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 ‘SNL’ Appearance Was Never in Question, Even During ‘Really Bad’ COVID Symptoms
variety.comChris Willman Music WriterWhether Ed Sheeran would fulfill his “Saturday Night Live” booking this weekend was a matter of suspense for a lot of people — but not for Sheeran himself, who says that “I was always playing that,” no matter what anyone else expected.He discussed his brief bout with the disease on SiriusXM’s “The Howard Stern Show,” establishing that it came and went during a short time frame but that he had “really, really, really bad symptoms” for about three days.Of people’s surprise that he was back and ready for “SNL” action so quickly, Sheeran told Stern, “Yeah, I don’t know why there was a huge furor about that.
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