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.
Bad Boy Chiller Crew: "We're coming for you, Ed Sheeran"
officialcharts.comBad Boy Chiller Crew are arguably Yorkshire's best export since its namesake pud. A year after first hitting the charts with Don't You Worry About Me the band, made up of Gareth 'GK' Kelly, Kane Welsh and Sam 'Clive' Robinson, now find themselves hot contenders for the UK's coveted Number 1 Album.
So, as the Burberry-clad bassline connoisseurs' new release Disrespectful proves tough competition for the likes of Ed Sheeran and Sea Power in the Official Albums Chart, we caught up with the boys to talk everything from space travel to Steps.
Yep, it was a beautifully-chaotic fifteen minutes. Kane: Not really, mate. We've winged it. Clive: We're celebrating on the tour bus right now, mate.
GK: We've already clocked the whole party scene, there's nothing left for us to do there. Maybe we'll go to space. Kane: We're gonna be the first band on the moon.
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