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.
Sea Power, White Lies, Bad Boy Chiller Crew, Metronomy and Ed Sheeran leading tense five-way fight for Official Albums Chart Number 1
officialcharts.comSea Power could be heading for their first Number 1 album with Everything Was Forever, as they lead a very close Top 5 on the Official Albums Chart Update.
Everything Was Forever is the band’s – formerly known as British Sea Power – eighth studio album and first under their new moniker, and is the most physically-purchased album of the week so far.
To date the band have racked up five Top 40 albums on the Official Albums Chart. If it does reach the top spot, it would be the first Number 1 for Townsend Music’s recently-launched D2C Plus model.
It’s all to play for however, with Ed Sheeran’s former chart-topper Equals hot on their heels at Number 2, while London rock group White Lies are at Number 3 with their sixth record As I Try Not To Fall Apart, potentially their fourth Top 10 album.
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