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 scores 10th UK Number 1 single with Bad Habits: "This is an amazing thing"
officialcharts.comEd Sheeran makes a triumphant return to the Official Singles Chart this week as his new single Bad Habits debuts at Number 1.
The track racks up 92,000 chart sales this week, including 8.7 million streams, to earn Ed his 10th chart-topper. The singer-songwriter becomes only the ninth act in Official Chart history to rack up 10 or more Number 1s.
Ed joins Calvin Harris and Eminem, who are also on 10 UK Number 1 singles across their career so far - just ahead of them are Take That (12), Madonna (13), Cliff Richard and Westlife (14) and The Beatles (17) and Elvis (21). “I want to say thank you so much to everyone that made this happen," Ed told OfficialCharts.com I’ve been away for such a long time and I really, really don’t take this for
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