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 gushes over pals Jedward and admits he almost used a very similar stage
evoke.ieEd Sheeran has revealed that during his early career he considered changing his stage name to Redward but ended up counting the lucky stars he didn’t make the switch after Irish twins Jedward burst onto the scene.
Redward was supposed to be in reference to Ed’s bright red hair and the idea came to him after he found his own name looked a bit strange when he saw it on posters.
The A-Team singer recalled: ‘When I was like 16, 17 or maybe it was 18, I considered changing it to Redward. And then Jedward came on X Factor and I was like I’m so happy I didn’t.’ Nowadays though, Ed considers Jedward members John and Edward Grimes to be pals and he recounted to Off Menu podcast how he first met the singing duo when he randomly drove past them in
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