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 fends off The Kid Laroi and Drake for 11th week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart with Bad Habits
officialcharts.comEd Sheeran faced stiff competition for Number 1 this week - from recent rivals The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber and new adversary Drake - but reigns supreme from an 11th straight week with Bad Habits.
The British singer-songwriter’s monster hit was Ireland’s most-streamed song of the past seven days, cementing its status as one of the country’s longest-reigning Number 1s of all time.
The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber narrowly miss out on claiming the top spot with Stay, Number 2 for the eighth week in a row.
Taken from his Number 1 album Certified Lover Boy, Drake claims three new Top 10 hits this week: Girls Want Girls ft. Lil Baby (3), Travis Scott collab Fair Trade (4) and solo cut Champagne Poetry (6).
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