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 given a sneak preview of his upcoming Christmas single, which is a duet with Elton John. Ed previously revealed that he has recorded a festive song with Elton after being approached by the music legend last year.
During an "Ed Sheeran hour" with Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2 today to celebrate the release of his new album =, Ed performed a section of the track live with his guitar. "There's loads of sleigh bells on it and it sounds a lot more Christmassy than that," he said afterwards of the currently untitled song.
Ed then admitted he is less precious about keeping his new songs locked away until their release, explaining: "A song like Shape Of You I kept secret for so long, but with Bad Habits, I was like, 'why can't I leak
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