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.
Ed Sheeran Earns #1 Album With '=' on Billboard 200 Chart!
justjared.comEd Sheeran officially has another number one album, with = (Equals)! The 30-year-old musician just released his new album last week and it’s landed on the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart. =, pronounced Equals, dropped on October 29, and has since earned 118,000 equivalent album units in the U.S.
in the week ending Nov. 4, according to MRC Data. Over half of that sum was driven by album sales. Previously, Ed had earned number one albums with his No.
6 Collaborations Project, 2017′s ÷ (Divide) and 2014′s x (Multiply). Over the weekend, Ed was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, performing two of his songs off the new record. Ed is also pictured below celebrating his album with Spotify in new York City on Sunday afternoon
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