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• Sang in a church choir with his mother from the age of 4.
• Released his first EP, The Orange Room, independently in 2005.
• Played 312 gigs in 2009 in an effort to beat his hero, British musician James Morrison, who played 200 in one year.
• First studio album, +, was released in 2011 and went to number 1 on the UK music chart.
• The official music video for his global hit "The A Team" cost a total of $32.
• Co-wrote Taylor Swift's song "Everything Has Changed," from her 2012 album Red.
• Part of the group of performers in Band Aid 30 that sang on the 2014 cover of "Do They Know it's Christmas." 
• Was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen's 2017 Birthday Honours.