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.
Warner Music Group Files For IPO For Up To $1.82 Billion: Shares To Trade On Nasdaq Under Symbol WMG
deadline.comBy Jill Goldsmith Warner Music Group filed with the SEC Tuesday to launch an initial public offering of 70 million shares priced from $23-$26 dollars — raising up to $1.82 billion at the upper end of the range.
Billionaire investor and Warner Music owner Len Blavatnik’s Access Industries and other stockholders are the ones selling the shares — called secondary shares — meaning the proceeds won’t go to the company.
The home of Asylum, Atlantic Records, Parlophone, Elektra Warner Records and Warner Classics, among others, and artists including Cardi B, Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars, Warner Music had previously filed to list on the Nasdaq market under the ticker symbol WMG.
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