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.
Elton John and Britney Spears' Hold Me Closer earns UK's highest new entry of the week as Elton's Diamonds crosses 1 million milestone
officialcharts.comElton John has a lot to celebrate this week; not only has his new collaboration with Britney Spears, Hold Me Closer, clinched this week’s highest new entry on the Official Singles Chart (3) and landed the UK’s best-selling single of the week, but the Official Charts Company can reveal that his greatest hits collection Diamonds has now passed the impressive 1 million chart units mark in the UK too.
Hold Me Closer’s arrival in the chart this week gives Elton his fourth consecutive Top 5 hit in a year; Cold Heart with Dua Lipa, Merry Christmas with Ed Sheeran and Sausage Rolls For Everyone with LadBaby and Sheeran all peaked at Number 1 in the UK – so don’t count Elton & Brit out of the top spot just yet.
It’s a remarkable achievement for the entertainer, whose hits have now spanned generations. Diamonds – which encompasses hits from Elton’s beginnings in the 1970s, all the way to 2016 – this week passes the threshold for 1 million combined chart units in the UK, according to new Official Charts Company data unveiled today. “It's such a thrill to see how well Hold Me Closer is connecting with fans" exclusively told OfficialCharts.com, "scoring my first Official Number 1 in over a decade with Cold Heart was a wonderful feeling - I thought my days of having hit singles were behind me. "But to see how much Hold Me Closer means, not only to my fans but Britney and her fans, is beyond words.
She's a wonderful person and artist, and hopefully the reaction to our song has made her feel how loved she is, and she'll have the confidence to begin the next chapter of her career. “Seeing Diamonds reach a million sales in the UK is also beyond words - everything we've achieved in the last 5 years - the book, the film, my tour- has kept
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