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.
MTV VMAs 2022: Complete List of Winners and Nominees
usmagazine.comMusic’s biggest party! Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Olivia Rodrigo and more fan-favorite artists are nominated for the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow are set to cohost the ceremony at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, on Sunday, August 28.
Along with emceeing the event, the “Starships” rapper, 39, will be honored with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.“Nicki has broken barriers for women in hip-hop with her versatility and creative artistry,” Bruce Gillmer, president of music, music talent, programming and events at Paramount+ said in a statement ahead of the awards show. “She has shifted the music industry and cemented her status as a global superstar with her crossover appeal, genre-defying style and continuing to be unapologetically ‘Nicki.'”Minaj went on to celebrate her accomplishment via social media. “I’m receiving the Video Vanguard Award at the 2022 #VMAs!” she wrote via Instagram after the news was announced. “You DO NOT !!!!
I REPEAT!!!! You do NOTTTTTT want to miss my performance.”Harlow, 24, is also anticipated to have a big night. The “First Class” rapper is tied with Styles, 28, for the highest number of nominations at the 2022 ceremony.
The musicians each have eight opportunities to take home a coveted Moon Person trophy and are going head to head in the Artist of the Year category. Billie Eilish, Drake, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd and Swift, 32, follow closely behind with five nominations each.The “Fearless” songstress, who dropped her new and improved version of 2012’s Red last year, has the chance to win Best Longform Video, Best Direction and Best Cinematography for All Too Well: The Short Film.
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