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 Third Choice For Role In ‘Yesterday’
etcanada.comEd Sheeran wasn’t the first choice for “Yesterday”. The “Shape of You” singer wasn’t initially up for the part in Richard Curtis’ 2019 film, revealing that both Chris Martin and Harry Styles came before him. “They asked Chris Martin, he said no, they asked Harry Styles, he said no, and I was third choice,” Sheeran said on BBC Radio 1’s “Kids Ask Difficult Questions”.
RELATED: Ed Sheeran Reveals Which Of His Songs Baby Daughter Lyra Most Likes “’Yesterday’ was funny though because Richard Curtis wrote it and he lives in Suffolk and he knows me and my wife very well.
And If you look at that movie, the premise is a bloke who gets really, really, really famous ’round the world, and it’s a bit unbelievable that he got really, really famous
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