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.
Every homegrown female Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart
officialcharts.comThe depth of Irish female musical talent currently in the scene has been a huge talking point in Ireland as of late, thanks in part to Irish Women in Harmony.
The collective, who became the first female act to claim Number 1 on the Official Irish Homegrown Chart have scored the most downloaded song of 2020 so far by an Irish act with Dreams, showcasing 39 (mainly up-and-coming) talents who are ones to watch in the coming months and future household names in the years to come.
Dating back to when modern chart history began in January 1997, 19 albums from 11 female artists or female-fronted bands have reached Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart.
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