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.
Dundee DJ playing BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 'almost fell over' after getting the news
dailyrecord.co.ukDundee DJ Hannah Laing says she intends to "make a statement" when she takes to the stage at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend later this spring.
The local spin doctor, who has been DJing for nine years, has been announced as one of the acts playing the BBC Music Introducing stage on the first day of this year's Big Weekend in Coventry.
She was hand-picked by Radio 1 Dance host Jaguar Bingham to play the stage, who plucked her out from scores of potential acts who submit their tunes to the Music Introducing platform hoping to get noticed.
BBC Music Introducing has helped to launch the careers of huge acts like George Ezra, Florence and the Machine and Jake Bugg.
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