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.
Billie Eilish's Happier Than Ever on course for highest new Official Singles Chart entry as Ed Sheeran heads for sixth week at Number 1
officialcharts.comBillie Eilish is set to claim the highest new entry on this week’s Official Singles Chart with Happier Than Ever. Happier Than Ever – the title track from Billie’s newly-released second album – is at Number 12 on today's Official Chart: First Look, and if it stays on course will become Billie Eilish’s 10th Top 20 hit in the UK, and fifth Top 40 this year alone.
See Billie Eilish's full Official Chart history here. Meanwhile, Ed Sheeran’s Bad Habits is heading towards a sixth straight week at Number 1, leading on both sales and streams, while Stay by The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber eyes up a return to its previous peak of Number 2.
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