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 donates £200k and boosts results at old school where he met wife Cherry
mirror.co.ukPupils at Ed Sheeran’s old school are getting their best-ever results thanks to the singer’s gift of 200,000 notes. The 29-year-old – who got an F in his music exams – gave the cash to fund musical kit, computers, photographic gear and art resources.
The donation to Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham, Suffolk – where he met wife Cherry – was revealed in a progress report.
He then went on to get that low mark when he left the school. The school’s director of music, Richard Hanley, said: “The grant sets the school apart in access to exceptional arts provision. "Thank you. “I feel privileged to work in a school with such excellent facilities.” Head of art Nikki Sholl revealed photography results had been the best in the six years the
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