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 Is ‘Going Back’ To Daddy Duties Following Platinum Jubilee Performance
etcanada.comFollowing a performance honouring the Queen that was watched by millions, Ed Sheeran’s next project will be changing diapers.
Sheeran, who recently welcomed his second daughter with wife Cherry Seaborn, performed at Sunday’s Platinum Pageant outside the gates of Buckingham Palace in London, part of the weekend-long celebrations marking Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee.
Interviewed before his performance, reported the Daily Mail, Sheeran was asked, “So you have been let off daddy duties?” READ MORE: Ed Sheeran Celebrates The Birth Of His Daughter With New Track ‘Welcome To The World’ “I’m going back after this,” Sheeran replied. “I think we’re going to have a curry.” As Sheeran explained, this particular performance is full of meaning for him. “This is like a full circle nostalgia moment.
This is the event I picked up a guitar at seeing Eric Clapton and then 10 years ago go to play it at the Diamond Jubilee,” he said. “I find it really surreal.
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