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.
Ed Sheeran and wife Cherry attend Jamal Edwards vigil after shock death
thesun.co.ukED Sheeran and his wife Cherry Seaborn joined hundreds of mourners in West London last night as he paid tribute to Jamal Edwards.
Jamal went out of his way to help Ed when he was starting out in his career - with the Joker and The Queen singer regularly appearing on SBTV.
Keen to pay his respects to the entrepreneur who tragically passed away last weekend from a heart attack aged just 31, Ed and Cherry laid flowers at a mural in Acton, London.
It's understood that Ed has personally been in contact with Jamal's mum Brenda Edwards, 52, to offer his support in whatever way he can.
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