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.
LadBaby unveil plan to beat Ed Sheeran and Elton John to Christmas number one – by enlisting Ed Sheeran and Elton John
completemusicupdate.comYou’ve probably been thinking that – having seen all the major competition for the UK Christmas number one spot this year – LadBaby had decided to throw in the towel and not even try to get to the top of the festive singles chart for the fourth year in a row.
Well, you are wrong, my friend. So very wrong. And in a particularly shrewd move, this time they’ve gone and teamed up with their biggest competitors, Ed Sheeran and Elton John.YouTubers Mark and Roxanne Hoyle have – against all the odds – topped the UK’s Christmas chart for the last three years with sausage roll-themed parodies of classic songs.
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