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.
Over the past few months grime MC Ghetts has shared a series of singles that have hinted at a career-defining album was in the pipeline.
First up was "Mozambique" followed by collaborations with two of the biggest names in grime: Skepta ("IC3") and Stormzy ("Skengman").
Today he has announced details of Conflict Of Interest, his third album, due February 19. The aforementioned songs all feature on the stacked tracklist alongside collaborations with Ed Sheeran ("10,000 Tears"), Emeli Sandé ("Sonya"), Giggs ("Crud"), and Dave ("Little Bo Peep") among others.
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