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 Wombats score first UK Number One album with ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’
nme.comThe Wombats have scored their first UK Number One album with ‘Fix Yourself, Not The World’.The Liverpool trio released their fifth studio effort last Friday (January 14), with the subsequent mid-week chart placing it as the most physically purchased record of the week up to that point.Yesterday (January 21) it was announced that the band had secured the top spot (via the Official Charts Company), appearing above Ed Sheeran‘s ‘=’ (Number Two) and Adele‘s ’30’ (Number Three).
The rest of the top five is made up of ‘Dawn FM’ by The Weeknd (Number Four) and ‘Fragments’ by Bonobo (Number Five).Reflecting on their victory in a thread of tweets, Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy and co.
wrote: “It’s been an amazing journey since we started back in 2003 and this is such a career milestone for us.“Thanks to everyone who helped us make this album, to everyone involved in getting it out into the world, to everyone behind the scenes, our amazing live touring crew, it really does take a lot of wonderful hard working people to make and put an album out.”They concluded: “Final thanks to all our family, friends and fans for your support over the years, we could never have done this without you all.
Number fucking 1. We did it! Indie Landfill Forever. D, M & T x.”Thanks to everyone who helped us make this album, to everyone involved in getting it out into the world, to everyone behind the scenes, our amazing live touring crew, it really does take a lot of wonderful hard working people to make and put an album out. (2/3) pic.twitter.com/ec0NPTWLD6— The WOMBATS (@thewombats) January 21, 2022Final thanks to all our family, friends and fans for your support over the years, we could never have done this without you all.
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