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 lookalike ex-soldier once sniffed almost 100 aerosol cans
dailystar.co.ukAn ex-soldier who once sniffed 100 aerosol cans now earns his living as an Ed Sheeran tribute act. Mathew Cresswell is just 27-years old-but has already seen and done so much.
He spiralled into drug addiction after suffering a broken leg while on an army training exercise and ended up sleeping in woods.
He said: “I remember one weekend while I was living accommodation in Burton. On the Friday there were no aerosols in my room and by the Monday there were 98 empty cans." His solvent abuse led to him getting kicked out of his accommodation and after a period of 'sofa surfing', ended up on streets, sleeping rough in woods around Linton.
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