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 he set up his best pal with Friends star Courteney Cox
mirror.co.ukFlame-haired singer Ed Sheeran has revealed how he set up his best mate Johnny McDaid with Friends actress Courteney Cox. Speaking to Fleur East on the Hits Breakfast Radio Show, Ed explained that he was instrumental in getting the famous couple getting together having introduced them almost a decade ago.
Revealing his matchmaking skills he said: “I introduced her to my best mate Johnny (McDaid - of Snow Patrol), who I wrote Shape of You and Bad Habits with. "He's also godfather to Lyra, but yeah I introduced them like nine years ago.
She just invited me round her house and I just kept going round and then one day I brought Johnny and he didn't come home." The couple began dating in 2013 and announced their engagement a year later, but
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