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.
The albums that spawned the most Top 10 singles
officialcharts.comYou don't need to have a hit album to have a hit single, and vice versa, but singles and albums have always been close cousins, not rivals.
With the advent of downloading, and now streaming, contributing to the Official Singles Chart, the links between album and single are closer than ever, with album tracks from big releases regularly hitting the Top 40 whether they're an official single or not.
We're looking back at the albums that have made the biggest contribution to the Top 10 of the singles chart. Who's been sending the most hits to challenge for the Number 1 spot?
In March 2017, the unthinkable happened. Not only did Ed Sheeran's ÷ dominate on the Official Albums Chart - becoming the third fastest-selling album ever - but the
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