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.
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Indian singer Arijit Singh overtakes Taylor Swift as most-followed artist on Spotify
nme.comTaylor Swift to be the most-followed artist on Spotify.Originally reported by The Indian Express, as of today (August 23), Singh has accrued over 119million followers on Spotify, surpassing Swift’s 188.9million.
This isn’t the first time the duo have crossed paths – in August 2023, Singh surpassed Swift in followers for a brief moment before the ‘Tortured Poets Department’ superstar reclaimed her spot at the top of the streaming platform.The third spot is where Ed Sheeran sits comfortably at 115.01million followers.
Not far behind him are Ariana Grande (98million) and Billie Eilish (96million).When it comes to the total amount of Spotify monthly listeners, however, Swift has Singh beat with 95.7million listeners compared to Singh’s 40.3million.Among Singh’s most played tracks are songs written for Bollywood films Laapataa Ladies and ANIMAL.
However, he’s most renowned for his ballads – per his Spotify artist bio, Singh is “the king of sad love hits”, with his 2020 compilation album ‘Ultimate Love Songs’ gaining millions of streams per track.Singh will embark on a UK and Europe tour next month – an engagement at The O2 is already selling fast, while he will also perform in Birmingham, Manchester, and Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
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