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.
The 1975 tease secret announcement on July 7 - is their fifth album on the way?
officialcharts.comThe 1975 will be making an as-yet secret announcement next month. Matty Healy and co. have been keeping super quiet of late, not releasing any new music since 2020's Notes On A Conditional Form, which became the band's fourth consecutive UK Number 1 album.
Now it appears that the boys are ready to make a re-emergence into their new era, which should herald the arrival of their forthcoming fifth album (which is rumoured to be dropping later this year).
Not only has The 1975's website been updated, directing fans to sign up to a mailing list to receive the latest news, but posters have also started popping up around London, announcing something coming next month, July 7 to be precise.
With each of their studio albums hitting Number 1 in the UK, The 1975 are members of a very exclusive club, including the likes of Noel Gallagher, Brandon Flowers and Ed Sheeran.
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