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 proposed to his now wife Cherry back in 2018, thee years after the couple started their relationship following a long friendship.
The childhood sweethearts are secondary school classmates, and welcomed their first child last September, a baby girl they called Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran.
Ed Sheeran has now opened up on the moment he proposed to his wife, and her hysterical reaction to his sweet gesture.The 30 year old singer, who has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, shared his engagement story on Swedish chat show Skavlan.
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