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.
Passenger Reflects On ‘Fateful’ First Encounter With Ed Sheeran, Collaborating On ‘Sword From The Stone’ Remix
etcanada.comPassenger and Ed Sheeran have a decade-plus-long friendship that has culminated in the release of the “Sword from the Stone” Gingerbread Mix.
Passenger sat down virtually with ET Canada ahead of the Sheeran-helmed remix of “Sword from the Stone” to chat about their latest album, Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted.
The English singer-songwriter also reflected on his fateful first meeting with the “Shape of You” singer more than 10 years ago. “There is a lot that I probably shouldn’t talk about but I really remember the night that we met.
It was the first year that I started busking. The first summer I started busking, so I must have been 23, he must have been 5 or something,” Passenger teased. “No, he must have been 16, 17.
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