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.
BTS’ ‘Butter’ breaks record for biggest Spotify song debut ever
nme.comBTS have broken the record for the biggest song debut in Spotify history with their new single ‘Butter’.The track received over 11 million global Spotify plays on Friday (May 21), breaking the streaming service’s opening day record formerly held by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber’s ‘I Don’t Care’ (10.977 million on May 10, 2019).Despite the record-breaking success, ‘Butter’ landed at Number 11 on the UK Spotify chart (and Number 10 in the US), with several songs from Olivia Rodrigo‘s debut album ‘Sour’ placing ahead of the BTS track.
The group’s previous record was ‘Dynamite’, which racked up over 7 million global streams on its debut.The music video for ‘Butter’ also saw BTS claim the biggest premiere in YouTube history, with more than 3.9.
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