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 says many of his pop peers “actively want him to fail”
nme.comEd Sheeran has said he doesn’t feel accepted by his “pop peers”, claiming that many “actively want [him] to fail”.The singer-songwriter last month released his fourth studio album ‘=’, which scored him the fifth UK Number One record of his career.
He’s said to take the LP on a mammoth stadium tour next summer.During an interview on a recent edition of the Halfcast Podcast, Sheeran explained: “In terms of people that actually root for me and want me to win… I know so many artists who, whenever I win, scoff, and actually, actively want me to fail.“But they would never tell me, I just know.
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