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 amassed a £57 million property empire and hasn't borrowed a penny from the banks to finance it. The 29-year-old singer has put his alleged £200 million fortune to good use by paying for his properties in cash, including 22 houses and apartments in London alone.
As well as buying up in the capital, Ed has a sprawling estate in Suffolk, that has a number of properties in a 'mini-village' created by the chart-topping star.
It is a far cry from the moment that Ed slept rough in front of Buckingham Palace, riding the tube so he somewhere to sleep.
Fame brought fortune and Ed decided to shun any loans from financial institutions and pay for the lot in notes. Among Ed's property purchases are a £20 million pad in London's Notting
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