This year’s biggest success story, Ed Sheeran, is to release the 6th and final single from his remarkable debut album, +. ‘Give Me Love’ will be released on 26 November through Asylum Records.
Since releasing his acclaimed debut album, +, over a year ago, Suffolk-raised-21-year-old Ed has gone from strength to strength.
+ is the UK’s best-selling album since the start of 2011, bar Adele’s 21. The album now stands at Quadruple-Platinum with over 1.3 Million UK sales; debuted at #1 in the Official UK Charts and held a top-10 position for 47 weeks of its first year.
Ed is not only the UK’s most-streamed artist of 2012 but he received the most BRIT Awards nominations. Tipped for ’Best Male’, ‘Best Breakthrough’, ‘Best Single’, and ‘Best Album’ , he took home gongs for ‘Best Male’ and ‘Best Breakthrough’.
Ed then continued his winning streak with further nods from iTunes ‘Breakthrough Artist’, BT Digital Music Awards ‘Breakthrough Artist of the Year’, Q Awards ‘Breakthrough Artist’ the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards ‘Best British Single,’ culminating in the most prestigious song award there is with a win at the Ivor Novello’s for ‘Best Song Musically & Lyrically’ for The A Team.
The Ed success story picks up a pace in the US and around the globe: In America The A Team recently went Gold on its long march up the charts and was added to Power rotation on Z100 - the country’s biggest radio station. Ed also sold out New York’s 6,000-capacity Radio City Music Hall in 1 minute flat.
His album was the highest charting debut ever for a UK male (Music Week). Elsewhere he boasts Multi-Platinum sales in Australia and Ireland and 29 Gold and Platinum awards outside the UK.
To round off what has been a momentous year for the flamed-haired singer - playing the Brits, The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Closing Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Ed is currently nearing the end of his completely sold out headline UK tour.
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