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.
Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal see B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All) hold on to claim a second week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart.
Elsewhere in the Top 10, OneRepublic’s I Ain’t Worried rises into the Top 5 at Number 5, Rosa Linn’s Snap is up one to Number 7, and Nicki Minaj ascends five with Super Freaky Girl, entering the Top 10 at Number 9.
Meanwhile, James Hype & Miggy Dela Rosa jump six with Ferrari (13), and KSI climbs two with Not Over Yet ft. Tom Grennan (19).
Sigala & Talia Mar’s team-up Stay The Night steps up one place (22). The week’s highest new entry is K-pop group Blackpink with Pink Venom, which lands straight in at Number 23 to become their eighth Top 50 track in Ireland.
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