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.
Dermot Kennedy claims 27th week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart with Without Fear
officialcharts.comDermot Kennedy’s debut album Without Fear collects a 27th week at Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart this week. The Dublin singer-songwriter rules the Top 50 after picking up the most album streams of the past seven days.
Only two albums have spent more weeks at Number 1 in the past 10 years: Adele’s 21 (35 weeks) and Ed Sheeran’s ÷ (28 weeks).
This week’s highest new entry comes courtesy of British blues-rock singer Rag’n’Bone Man with Life By Misadventure, which racks up the most physical & download sales of the week and enters at 3.
Following their BRIT Award wins there are big gains for Taylor Swift’s 1989, up 10 places to Number 30, and Little Mix’s Confetti which rises seven slots to Number 38.
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