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.
© 2019 David M. Benett LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: (L-R) Max Martin, Miriam-Teak Lee and Ed Sheeran attend the press night performance of "& Juliet" at Shaftesbury Theatre on November 20, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by David M.
Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images) Ed Sheeran has reportedly donated £170,000 to his old secondary school. The musician, 29, who went to Thomas Mills High School in Suffolk during his teenage years, is said to have made the contributions in a bid to help find the next global superstar who can follow in his footsteps.
Over the past two years, the A Team hitmaker's charity Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation has provided the school with cameras, MacBooks and a photography darkroom for its art and IT
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