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.
Watch Kelly Clarkson put her ‘Kellyoke’ spin on The Smiths’ ‘How Soon Is Now?’
nme.comKelly Clarkson has returned with her latest ‘Kellyoke’ cover, this time putting her spin on The Smiths‘ 1984 song ‘How Soon Is Now?’.The cover adds to an ever-growing list of songs that Clarkson and her house band Y’all have performed for the segment on her daytime talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show.
Other songs Clarkson and co. have performed thus far include Harry Styles‘ ‘Falling’, Radiohead‘s ‘Exit Music (For A Film)’, Ed Sheeran‘s ‘Shivers’, George Michael‘s ‘Faith’, Bleachers‘ ‘I Wanna Get Better’ and the Pixies‘ ‘Where Is My Mind?’.Have a look at the ‘Kellyoke’ cover of ‘How Soon is Now?’ below:Initially released as a B-side for the single ‘William, It Was Really Nothing’, ‘How Soon Is Now?’ later appeared on the compilation album ‘Hatful Of Hollow’ and international versions of The Smiths’ second album, 1985’s ‘Meat Is Murder’.
It went on to become one of the band’s most popular tracks, and was selected as one of 70 songs to chart ‘The Story Of NME‘ in March 2022.
The song was covered by Love Spit Love in 1995, and their version featured in the 1996 film The Craft, as well as in the opening credits of the TV series Charmed.In other Smiths-adjacent news, former frontman Morrissey is currently gearing up for Viva Moz Vegas, a five-date residency taking place at Las Vegas’ Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
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