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 & Elton John's Merry Christmas debuts at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart
officialcharts.comEd Sheeran and Elton John fly straight to Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with their new collaboration Merry Christmas.
The song claims 76,700 chart sales in its first week, including 22,100 pure sales (physical + digital downloads) and 7.6 million streams.
It also earns the biggest week of CD single sales of the year so far, with 8,100 copies sold on disc over the last seven days.
Merry Christmas marks Ed’s third Number 1 single of 2021, and 12th in total, and Elton’s second of this year – following Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) with Dua Lipa – and ninth in total.
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