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 has revealed that only a very few of his musician mates congratulated him on his latest album, as he claimed that plenty of popstars ‘actively want him to fail’.The Bad Habits hitmaker smashed it once again with his new album = (Equals) which has hit the top of the chart.However, despite the star knowing plenty of people in the music industry, he revealed that only Stormzy, Dave and Sir Elton John congratulated him on his latest achievement.‘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,’ he said.‘But they would never tell me, I just know.
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