top 20; State of Grace (Taylor’s Version) (9) and Red (Taylor’s Version) (18).
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