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 celebrates as Equals becomes fastest-selling album in the UK in four years
thesun.co.ukED SHEERAN was out celebrating in central London’s Soho on Thursday evening – and with good reason. His new record Equals has landed the biggest opening week for an album in four years.
It’s notched up chart sales of 139,000 to outperform the rest of the Top 30 combined and is the fastest-selling album here since his third album, Divide, back in March 2017.
Ed, who was photographed leaving a restaurant after completing his Covid isolation, told fans via officialcharts.com: “Thank you so much for making Equals the No1 album in the UK.
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