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.
Haim Lands Second U.K. No. 1 Album With 'Women In Music Pt. III'
billboard.comHaim's Women In Music Pt. III (Polydor/Universal) enters the U.K. album chart at No. 1, as “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” by Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo (RCA/Sony) climbs 4-1 on the singles countdown.
Haim debuted atop the Official Charts Company listings with their 2013 debut, Days Are Gone, but the 2017 follow-up, Something To Tell You, started and peaked at No.
2 as Ed Sheeran held sway with Divide. The new Women in Music Pt. III has the most downloads and vinyl sales of the week. Overall, it beats Bob Dylan's Rough and Rowdy Ways (Columbia/Sony), last week's new entry at No.
1, into second place by some 4,000 combined units. Jessie Ware's What's Your Pleasure? (Virgin/Universal) arrives at a career-best No.
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