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.
Potter Payper ascends to Number 1 on the UK's Official Trending Chart with Gangsteritus. The track this week could jump more than 20 spots up of the Official Singles Chart to enter the Top 10 for the first time.
It would become the first Top 10 for Potter and for Tiggs Da Author, who also features on the track. Gangsteritus chronicles the struggles Potter has faced in his life - with Tiggs Da Author singing the hook on the chorus.
It's proved to be Potter's breakthrough hit on the UK, coming to mainstream attention after being used on the most recent series of Top Boy screened on Netflix.
There are also a whole host of new entries this week too; including from Ed Sheeran who enters with his = track 2 step, thanks to the release of a new remix with American rapper Lil Baby and Taylor Swift - whose folklore deluxe track The Lakes has received a massive uplift thanks to the issuing of a very special 7" vinyl for Record Store Day 2022.
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