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.
Spotify Wrapped 2021 results are in… and Ed Sheeran’s not the most popular UK artist globally
metro.co.ukEd Sheeran may have had a chart-topping comeback with Bad Habits and Shivers, he was pipped to the post for the most popular UK artist globally, with Dua Lipa taking the title instead.Ed came in a close second, with Coldplay, One Direction and Queen completing the top five, measured by the data of 381million users worldwide.The most-streamed artist globally for 2021 is Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, followed by US singer Taylor Swift, K-pop stars BTS in third, with Canadian musicians Drake and Justin Bieber completing the top five there.The most-streamed songs globally proved we were all in our feelings for the past year, with Olivia Rodrigo’s Drivers License being the number one song with over 1.1billion streams, with the singer also.
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