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 to join Celebrity Gogglebox in place of Sir Tom Jones
msn.comGogglebox. The Welsh singer has been replaced by fellow musician Ed Sheeran for the upcoming episode. Ed will join Tom’s former sofa companion Anne Marie and will be on the Channel 4 show from this Friday, July 9. READ MORE: Ryan Reynolds is the latest star to read a CBeebies bedtime story Wales Online reported how during previous appearances on the hit show, Tom had left viewers in hysterics with his flip phone confession and his reaction to discovering what a 'Prince Albert piercing' is, as well as his down-to-earth nature on the show.
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