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.
Barry Gibb claims the highest new entry on this week’s Official Irish Albums Chart with Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers' Songbook (Vol.
1). The legendary Bee Gees vocalist’s latest album, a collection of americana reworkings of he and his brothers’ biggest hits in collaboration with the likes of Dolly Parton, Brandi Carlile and Keith Urban, debuts at Number 18 following his appearance on RTÉ One’s The Late Late Show last week.
Greenfields was the physically purchased album of the past seven days, and marks Barry’s first Irish Top 50 appearance as a solo artist in his 60-year career.
At Number 1 on the chart for a 23rd non-consecutive week is Dermot Kennedy’s Without Fear. Only Adele’s 21 and Ed Sheeran’s ÷ and X have spent more weeks at
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