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 teaching school kids how to play his hits on guitar in lockdown
dailystar.co.ukEd Sheeran has offered his musical services to locked-down school children. With schools closed for the foreseeable future due to coronavirus, the British hitmaker shared his guitar knowledge to youngsters.
During his virtual lesson, the 29-year-old answered questions as well as teaching them to play some of his chart-topping tunes, such as Perfect, on guitar.
Timothy Spoerer, music director at Ecclesbourne Primary School, Thornton Heath, South London, surprised kids in a Zoom call with his close friend.
The singer told them: "I basically wasn’t very smart at school I thought I was an idiot for a very long time. "I couldn’t do maths, science, and English, and I was told to be successful in life you had to do those things. "I loved playing
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