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.
EastEnders' Cheryl Fergison calls on Ed Sheeran to help launch her music career
mirror.co.ukFormer EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison has called upon the services of award winning singer-song writer Ed Sheeran to help get her pop career off the ground.
The former soap star, whose character Heather Trott was killed off in 2012, shared her hopes for a change in career on Loose Women today and thinks Ed could be the man to help her.
Ed has written songs for the likes of Justin Bieber, One Direction and Jessie Ware in the past and Cheryl told the ITV hosts that she would be happy to join that elusive list.
After host Andrea McLean revealed that Ed was friends with panelist Brenda Edwards Cheryl proceed to give an 'audition' to show off her skills.
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