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JAMIE Lawson is living proof that if you stick to your guns, your hard work will eventually pay off.

The British singer-songwriter has been making music for about two decades now but hit pay dirt only after being the first artiste to be signed to Ed Sheeran's Gingerbread Man Records last year.

His self-titled album debuted at the top spot of the UK charts in October, ironically displacing Sheeran's X and knocking it down to No 2, all thanks to the latter suggesting they re-release it with the hit single Wasn't Expecting That.

The jaunty folk-pop number was originally from Lawson's third album of the same name from 2011, which peaked at number 11 in Ireland the same year. Speaking over the phone in the midst of his Australian tour, the Sheeran protege, who…