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: I’d binge on food and alcohol until I'd vomit
standard.co.ukEd Sheeran has discussed suffering from anxiety, panic attacks and thoughts of self-loathing in the early days of his success.The 29-year-old explained his “addictive personality” led to him bingeing on food and alcohol while on the road, with the singer citing his 2014 world tour to promote album X as his lowest point.Speaking at the Hay House Chasing the Present Summit, Sheeran explained: “I would stay up and drink all night and then sleep on the bus.
The buses would park underneath the arenas and I'd sleep on the bus all day, then wake up and then come out, do the show, drink, get back on the bus and I didn't see sunlight for maybe four months."It's all fun and games at the start.
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