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 Very First Demo Album Is Being Auctioned Off Despite Him Insisting ‘I Don’t Want Anyone Else To Get Hold Of A Copy’
etcanada.comEd Sheeran’s very first demo album, Spinning Man, is up for auction. Sheeran recorded the album in 2004 when he was just 13.
It’s said the CD is being sold by a friend’s brother of some relatives he stayed with while making money busking, the Evening Standard reported.
A description on the auction, held by Omega Auctions, which is expected to see the LP fetch around $17,300, read: “A rare promotional CD, self-released in very limited numbers circa 2005 as a demonstration of Ed Sheeran’s recorded material.
14 tracks. The CD bears handwritten title and credit by Ed Sheeran. 21 copies of the CD are known to exist, with the majority are thought to be owned by Ed Sheeran.” Credit: Omega Auctions Sheeran spoke about the demo in his 2014 book Ed
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