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 has ignited rumours he is about to make a spectacular return to the world of music – after retiring at the end of last year.
The 29-year-old singer-songwriter left fans devastated last year when he announced he was taking time out from music after spending years on the read and releasing albums back to back.
But now he has left fans thrilled and excited after he reacted to a social media post to signal his return to the forefront of music could be imminent.
A fan account on Instagram issued a lengthy theory about Ed returning to music as soon as next week ahead of the release of a new album rumoured to be called ‘Subtract’ – with the star himself responding to the theory.
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