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.
New dad Ed Sheeran makes rare public appearance after taking career break
mirror.co.ukEd Sheeran has made a rare public appearance after taking a break from music to promote a guitar giveaway. The musician and new dad, 29, has marked two years of his partnership with Northern Irish guitar brand Lowden to give away two guitars he's signed.
Both of the instruments were played by Ed during recording sessions and one appears in the video for his track Afterglow, which was released in December.
In a YouTube chat with the brand's founder George Lowden, he explained why he loves the instruments they produce. Ed, who has stepped out of the limelight, since wife Cherry Seaborn gave birth to their daughter in September, said: "I’ve actually got a Lowden guitar in every single room of the house… they’re scattered around, because it’s
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