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 considered packing it all in after he became a dad, to focus on raising his daughter, Lyra, 11 months, who he shares with wife Cherry Seaborn, 29.
The singer, 30, who has sold over 150million records, said after his little girl was born he thought: 'I'm just going to be a dad, I'm not going to play music anymore. 'Luckily, the Bad Habits hit-maker changed his mind and decided it was for the best for him and his family that he continue making music.
Speaking to SiriusXM he said: 'In my year off, I was kind of searching for who I was because I stopped playing music for a bit.
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