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 “pop peers actively want me to fail”
completemusicupdate.comEd Sheeran says he’s not accepted by other pop stars. In fact, many want to see him fail. The support he gets from within the music industry, he adds, comes from rappers, rather than peers within his own genre.
And Elton John, of course.Speaking to DJ Chuckie Online on a new episode of the Halfcast Podcast, Sheeran says that many of his “pop peers” not only dislike him but “actively want me to fail”, while a small number of artists, including Stormzy and Dave, are very supportive.“I know lots of people in the industry and I enjoy hanging out with everyone”, he says. “But … I know so many artists who, whenever I win [they roll their eyes] and, actually, actively want me to fail.
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