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 busks on the street with guitar in hand in pre-fame throwback snaps
ok.co.ukNewly released throwback snaps of Ed Sheeran show him as a fresh-faced twenty year old singing outside the home of Stuart Camp, who would later go on to become his longtime manager.
It's evident that Ed, now 30, has stayed true to his singing style over the years as the images show him with a guitar in hand while exhibiting his vocal prowess to onlookers back in April 2011.
Dressed in a casual hoodie and sporting his signature red locks, the Shape Of You hitmaker looked very much at ease as he sang away while standing on the pavement in just his socks.
Witnessing Ed on the cup of stardom clearly impressed former chicken factory worker Stuart, who can be seen in the background with his then-girlfriend and now wife, Liberty Shaw.
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