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.
Matt Goss on new album The Beautiful Unknown: "I want to compete with Ed Sheeran and The Weeknd"
officialcharts.comMatt Goss is feeling ambitious. With his new solo record The Beautiful Unknown, he wants to let people know that he understands pop music - perhaps better than he did when he and brother Luke formed Bros in the '80s.
The new album (out Friday March 25) is a shamelessly-commercial record aiming for radio and chart success, not a nostalgia trip.
In singles like Better With You and Make It Rain, Goss shows that he can play by the modern pop star rule book. Bros may have asked on their UK Number 1 single 'When Will I Be Famous?', but the fact is Goss has spent a large chunk of his life very famous.
But that doesn't seemed to have dulled his passion for music, or his sense about what makes things popular. In a wide-ranging chat, we discuss his new album, the surprising cover included on the album and what it takes to compete with the Ed Sheerans of today.
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