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.
Raffle for Ed Sheeran’s guitar raises over £50k for primary school in his hometown
nme.comEd Sheeran donated to a charity auction has raised £52,765 for a primary school in his hometown.The guitar, which features symbolism from his recent album ‘=’, including a custom maple inlay at the seventh fret, a butterfly inlay motif at the truss rod cover and neck heel cap, and a custom-designed edition internal label, was designed alongside Northern Ireland-based guitar maker George Lowden.Sheeran donated the instrument to Suffolk charity GeeWizz as part of a raffle prize to raise money for a SMART music pod and disabled access facilities at Sir Robert Hitcham’s CEVA School in Sheeran’s hometown of Framlingham.Tickets were priced at £5 with 10,553 sold in over 160 countries across the world.
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