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.
Ed Sheeran and Elton John's Merry Christmas enters at Number 1 on Official Trending Chart
officialcharts.comEd Sheeran and Elton John's Merry Christmas has become the UK's Number 1 Trending Song. The festive duet - and the duo's first collaboration together - is this week's highest new entry on the Official Trending Chart ahead of its debut on the Official Singles Chart this Friday, where it is currently challenging Adele's Easy On Me for Number 1.
If the song can hold on, it will mark Ed Sheeran’s 12th total Number 1 single, and third this year, and Elton John’s 9th and second this year.
All proceeds made from the song will go to charity, with funds being donated equally between the Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation and The Elton John AIDS Foundation.
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