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 Elton John are getting into the festive spirit for their new collaboration!
The pair announced that their highly-anticipated new song would be released on Friday (December 3) with a fun Love Actually themed video. Click inside to read more… The video shows Ed knocking on Elton‘s door with some note cards, channeling Andrew Lincoln‘s character confessing his love for Kiera Knightly‘s character in the 2003 holiday film. “Just under a year ago, I called @edsheeran to see if he wanted to make a Christmas single with me and now it’s nearly here!” Elton wrote on Twitter. “‘Merry Christmas’ will be out Fri 3 Dec with all proceeds from this year’s Christmas period going to the Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation & [the Elton John
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