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.
How Tame Impala, Arcade Fire & More Proved Rock Bands (Without Pop Hits) Could Rule on the Road
billboard.com“Rock is dead” has been floating around for decades. It’s true that four-quadrant pop success in the traditional sense still dictates the touring circuit’s biggest earners.
In 2019, Billboard’s Year-End Top Tours ranking was dominated by Ed Sheeran, P!nk, and Elton John – three artists with an average of five No.
1 singles each on the Billboard Hot 100. But while top-40-formatted radio, social media, and streaming data favor hip hop and dance music as the more influential pieces of the greater ‘pop’ mainstream, rock bands have continued to develop long-lasting careers, fueled by success on the road.
Throughout the 2000s, bands like Green Day, Coldplay, The Killers, and more graduated to stadium and arena status on the back of globally
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