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 denies Drake this week’s Number 1 single as Bad Habits claims 11th week at Official Singles Chart top spot
officialcharts.comEd Sheeran claims an 11th consecutive week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with Bad Habits. Bad Habits scores 8.4 million streams to land its latest week at the top, denying Drake his seventh Number 1 single in the UK following the release of new album Certified Lover Boy.
With 11 weeks at Number 1 in the UK, Bad Habits now stands in line with Tones and I’s Dance Monkey (2019), Despacito by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft.
Justin Bieber (2017), and Rose Marie by Slim Whitman (1955) who all managed the same feat. Drake may not have quite managed to topple Bad Habits, but has earned three spots in the Top 5 in this week’s chart with Girls Want Girls (2), Fair Trade (3) and Champagne Poetry (5) – bringing his total number of Top 10
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