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.
HE’S the world’s most famous pop star – instantly recognisable from here to Timbuktu after the biggest selling albums of the last decade and seemingly endless sell-out tours.
So Ed Sheeran performed an extraordinary feat when he successfully kept himself almost entirely out of the spotlight for nearly 18 months – taking a lengthy hiatus with his wife Cherry in order to enjoy time with their new baby.
Aside from a social media post announcing the birth of daughter Lyra Antarctica last summer and an appearance at a memorial service for a music industry pal earlier this year, Ed has remained almost totally unseen.
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