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 reigns supreme at the top of the Official Singles Chart for a third week at Number 1 with Bad Habits. The synth-pop banger racks up 101,000 chart sales for its third consecutive week at the top.
With 11.1 million streams, it also manages to continue to better its performance week-on-week since its debut. View Ed's Official Chart history in full here.
New in at Number 3 is rapper Dave with his new Stormzy collaboration Clash. The highest new entry of the week, It becomes Dave’s eighth and Stormzy’s 12th UK Top 10 single.
Another new entry straight in at Number 5, The Kid Laroi’s team-up with Justin Bieber, Stay, becomes the Australian singer’s second Top 10 hit and Bieber’s twenty-seventh.
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