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.
Can Harry Styles extend As It Was’ lead as 2022’s longest-running Number 1?
officialcharts.comLast week, Harry Styles’ As It Was officially became the longest-running Number 1 single of 2022 so far in the UK, overtaking the cast of Encanto’s mega-hit We Don’t Talk About Bruno with a total of eight weeks at the top.
And it looks like Harry isn’t going anywhere, as he races ahead for a ninth consecutive week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.
See Harry Styles’ Official Charts history in full here. Harry’s bestie Lizzo could be looking to jump up her highest-ever peak in the UK Official Singles Chart with About Damn Time (2), Cat Burns’ Go looks to hit a re-peak (3) while Ed Sheeran’s newest hit 2 Step could enter the Top 10 for this first time this Friday (9).
Ella Henderson could have two singles in the Top 20 this week; with Crazy What Love Can Do with David Guetta and Becky Hill (12) and 21 Reasons with Nathan Dawe (16) both possibly reaching new peaks.
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