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 is opening up about his COVID-19 diagnosis and how it also affected his 17-month-old daughter, Lyra. While promoting his new album, the 30-year-old musician spoke to Howard Stern about the situation and how it unfolded as his wife, Cherry Seaborn, was away.«My wife was away, so, I was there with my daughter ...
She had it, too, so it was kind of heavy,» Sheeran said, noting that there were three days that were «really bad.»«It's quite an odd thing getting [COVID-19] and then having to announce it to the world,» he continued. «I'm still sort of being treated [like I have it].»Sheeran also revealed his reasoning for announcing his diagnosis.
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