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 discusses beloved grandmother's death and thanks 'incredible' NHS
mirror.co.ukEd Sheeran has shared on visiting his terminally ill grandmother's bedside almost daily during her final months. The hitmaker's beloved Granny Anne died in 2016 when he was on a hiatus from music and the Sing musician says he is forever thankful to the "incredible" and "unique" NHS workers at Aldeburgh Hospital in Suffolk who cared for her.
The grateful star, 29, shared his thanks for everything that the National Health Service has done for him and his family by contributing a special letter to the tribute book Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You, which has been compiled by Doctor Adam Kay.
Writing from the heart, he shared in the note: "I was lucky enough not to be on tour during my grandmother's final months, and because I lived
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