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.
Bicep flex as highest new entry on the Official Irish Albums Chart with Isles
officialcharts.comNorthern Irish electronic act Bicep score this week’s highest new entry on the Official Irish Albums Chart with Isles. The duo from Belfast’s second studio album was the most purchased of the week on physical and download formats, debuting at Number 2 with all metrics combined.
In at Number 1 for a landmark 20th non-consecutive week is Dermot Kennedy’s Without Fear, the most streamed album this week.
Dermot has today (Jan. 29) released Without Fear’s Complete Edition on vinyl for the first time. Dermot is the first Irish act, and only third act overall to spend 20 weeks at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart in the last 10 years.
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