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 fans go wild as he announces new album = saying it’s his ‘best work ever’
thesun.co.ukED Sheeran has announced a brand new album which he says is the “best bit of work that I’ve done”. The superstar will release the record, called Equals, on October 29 and has today released a new song from it called Visiting Hours.
He announced it in an Instagram Live where he said the album had been inspired by “new life” following the birth of his daughter Lyra with his wife Cherry Seaborn last year.
Ed said: “I am putting out my fourth studio solo album on October 29th and it’s going to be called Equals, which you might have guessed. “I painted part of the cover over lockdown, just splatting paint on a canvas and then my friend Zack has designed the cover, which is great. “The symbolism behind the album is new life - I’ve been through,.
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