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.
Jamie Laing reveals why he and Sophie Habboo made last minute change to wedding song
ok.co.ukMade In Chelsea favourite Jamie Laing has opened up on his "favourite moment" from his and wife Sophie Habboo's recent Spanish nuptials, after the duo tied the knot in Marbella last week.
Speaking on the final ever episode of their joint NearlyWeds podcast, the couple reflected on their big day, which saw them say 'I do' in a star-studded ceremony, surrounded by around 200 of their famous friends. "My favourite moment was, we changed the first dance," Jamie admitted. "I watched the Ed Sheeran documentary, and in the Ed Sheeran documentary, his song 'Perfect' - he said that was about his wife, and he said it was because I found someone so perfect for me. "And I went, 'Well, that has to be our first song'." Blonde beauty Sophie - who wore a glamorous floor-length bridal gown designed by Emma Beaumont for the spectacular ceremony - then asked: "What was it gonna be?" "It was going to be..." Jamie, 34, then replied, before breaking into song for Etta James' 'At Last'. "You know I did dance lessons with my dad?" Sophie, 29, then revealed. "Yeah, I know, it's phenomenal," Jamie teased. "But we just did this dance and Ed Sheeran's 'Perfect' came on and it was just the most amazing thing.
And everyone was just on the dancefloor singing it, screaming it on the dancefloor." Sophie then recalled: "Yeah that was pretty amazing.
No one got off the dancefloor - I did a little dance with my dad.That was pretty special." "Yeah, that was pretty special," Jamie agreed. "We were on shoulders, and we kissed in the crowd.
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