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.
Olivia Rodrigo's SOUR takes back Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart
officialcharts.comSOUR by Olivia Rodrigo claims Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart once more. The most-streamed album of the week, SOUR knocks Ed Sheeran’s Equals back down to Number 2, though Equals is the most physically purchased and most downloaded album of the week in Ireland.
Eminem’s Curtain Call: The Hits climbs two this week, reaching another new peak at Number 3. Further down, on the week of the release of Donda 2, Ye – AKA Kanye West – sees two of his previous albums fly into this Top 50, 2007’s Graduation (35) and 2021’s Donda (45).
Other albums making a return to the Top 50 are Dave’s Psychodrama (40), Michael Jackson’s Number Ones (42), When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go?
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