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.
Little Mix hope to beat Ed Sheeran to number 1 as 3-piece after Jesy Nelson quit
mirror.co.ukThey were left stunned by the news that their bandmate Jesy Nelson was quitting after nearly a decade together. But after a tough couple of months, Little Mix are hoping to score their first No1 as a three-piece.
Sweet Melody, by remaining members Perrie Edwards, 27, Jade Thirwall, 28 and Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 29, climbed eight places to No1 in the midweek charts.
If it’s still top on Friday, it will be the band’s fifth UK No1 single. Posting their first video without Jesy, 29, the trio said: “We can’t wait to see you all again very soon.
PS, Sweet Melody is the perfect song for the top of your New Year playlists.” But the girls have a fight on their hands to keep Ed Sheeran ’s surprise Christmas release Afterglow at No2, as fewer than
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