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Ed Sheeran has written "50 songs" for his third album.
The 'Thinking Out Loud' hitmaker is already hard at work on his next album following the success of his second studio LP 'x' last year, even though he doesn't want to release the collection until the end of 2016 at the earliest.
He said: "I've done 40 - maybe more like 50 songs already, and I'm not planning to release it for another year and a half, so I want to do a few more."
The 24-year-old singer/songwriter has sold out shows around the world including three nights at London's Wembley Stadium since he unveiled his last record so confessed he's feeling "pressure" to live up to people's high expectations because he doesn't want to be a disappointment.
He continued: "Because there's even more pressure now for this album. When you have a whole company depending on one thing, if I don't release the goods, it's going to be awkward."
However, Ed - who is rumoured to be dating Irish model Louise Johnston - insisted he will take a well-earned break before he finalises his next album.
He told the Daily Star newspaper: "But I haven't taken a break in between the first and second albums. We've been touring for five years without a break. I actually want to go and live in the house that I bought because I haven't lived in it yet."

Natalie Imbruglia has announced a new album.
The 40-year-old singer is returning with her first record in six years, titled 'Male', while will feature a selection of covers all originally performed and written by men including Daft Punk, The Cure, Cat Stevens, Damien Rice and Tom Petty.
She said: "I love singing. It's not just all my favourite artists; it's some new artists I discovered. It's like a cathartic album, so I got a lot off my chest and I come out at the end of it feeling strong. I'm really proud of this piece of work. And I'm just excited to share it with my fans."
The 'Torn' hitmaker - who divorced Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns in 2008 following five years of marriage - explained she was inspired to make the collection because of issues in her own life.
She continued: "I was drawn toward songs that were dealing with things that were on my mind and stuff that I was processing."
The lead track from 'Male' will be a rendition of Daft Punk's 'Instant Crush', and Natalie is very happy with the song.
She said: "It is such a beautiful story ['Instant Crush']. I'm really proud of the way it turned out."
As well as producing 'Male' - which will be released on August 21 - Natalie will be embarking on a UK tour with Simply Red in December 2015.

Natalie Imbruglia's tour dates with Simply Red are as follows:
December 1 - Dublin, Dublin 3 Arena
December 2 - Belfast, Belfast Odyssey
December 4 - Newcastle, Newcastle Metro Radio Arena
December 5 - Glasgow, Hydro Arena
December 6 - Aberdeen, Aberdeen E&CC
December 8 - Leeds, Leeds First Direct Arena
December 9 - Nottingham, Nottingham Capital FM Arena
December 11 - Liverpool, Liverpool Echo Arena
December 12 - Manchester, Manchester Phones 4 U Arena
December 13 - Birmingham, LG Arena
December 15 - Birmingham, LG Arena
December 17 - London, O2 Arena
December 18 - London, O2 Arena
December 19 - London, O2 Arena

Kanye West's new album has been leaked.
A recording of the hotly anticipated record was reportedly made from outside a listening party for the LP, titled 'Swish', with a user known as "dxnxixlrxsxnxbxrx" posting the 59-minute audio clip on link-sharing website Reddit.
However, the recording - which was shared on the Hip Hop Heads page before being deleted - was of such bad quality, many users questioned whether it was even worth listening to.
One wrote: "It's low quality as hell, but I'm hearing some new (Kanye) vocals so I'm willing to bet this this is real."
While another said: "I'm pretty thirsty for this album but if it's so low quality that it's not even a little enjoyable I won't even bother."
The 38-year-old rapper has worked with Sir Paul McCartney on the record - which is his first album since 2013's 'Yeezus' - and has already released tracks 'Only One' and 'All Day' from the LP, originally titled 'So Help Me God'.
Although the 'Gold Digger' hitmaker has yet to announce an official release date for 'Swish', he previously teased fans can expect a record full of "joy".
He said: "There's joy in it. It's not full of protest. 'Yeezus' was a protest to music, like, 'I'm gonna take my ball and go home. If I can't do what I wanna do, y'all can't have music!'
"And now it's like I can do 10 per cent of what I want to do so let's make music again."

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OMI is confident he can recreate the success of 'Cheerleader'.
The 28-year-old musician believes he has the ability to write another hit single, having already topped charts around the world this year with his catchy tune.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "If I did it already I can do it again."
The singer - whose real name is Omar Pasley - continued to say he isn't sweating over making new music because he doesn't feel "pressured" to write hits.
He said: "I just think it's all about being in that and element of creativity that I was in. I wrote the song, 'I' wrote one of the biggest songs, and that's how I keep reminding myself not to be complacent but the fact that you know, 'hey, dude, you wrote one of the biggest songs, you did that' so I mean, I keep reminding myself of that so as not to be pressured."
And although his fame has rocketed in the past few months with the success of 'Cheerleader' - which has sold over a million copies in the UK - OMI is staying "grounded" with the help of his loyal pals.
Speaking ahead of his Isle of MTV Malta performance - which will be broadcast internationally on MTV on August 1 - he added: "Professionally I've been doing music for seven years but I've always been in the studio developing my catalogue and recording and taking my music very seriously, and trying never to lose the music no matter how much fame or fortune comes with it.
"It is weird, you know, but I have very grounded people around me, people with solid moral values, you know, they keep me in line and I try to keep myself open to being in line. That's very important. You know my manager is like a father figure to me."

One Direction have launched a campaign to tackle global issues.
The 'Story Of My Life' hitmakers have announced their Action/1D manifesto, asking their fans to describe the kind of world they want to live in by sharing powerful pieces including film and photos using the #action1D hashtag on their social media channels.
The four-piece group said: "Time and again our fans have shown how creative and powerful they can be when they unite and that's why we want to all join together to speak out and hopefully make a real and lasting change to the world around us.
"Young people really do have the power to help end poverty, tackle inequality and to stop dangerous climate change. Now is the time for us to unite, take action and raise our voices to show that we care about the future of our planet."
The campaign is part of action/2015 - a global citizens' movement - which aims to make 2015 the year when world leaders set the agenda to end extreme poverty, inequality and climate change.
One Direction join a host of high profile figures including Emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Malala Yousafzai, Sir Richard Branson, Shakira, Ben Affleck, Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono who have pledged their support for action/2015.

Fifth Harmony want to collaborate with Sam Smith.
The five-piece girl group - comprised of Dinah Jane Hansen, Ally Brooke Hernandez, Camila Cabello, Normani Kordei and Lauren Jauregui - are huge fans of the 23-year-old musician and have named him as the singer at the top of the list of artists they would like to work with.
Asked about their dream collaborator, Dinah exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "I would say Sam Smith. I love how much soul he has and I feel if we could collaborate with him that would be a great collab and to just share some ballads with him would be awesome."
The girls - whose single 'Worth It' featuring Kid Ink is out now through SYCO Music - met the 'Stay With Me' hitmaker at the VMAs in 2014 and said he was "cute" during their quick conversation.
Dinah continued: "He actually tweeted us a couple times - and I actually low-key died - but we also met him at last year's VMAs. As we were walking on stage we walked past him and I remember him standing up and it was like a quick hello, like a quick meet, he's so cute."
And being a fan of his soulful music, the 18-year-old member said the group - whose album 'Reflection' will be released on Friday (10.07.15) - are "striving" to have the same level of success as the four-time Grammy Award winner.
She added: "The dream is to have as much success as he has had, we're just striving to get on that level."

Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson have teamed up with Keane's Tim Rice-Oxley to write a track.
The two One Direction members and the 'Somewhere Only We Know' hitmaker have penned the song 'Adeline' which has been registered under their names.
According to The Sun newspaper, a source said: "Liam, Louis and Tim met up for a secret writing session last year."
However, Liam and Louis are not planning on singing it themselves and are instead hoping to give it to a new artist.
The source continued: "The song won't be used by One Direction but there's a good chance Louis could give it to one of the artists signed to his new record label."
Tim, 39, already has an impressive CV with previous collaborations with Kylie Minogue and Gary Barlow under his belt.
Meanwhile, since former band member Zayn Malik's departure, Liam, Louis, Niall Horan and Harry Styles have been working on material for their new album.
Speaking about the band's world tour, 21-year-old Harry teased a "new identity" for the group.
He told Entertainment Weekly: "We're currently recording and writing our next album, so we'll be working on that. The songs are coming together quickly, so we're buzzing with the new stuff.
"It carries a slightly new identity, but I think it's an obvious change from ('Four') in a positive way. We've branched out and worked with different writers, and we've got some great songs!"

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