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 getting candid about overcoming his “addictive personality.” In a new interview with the Sun, the 29-year-old revealed some of the unhealthy habits he developed as his career took off. “I have a very addictive personality.
Very, very addictive personality,” he said. RELATED: Ed Sheeran Donates $289,000 To His Former School “I’m reading Elton John’s book at the moment and there are so many things that he did that I do,” Sheeran continued. “He would be like, ‘I would just go on an ice cream binge and eat four f***ing desserts until I throw it up,’ and I was like, ‘I’ve done that before.’ “Or his martini binges, where he sees how many he can drink.
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