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.
Inside Shane Warne's close friendship with Ed Sheeran and their haunting final call
ok.co.ukThe world was recently shaken with the news that Shane Warne had passed at the age of 52. Shane was a household name after a successful career as an Australian bowler, and fans and friends flooded social media with tributes after his unexpected death.
Shane died unexpectedly in Thailand just hours after he paid tribute on social media to cricketer Rod Marsh, who also died of a heart attack aged 74 in the early hours of Friday morning.
His ex-girlfriend Liz Hurley has since paid tribute too, writing: "I feel like the sun has gone behind a cloud forever. RIP my beloved Lionheart @shanewarne23" Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter Shane also had an unlikely friendship with singing sensation Ed Sheeran, and the pair shared an eerie phone call days before he died.
Ed was one of the first to pay tribute to the late star, and he shared that they'd called each other on the anniversary of the passing of Australian music promoter Michael Gudinski, who died on March 1, 2021.
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