Newer, Budding Music Acts Sell Out Top Venues

In just two years, English singer Ed Sheeran has gone from the small stage to the big league.

The 22-year-old earned a gold album with his 2011 debut, +, and his Top 20 hit, “The A Team,” was nominated for song of the year at the Grammy Awards, but his biggest achievement comes this week: He is performing three shows at the famed Madison Square Garden.

Sheeran is part of a breed of newer and lesser known acts who are able to sell out top venues, even if they aren’t pushing millions and millions of albums and singles like Eminem and Justin Timberlake, or dominating with chart-topping tracks and radio airplay like Katy Perry or Rihanna.

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Article by: Associated Press

(Owen Sweeney / Invision / AP)
(Owen Sweeney / Invision / AP)

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