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 would love to represent the UK at Eurovision “one day”
completemusicupdate.comIf you heard Ed Sheeran’s new single ‘Bad Habits’ and thought it sounded like an alright Eurovision entry, maybe you’re onto something.
Sheeran has said that he would like to represent the UK at the big old Eurovision Song Contest “one day”. He will have to sever his relationship with long-term manager Stuart Camp though.“Eurovision is my favourite thing to watch every year”, Sheeran told Dutch broadcaster Humberto Tan. “I love it … I texted my manager being like, ‘I’m gonna do this one day’ and he was just like, ‘Not on my watch'”.“I think if I’m gonna do it, England has to be loved by Europe again, and I don’t know if that’s gonna happen”, he added.“We do love England”, Tan told him.
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