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 'was desperate to sign Stormzy to his record label but failed'
mirror.co.ukEd Sheeran missed out on signing Stormzy to his record label – despite the Big For your Boots singer being a close personal friend.
Despite already being worth an estimated £200 million, 29-year-old Ed missed out on making himself even richer by milking his mate Stormzy – real name Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr, 27.
Back in 2015, Ed launched his own record label called Gingerbread Man Records – a subsidiary of Warner Music. Now, according to one of Ed’s closest work partners, it has been revealed the Lego House singer was gagging to snap up Stormzy on his own record label, but missed out.
Ed’s manager Stuart Camp is quoted by The Sun on Sunday saying: “Ed wanted to sign Stormzy to Gingerbread but that was when Atlantic was still
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