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.
Kim Wilde says Ed Sheeran ‘wouldn’t have been good looking enough’ for fame in the 80s and ouch
metro.co.ukEd Sheeran might be making a killing from his chart-topping songs, but it’s just as well he wasn’t trying to make it a couple of decades earlier, according to 80s icon Kim Wilde.
Kim, 59, didn’t mince her words when it came to giving her opinion on whether Ed would have been famous in the 80s, claiming his looks might have held him back.
Ouch. She told Platinum magazine: ‘There’s more celebration of diversity now, acceptance of differences. ‘Look at Ed Sheeran; he’s not a classic Hollywood-looking guy, but no one cares.
He’s not quite as easy on the eye as George Michael was, but so what? ‘And a singer like Sigrid can just jump on stage in her jeans and no make-up and just blow everyone away.’ It’s almost like musicians are finally being
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