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 is a household name and one of the most recognisable British music stars worldwide. Now as the star turns 30-years-old, just what is the flame-haired singer's story?
Edward Christopher Sheeran was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire on February 17, 1991 as the son of parents who both worked in art galleries.
The family moved to Framlingham, Suffolk when Ed was young and his dad continued to work as an art curator and his mother as a culture publicist and jewellery designer, with both also running an art consultancy firm until 2010.
Ed learned to play the guitar from the age of 11 and had sung in a choir from the tender age of four. While being educated locally at Thomas Mills High School, it was here that Ed began writing songs and
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