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.
Noel Gallagher laments lack of “proper rock stars”, hits out at Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran
nme.comNoel Gallagher has hit out at pop stars such as Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift during a new podcast.In an appearance on Matt Morgan’s podcast, he mourned the loss of “proper rock stars” and described Swift and Sheeran as “shit” – despite conceding that they are the biggest acts in the world.He said: “Music now is style over substance.
I find that these young people in the music game – they fucking look great, they’ve all got tattoos and the image and all that fucking bollocks but really they’re just shit, they’re not saying anything.“The biggest-selling acts are shit, whereas when I was growing up the biggest-selling acts were the best acts.
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