Shivers (414.01.Drum Kit) (Neuheit Ensemble) Shivers entered atop the charts in the UK and Ireland, dethroning Sheerans previous single Bad Habits after eleven consecutive weeks at the summit in both countries. The song also topped the charts in Austria, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100. GQ magazine described the song as "a sexy, rocketing song that includes hand claps in the bridge and is music to dance to with your best friends after three too many tequilas”. Edward Christopher Sheeran MBE (born 17 February 1991) was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play No. 5 Collaborations Project. He signed with Asylum Records the same year. Sheerans debut album, + ("Plus"), was released in September 2011 and topped the UK Albums Chart. It contained his first hit single The A Team. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. Sheerans second studio album, × ("Multiply"), topped charts around the world upon its release in June 2014. It was named the second-best-selling album worldwide of 2015. In the same year, × won Album of the Year at the 2015 Brit Awards, and he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. A single from ×, Thinking Out Loud, earned him the 2016 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. Sheeran has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the worlds best-selling music artists and two of his albums are in the list of the best-selling albums in UK chart history. In December 2019, the Official Charts Company named him artist of the decade and he is the most followed artist on Spotify. An alumnus of the National Youth Theatre in London, Sheerans acting roles include appearing in the 2019 film Yesterday.