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.
Scot Jamie Sellers hoping for fourth consecutive Christmas No1
dailyrecord.co.ukA Scot could make history tomorrow – becoming the producer with the most consecutive Christmas No1s.Glaswegian musician and producer Jamie Sellers, 37, is the man behind Creator Universe, a group of TikTok stars whose cover of Wizzard’s I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday is competing against Wham’s Last Christmas for the coveted festive No1, revealed tomorrow.Jamie, who arranged, played all the instruments and produced the song, was also behind the last three of LadBaby’s five festive No1s.If he hits the top spot again, Jamie’s four consecutive No1s will go one better than George Martin – he also had four chart-toppers with the Beatles but they weren’t consecutive.Jamie, who has worked with Little Simz, Ronan Keating and 5ive, said of being up there with the Beatles and George Martin: “It’s a bit weird.“I don’t spend too much time thinking about it.“It’s just a very cool thing to be involved with.
I was just in the right place at the right time. It’s certainly a cool thing for the CV.”George helmed The Beatles’ four Christmas No1s in the 60s – I Want To Hold Your Hand in 1963, I Feel Fine in 1964, Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out in 1965 and then Hello, Goodbye in 1967.Jamie’s first festive chart-topper was LadBaby’s third Christmas No1, Don’t Stop Me Eatin’, in 2020.He produced Sausage Rolls for Everyone in 2021, which featured Elton John and Ed Sheeran and gave the husband and wife duo of Mark and Roxanne Hoyle their fourth No1.Last year Jamie steered them to their record-breaking fifth Christmas No1 with Food Aid, a remake of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas?To some people’s relief, LadBaby decided not to release a song this year and Jamie thought his charity Christmas single days were over – but now he’s
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