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.
Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Noel Gallagher Says Harry Styles Isn't A Real Musician!
perezhilton.comNoel Gallagher continues to choose violence when it comes to giving his opinion on today’s music icons. In a new interview with the Daily Star, the Oasis alum took aim at none other than Harry Styles, whom Noel insisted is not a “real” musician because of his reality TV origin.
Ouch! Referencing the reality show on which Simon Cowell assembled the group that would become One Direction, the 54-year-old said: We mean… the X Factor has something to do with music.
It’s a talent competition that’s been judged by an actual music mogul (Cowell), as well as some of music’s biggest names, like Mel B, Demi Lovato, and Britney Spears. Related: Harry Fan Sues After Being ‘Crushed’ By The Crowd During One Of His Concerts According to the Wonderwall songwriter, though, X Factor alums don’t work as hard as “real” musicians do — and he believes Harry is no exception.
The rocker continued: Predictably, the 28-year-old’s stans begged to differ, and pointed out the Watermelon Sugar hitmaker is credited as a writer on every track on both of his albums — not to mention, has multiple songwriting credits from his time with 1D.
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