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.
TikTok sensation Sam Ryder to represent the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2022
dailystar.co.ukTikTok sensation Sam Ryder has been announced as the musician who will represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest this year.Today (March 10) the BBC has confirmed that singer-songwriter Sam Ryder will be representing the UK at the 66th Eurovision Song Contest, which is set to be held Turin, Italy in May 2022.The UK haven't got the best track record when it comes to Eurovision, and the last time we made Top Ten in a final was in 2009 with the song It's My Time by Jade Ewen.In 2021, James Newman represented the UK with his entry Embers, which ended up receiving "nil points" – but could the UK's bad track record be about to change?
Scott Mills announced the news on Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James earlier today and then revealed that the singer will be singing the song SPACE MAN.The track he will sing at the coveted event was previously featured as Tune of the Week on Scott Mills’ Afternoon Show on BBC Radio 1.Sam has more than 12million followers on TikTok, with a whopping combined 100m likes across his videos – not only this, but our new Eurovision representative is currently the most followed UK music artist on the social media platform.He shot to TikTok fame when he started uploading covers at the start of lockdown in March 2020 – and two years on he will now be representing the UK in the global competition.In 2021 he released his debut EP which has garnered more than 100m global streams with singles Whirlwind and Tiny Riot topping the worldwide iTunes charts.
Sam Ryder co-wrote SPACE MAN with Grammy winning songwriter Amy Wadge, who worked on Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud, and Max Wolfgang who has worked on tracks with James Arthur and Years & Years.Speaking about the exciting news, he said: “Having.
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