2015 was a mega year for the man who played Doyle’s pub during the summer!
Ed Sheeran confirmed his status as Ireland’s favourite international star of the moment by holding onto the top spot in the Irish album charts for the week that included Christmas Eve and ended on St.Stephen’s Day. His multi-platinum-selling album X held off stiff competition from Ireland’s new favourite son – and cover star of the Hot Press Annual – Hozier, who was at No.2 again.
The biggest movers in the upper echelons were Take That, who jumped from No.10 to No.6 with III – but they didn’t gather enough momentum to catch Sam Smith (No.3), One Direction (No.4) or Taylor Swift (No.5).
The Script were the second Irish act in the Top 10, with No Sound Without Silence at No.9. Father Ray Kelly’s Where I Belong (No.11), Imelda May’s Tribal (No.12), Hot Press Christmas issue cover stars The Coronas' The Long Way (No.13) and Nathan Carter’s Christmas Stuff (No.14) almost make a flush of Irish artists just outside the Top 10. Other Irish albums in the Top 30 include Damien Rice: My Faded Fantasy (No.17); Tommy Fleming: The West’s Awake (No.19); and U2: Songs of Innocence (No.24).
For a full run-down on the Albums of the Year, see the Hot Press Annual, with Hozier on the front cover.
The ceremony for the Awards, held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, was hosted by Kelly Clarkson.
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Saturday afternoon in Dublin. A unique underage show in Whelan's. Onstage - Damien Rice. And in the crowd, a freckled, flame-haired kid of just 13 years of age...
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Currently in the midst of playing to 1/12th of the Irish population, STUART CLARK gets the inside word on ED SHEERAN from some of his closest musical allies, recalls his own time hanging out with the stadium-filling superstar, and hears about his very first visit to Dublin home from home, Whelan’s.
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In front of 40,000 people, Ed Sheeran was a one man army at the reborn Pairc Ui Chaoimh with support of Anne Marie, Jamie Lawson and Beoga.
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“This was one of the best gigs I was ever at,” says Victor Barry – and a cast of 40,000 agrees!
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Not ones to disagree with as many as 400,000 Irish fans, Hot Press gained exclusive insight into Ed Sheeran’s incredible career, ahead of his monumental Irish tour next month.
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A Ticketmaster outlet in Cork City has been forced to re-issue information about ticket regulations ahead of Ed Sheeran's gigs, particularly in Páirc Uí Chaoimh in May.
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Ed Sheeran and Kendrick Lamar both lead the way with a staggering 15 nominations each this year.
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The special fund-raising event, scheduled for June this year, will be hosted by the the broadcaster and writer, Dermot O'Leary
Read More Along with Irish folk band Beoga and singer-songwriter Anne-Marie and, Ed Sheeran recorded a live studio version of the classic Pogues song on BBC's Radio 1's Live Lounge yesterday.
Read More Spotify has released its end of year charts, showing the most streamed songs, artists and albums of 2017.
Read More The music video for Ed Sheeran's latest single Perfect from the album ÷ was released today.
Read More Ed Sheeran has released the lyric video for his new single 'Perfect'.
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Ed Sheeran visited Ghana last year to work with two local producers, Fuse ODG and Kill Beatz.
Read More God knows how he finds the time in his ultra busy schedule, but Ed Sheeran has a not only penned the first single off Jamie Lawson’s new album but is also releasing it on his own record label Gingerbread Man Records.
Read More He is the biggest selling male solo artist on the planet, but Ed Sheeran still doesn't believe he stands a snowball's chance in hell of winning the Mercury Prize.
Read More Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith are some of the heavyweight names who have written new tracks for Boyzone’s upcoming 25th anniversary album.
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The platinum selling artist plays a soldier with a song to sing.
Read More Divide once again tops the Irish Album Charts.
Read More Your very last chance to bag tickets is on Saturday July 15 at 9am!
Read More The folky popstar continues his reign over the chart.
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Lady Gaga has come to Ed Sheeran's defense after he quit Twitter earlier this week in response to the online abuse he faced on the social media platform.
Read More What do Ed Sheeran and Eminem have in common? Well, maybe a biopic if all goes as planned.
Read More Ed Sheeran's Irish tour doesn't kick off until next year, and tickets haven't even gone on sale yet, but already local hotels are looking to cash in with price hikes of up to 300 euro.
Read More Ed Sheeran has announced that he has "come off Twitter completely" in response to the negativity he has dealt with on the site.
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The Suffolk singer announced seven dates in Ireland this morning and has also taken steps to cut ticket touts out of the equation.
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2018 is going to be another milestone year for the honorary Irishman...
Read More He may not be everyone's favourite singer, but EdSheeran faced an unnecessary amount of hate for his Glastonbury performance on Sunday, with people falsely claiming that the singer was using a "backing track" in his songs.
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Zara Larsson has just uploaded onto social media the new music video for her latest single co-written with Ed Sheeran, which is taken from her top five album.
Read More The unyielding Suffolk singer enters the double digits as his third album, ÷, marks 10 weeks at the top of the Album Charts.
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Despite emerging media reports this morning, Ed Sheeran is adamant he's not quitting music anytime soon...
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It'll be music to the ears of Ed Sheeran's fans. The singer-songwriter has just been confirmed as a co-host on 2FM's The Eoghan McDermott Show this Thursday.
Read More Ed Sheeran took to a pub in Salthill yesterday to record the music video to his song 'Galway Girl'.
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Songwriters for X-Factor winner Matt Cardle accused Ed Sheeran of "unabashedly taking credit" for their work in his song 'Photograph'.
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Elsewhere, Kendrick Lamar's new track, "Humble", makes it to number eleven in its first week.
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Man of the moment, Ed Sheeran is to make a surprise cameo appearance in 'Game of Thrones', it has just been confirmed.
Read More Breaking records and taking names, Ed Sheeran has one again proved that he is the dominant force in the Irish Charts.
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No doubt Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift fans will be thrilled to hear the news that the two solo superstars are planning to record together again...
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÷ went on general release at 12am this morning.
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Tower Records (Dublin) Music Zone (Cork) and OMG @ Zhivago (Galway) will be open at midnight tonight to give Ed Sheeran fans the chance to get their own copy of ÷ as soon as possible!
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A live performance of Ed Sheeran performing the rap-heavy song 'Eraser' from his new album ‘÷’, which is out on 3 March, has just been uploaded on social media sites.
Read More Both his new singles show no sign of coming down from the top of the charts, even in their seventh week.
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Superstar Ed Sheeran recently revealed that he has a staggering 60 tattoos all over his body, but he’s now said – albeit with tongue-firmly-in-cheek (we hope!) – that he would consider getting a new piece of body art... of an image of Sir Elton John’s face on a place where the sun doesn’t shine!
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His Dublin gigs are sold out – and he is back with two albums in the top five. Make no mistake: in Ireland, Ed Sheeran is one of the most popular artists of all time...
Read More Suffolks' finest stays at number one for the fourth week running with new single 'The Shape of You'.
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The new album will be released March 3.
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Intriguingly, there's a song called 'Galway Girl'...
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Niamh Dunne and her bandmates flew over to his studio late last year...
Read More 'Castle On The Hill' and 'The Shape Of You' represent very different sides of the Suffolk singer.
Read More Ed Sheeran left a pretty strong hint on Facebook on Sunday that new music would be released on Friday.
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Exactly one year after having left Twitter - down to the exact minute - Ed Sheeran posted his first tweet of the year, leading people to believe that he's gearing up to make a major announcement.
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Sheeran's music received positively by airport crowds as part of new policy
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Read More Although we don't know how reliable these 'sources' are, it's interesting to see the amount of traction this particular rumor has gathered.
Read More We haven't heard much from the singer-songwriter since he took a career hiatus but he's still making an impact on the charts.
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The lyrical mastermind steps out of his chosen genre to spit some fast paced Slim Shady lines
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Frank Gleeson of the Mercantile Group is set to lead a new company that brings together some of Ireland's most iconic bars, venues and restaurants...
Read More Fans were asked to vote for their favourite live event of the year - and the flame-haired singer-songwriter's two shows in Croke Park won the day
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Read More The English star posted a photo to Instagram for the grand reveal
Read More Track is included in the new Wembley Edition of x
Read More They're seriously rocking out together on 'Lay It All On Me'!
Read More The flame-haired star is back on his Irish Albums Chart perch.
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It will include four new songs and his Jumpers For Goalposts concert film
Read More Markus Feehily and Demi Lovato gave him a run for his money.
Read More A galaxy of stars were in attendance for the premiere of Jumpers For Goalposts
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Read More Soak is the only Irish contender, while Foals also make a strong showing...
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Even the legendary Dr. Dre couldn't keep the honorary Irishman down for long.
Read More Guests were in for a surpirse when Ed Sheeran appeared at the wedding of Ronan Keating and Storm Uechtritz earlier this week.
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Stuart Clark got up close - and really quite personal! - With Ed Sheeran ahead of his two Croke Park sellouts. With Jamie Lawson riding shotgun with him, he was in super-talkative mood...
Read More Whether it's dedicated to Cecil the Lion or just the latest in a line of eccentric tattoo choices (one includes a logo of Heinz tomato ketchup), this one is not for the faint-hearted
Read More + and x top the Irish Albums Chart for third week in a row.
Read More Our man Stuart Clark got all cuddly with Ed at Croker.
Read More The track 'Growing Up' has arrived, free of charge, as Ed promised.
Read More At 5pm today fans will be able to download Sheeran's newest single for free
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The star says he'd perform his walkout song à la Sinead O'Connor.
Read More He had originally planned to play Cork, Limerick and other Irish cities this summer.
Read More Hearts were set alight on Saturday night as Kodaline's Jay proposed to his girlfriend live on stage at Ed Sheeran's Croker gig.
Read More All killer, no filler as one man takes on a stadium... With a little help from his Kodaline friends.
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Ed Sheeran played to a capacity Croke Park. Hot Press' Kathrin Baumbach took the photos as Ireland's favourite grandson wowed the 80,000+ fans .
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The flame-haired troubadour was in fine form at a Croke Park press conference this afternoon.
Read More + and x are the best-selling albums in the country ahead of Croke Park gigs
Read More It's all about Ed Sheeran this weekend as the honorary Irishman plays two insanely sold-out shows in Croke Park which, natch, will be covered on hotpress.com...
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Other Voices stage receives surprise guests
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Read More Sheeran has slammed claims made by Morrissey that the modern music industry is "obvious and predictable"
Read More One of Love/Hate's most famous fan's Ed Sheeran, invited a very special guest to his Wembley gig last night
Read More The flame-haired star's second has lasted 53 weeks and counting.
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Latest single from x gets the visual treatment
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"Bloodstream" is the latest single from singer-songwriter Sheeran's smash hit album X.
Read More The superstar adds a new venture to his already stellar music career
Read More He's overtaking Noel Gallagher in the race at the top of the Irish Albums Chart.
Read More Croke Park fever has pushed the flame-haired star back to the top.
Read More Tickets for both dates at the stadium sold out within an hour of going on sale this morning
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You can queue barge for his Croke Park show by logging on to the singer's website!
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For blowing Ed Sheeran's Croker announcement this morning...
Read More Ed Sheeran’s extraordinary Irish love affair continues with a July 24 show in Croke Park, tickets for which go on sale on Thursday February 26.
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Elsewhere, it's Top 10 entries from Meghan Trainor and our own Jape.
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HP sharpshooter Kathrin Baumbach was on hand to capture some of the excitement of the night
Read More Fans and atmosphere at Ed Sheeran's Whelan's show soaked up by hotpress.com's Kathrin Baumbach.
Read More To say that the tickets were like gold-dust is to understate it by about 1000%. But Ed Sheeran's show at the renowned Dublin venue turned out to be as good as expected - and then some...
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They're queuing round the block on Wexford Street to grab wristbands for tomorrow's main event
Read More Eamon Sweeney's review declared that the only way is up for the ginger hero.
Read More Before X arrived to match the success of his debut, Ed Sheeran talked to Hot Press about his struggles writing the record and the help he got from a few famous friends – namely Pharrell and Rick Rubin...
Read More Though we're impatiently counting down the days to his Whelan's show, in reality we've been spoiled by opportunities to catch the flame haired wonder on our shores, as this trip down memory lane proves
Read More It was late 2012 and, as we prepared for the Mayan-predicted end of the world, we figured a good way to go out would be chatting to everyone's favourite flame-haired pop star. Celina Murphy caught up with a post-Olympics Ed Sheeran...
Read More Following on from yesterday's collection of his finest cover versions, we've a recent concert performance 'Six Of The Best' from the Whelan's-bound sensation.
Read More A memorable chinwag with Celina Murphy from Electric Picnic 2012...
Read More Apparently the drink flows freely if you get back to the singer's hotel room.
Read More Whilst possessing more than enough crowd-pleasers of his own, Ed Sheeran has always been partial to a cover version - here's our pick of the bunch
Read More With his VH1 Storytellers gig in Whelan's coming up on Saturday, hotpress.com is going a little - actually, make that a lot! - Ed Sheeran crazy this week with a veritable treasure trove of interviews, photos, reviews, videos and lots, lots more.
Read More His remarkable run sees off competition from Hozier, Taylor Swift and more for another week.
Read More He was the success story of 2011 and not even your humble Hot Press know-it-alls predicted it – scruffy song and guitar man Ed Sheeran had just signed his first record deal six months previous, and already shifted a million singles, with album sales not far behind. Celina Murphy met the then 20 year-old folk-rapper to talk fans, Lego and sneaking into Beyoncé’s album launch.
Read More Want to be at the live broadcast of his VH1 special in Whelan's, Dublin, on January 24?
Read More Having scored the first Irish No. 1 album of the year last week, Sheeran remains immovable at the chart summit.
Read More Superstar lines-up TV special for Wexford St. venue
Read More The first Irish number one album of the year has been scored by Ed Sheeran who holds on to the top spot with X.
Read More The year’s biggest stars are the biggest sellers this Christmas
Read More The performers for the February ceremony have been confirmed.
Read More The singer-songwriter overtook One Direction last week and shows no signs of slowing down.
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Flame-haired troubadour climbs the summit once more...
Read More The 16 year old singer-songwriter gives a delicate touch to the latest Ed Sheeran release.
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The promo for 'Thinking Out Loud' is now online.
Read More Ed Sheeran playing the 3Arena on Friday, 3 October 2014.
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Hot Press was on hand to see one of pop's hottest properties delighting the crowd at 3Arena.
Read More The flame-haired star will also be on The Late Late Show tonight.
Read More Hozier’s amazing week continues with Ed Sheeran paying him the compliment of covering ‘Take Me To Church’ today when he swung by the BBC Radio One Live Lounge.
Read More He's been locked in a battle with Sinead O'Connor all week.
Read More The flame-haired pop star has dethroned Garth Brooks on the Irish Album Charts, after weeks on top for the country icon.
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Ed Sheeran’s rise to the top has been meteoric. Or has it? The hottest solo property in pop talks about working with Pharrell and Rick Rubin, the crisis he endured last year and why, unlike his friends in One Direction, nobody would be too surprised if he was caught smoking weed...
Read More It's the second official single from his hit album, 2014's x.
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That's right, everyone's favourite red-haired phenomenon stopped into Doyles on College Green for a surprise show last night.
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Pop’s hottest property talks to Hot Press’ Craig Fitzpatrick about collaborating with Pharell and Rick Rubin, One Direction's brush with weed-related controversy and more...
Read More Ed Sheeran smashes Coldplay's first week sale figures...
Read More Flame-haired troubadour hits the heights with sophomore album...
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The ginger one puts Sam Smith and John Legend under increasing pressure this week.
Read More The flame-haired troubadour jumps straight in at the top-spot.
Read More With his three other dates there already sold-out, Ed Sheeran has announced an additional October 3 show in Dublin's O2.
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The X man played a covert show in Vicar Street yesterday – stream it now if you missed it (or are one of the lucky ones reliving it)…
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The singer performed at the Teenage Cancer Trust show on March 24.
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'I See Fire' is the lead single from The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug's soundtrack.
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Check out some behind the scenes footage from Ed Sheeran's recent Irish trip
Read More As we continue to build up to his Whelan's Storytellers appearance on Saturday, we take a look at what Eamon Sweeney made of Sheeran's visit to the then-O2 Arena.
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It's as you were at the top of the Irish album chart this week...
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Red hair, freckles, familiarity with the entire Planxty back catalogue, and a tendency to turn up in Whelan's. That's it decided then, Ed Sheeran is our Honorary Irishman of 2012...
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Glen Hansard and Bell X1 have also announced shows.
Read More Glen Hansard and Bell X1 have also announced shows.
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A huge crowd was in attendance for his appearance.
Read More Ed Sheeran draws a huge crowd to the Hot Press Chartoom this afternoon at Electric Picnic 2012
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Read More And Rita Ora has the week's top selling single...
Read More The singer-songwriter has been tweeting with delight.
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There are also nods for Jessie J, Coldplay, Noel Gallagher and more...
Read More He’s the success story of the year and not even your humble Hot Press know-it-alls predicted it – scruffy song and guitar man Ed Sheeran may have just signed his first record deal six months ago, but he’s already shifted a million singles, with album sales not far behind. Celina Murphy meets the 20 year-old folk-rapper to talk fans, Lego and sneaking into Beyoncé’s album launch.
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