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 identity of his daughter’s godfather
msn.comSnow Patrol member Johnny McDaid is godfather to his daughter. The Suffolk singer-songwriter, 30, is close friends with the Northern Irish musician, 44, and introduced him to his partner of eight years, Friends actress Courteney Cox.
Sheeran welcomed daughter Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran with his wife Cherry Seaborn in September last year. Speaking on The Hits Radio Breakfast Show with Fleur East, he said of Cox: “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 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.
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