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.
Every Christmas Number 2: The songs that just missed out on the Christmas Number 1
officialcharts.comWe remember the big Christmas Number 1s, but what about songs that just missed out? We look at a selection of tracks that were knocked off the top or pipped at the post on that all-important Christmas chart week, before revealing the full list at the bottom of the page.
Stormzy's superstar link-up with Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy became his third UK number 1 single, and the second from his sophomore LP, Heavy Is The Head.
However, the icy tune had to play second fiddle to LadBaby in 2019, as I Love Sausage Rolls beat it to the festive pole position.
LadBaby and those dastardly sausage rolls again. 2018 was the first time the YouTuber hit the top of the Christmas charts, and it denied pop newcomer Ava Max a festive chart-topper of her own with
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