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.
‘I love to think of myself as a normal person’: Rita Ora forgets she’s famous despite being chart-topping artist
metro.co.ukRita Ora still wouldn’t consider herself famous.The 31-year-old singer rose to fame in 2012 with her debut single R.I.P and has collaborated with the biggest artists in the industry, from Charli XCX to Ed Sheeran.If that wasn’t enough, she’s landed a judging role on two of ITV’s biggest shows, The X Factor and The Masked Singer.However, the star revealed that when people pose a question relating to fame, she brands her celebrity status as a ‘very weird concept.’During the latest issue of Harper’s Bazaar’s Australia, Rita said: ‘People ask me all the time, “what is fame like?” and it’s really hard to explain fame if you’re not in it.‘And it’s really hard to explain fame if you’re not in it.
It’s a very weird concept.’In spite of the spotlight that has followed the songwriter over the past decade, Rita claimed that some are often surprised by her ‘down to earth’ persona, and the intense attention ‘comes with the territory.’‘I don’t really think about it as a reality… I don’t bring it home with me.
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