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.
DURING his record-breaking touring days Ed Sheeran was trousering £192,000 A DAY from live shows. But it’s fair to say that particular income stream has taken a pretty steep nose dive — with the singer songwriter now picking up just £1.62 a day.
A source said: “Ed’s accounts for his company Hayagotatourboi Touring make for funny reading. “He has absolutely raked it in from his tours and in the past three years the firm has made more than £250million. “Ed made so much cash it worked out at him earning £192,000 a day. "But now he’s taken a break he’s living a little more like us, with a daily income of £1.62.” Ed’s Divide tour in 2019 was the highest grossing of all time, with him earning £587million after selling 8.9million tickets across.
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