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.
American singer Gayle has flown to Number 1 on the Official Irish Singles Chart with abcdefu, as new and old songs flood back into the Top 50 post-Christmas.
Gayle, aged just 17, climbs five places to Number 1 with her breakout single, which grew in popularity thanks in part to major viral success.
It’s Gayle’s first ever Number 1 single in Ireland, and holds off Adele’s Easy On Me (2) by fewer than 10 chart sales. Do It To It by Acraze ft.
Cherish flies 21 places to a brand new peak of Number 3, while We Don’t Talk About Bruno by the cast of Encanto – the first of several tracks from the new animated Disney musical – enters the Top 50 for the first time at Number 4.
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