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 has made history by becoming the first musician to claim a double accolade in two different years. Sheeran, 31, was the most played artist of 2021 in the UK, and also had the year’s most played single with Bad Habits.
The pop superstar previously did the double in 2017 with the release of his album Divide and hit single Shape Of You. Adele is the only other artist to have also done the double, in 2011.
Tom Grennan claimed the second and third most played tracks. And the second most played artist was David Guetta, with Dua Lipa third.
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