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 gets tattoo of Orca on arm in honour of daughter Lyra
thesun.co.ukED SHEERAN is having a whale of a time as a new dad – so much so that he has had an orca tattooed on his arm as a tribute to his daughter.
The singer has revealed he got the black and white inking to honour ten-month-old Lyra Antarctica, as the killer whale is native to the continent which is now her middle name.
His wife Cherry conceived their daughter while they were on a trip there, sparking the quirky moniker. Ed, who dressed up as a vampire in the video for his new single Bad Habits, which became his tenth No1 on Friday, said of his recent tattoos: “I got some vampire teeth on my shoulder for the video and an orca for Antarctica.” But even the singer admits it is not particularly poignant that he got the body art for his daughter..
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