Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.A paedophile who confessed to having an “unhealthy sexual interest” in children was snared with more than 2,400 indecent images and videos.Barry McCormick, 34, was caught with horrific videos and pictures depicting the sexual abuse of girls as young as six, and boys as young as 12, when cops raided his house following a tip-off from child protection officers.Paisley Sheriff Court heard shamed McCormick had downloaded - and was even sharing - the vile material with other perverts via an online programme on his computer.Procurator fiscal depute Ed Sheeran told the court that police staged a dawn raid.
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