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 Reveals How Elton John Finally Convinced Him To Collaborate On A Christmas Song
etcanada.comEd Sheeran and Elton John have a Christmas song on the way. Sheeran chatted to Jimmy Fallon on Monday’s “Tonight Show”, confirming John had convinced him to write a festive track. “I’ve always been quite against it [a Christmas song].
Not that I don’t like Christmas, I love Christmas, but in terms of doing a Christmas song, you need to chuck the kitchen sink at it.” READ MORE: Elton John Says Says He’s ‘In Pain Most Of The Time’ Due To Hip Injury He revealed how they’d written three tracks, including one called “Merry Christmas”.
However, he thought he was going to have to change the title given that it’s such a popular holiday phrase. Sheeran then told Fallon how there actually wasn’t a song called “Merry Christmas”, which surprised
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