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 revealed his daughter Lyra's very famous godfather. The hit supremo, who has 10-month-old Lyra with wife Cherry Seaborn, confirmed Snow Patrol band member and Courtney Cox's boyfriend Johnny McDaid has been given the honour.
Ed, 30, set up his pal Johnny with the Friends actress nearly a decade ago after they penned songs together. Explaining how they hit it off, he said: "I introduced her to my best mate Johnny, who I wrote Shape of You and Bad Habits with. "He's also godfather to Lyra, but yeah I introduced them like nine yearsago. "She just invited me round her house and I just kept going round andthen one day I brought Johnny and he didn't come home." Ed is also friendly with Sir Elton John, who used to regularly call.
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