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’s Bad Habits claims fifth week at Number 1, denying Dave the top spot
officialcharts.comEd Sheeran’s Bad Habits extends its run at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart to a fifth week, denying Dave and Stormzy’s Clash the top spot, which leaps six places to Number 2.
Bad Habits racked up 85,500 chart sales this week, including 9.95 million streams, to keep its place at the summit. Although Dave misses out on the Number 1, he scores another two entries in the Top 10 following the release of his new album We’re All Alone In This Together - Verdansk is new at 4 and In The Fire opens at 6.
The entries take his total of Top 40 hits to 21. Two new releases land in this week’s Top 20: Lil Nas X & Jack Harlow’s Industry Baby at 13, and Anne-Marie & Little Mix’s Kiss My (Uh Oh) at 17.
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