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’s mum chases her dreams and becomes a music teacher
metro.co.ukEd Sheeran’s mum has followed her dreams to become a music teacher and we want to sign up to her class. His mother Imogen set up a project to encourage primary school kids to get into singing and is the director of the Suffolk Kodaly Community Interest Company.
According to The Sun, it aims to provide ‘progressive music education to children in schools across the east of Suffolk.’ ‘Kodaly’s approach to music education is based on teaching, learning and understanding music through the experience of singing — giving direct access to the world of music without the technical problems involved with the use of an instrument,’ Imogen wrote in a document.
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