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.
Coldplay and BTS score highest new Official Irish Singles Chart entry with My Universe
officialcharts.comColdplay and BTS’ intergalactic collaboration My Universe rockets into the Official Irish Singles Chart as this week’s highest new entry.
The highly-anticipated team-up between the British rock group and Korean boyband orbits Number 15, becoming Coldplay’s highest-charting single in Ireland for four years, since 2017’s Number 3-peaking Something Just Like This with The Chainsmokers.
For BTS, My Universe marks their ninth Top 50 hit on the Official Irish Singles Chart. Ed Sheeran’s latest smash Shivers rules at Number 1 for a third week, while Elton John & Dua Lipa crack the Top 10 for the first time with Cold Heart (Pnau Remix), up six places to Number 5.
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