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.
New Releases
officialcharts.comEvery Thursday, we here at Official Charts round up the biggest New Releases coming your way across music and home entertainment.
Singles-wise this week, two music moguls arrive with big new releases. Ed Sheeran issues the second cut, Boat, from his forthcoming album - (Subtract) and the new, emotional ballad has a lot to live up to, coming on the heels of the recent Number 1 single Eyes Closed.
Hot off the press after announcing that her third album, You & I, will be dropping this July, Rita Ora's big summer single Praising You is here and as we've come to expect, it slaps.
It comes with a feature from Fatboy Slim (the track itself samples the iconic DJ's influential 1998 smash, Praise You) and a very camp music video that sees Rita in full pop star mode, directed by none other than her husband, Taika Waititi.
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