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.
Ed Sheeran pours his heart into his music, the 32-year-old British singer-songwriter has been known to keep his personal life out of the spotlight.
Still, that has not stopped him from unexpectedly pulling back the curtain on challenges he's faced, from substance abuse struggles to mental health.
On Wednesday, Sheeran announced his upcoming album, -, (pronounced «subtract») and took the time to share the heartbreaking circumstances from his personal life that bled into the new music.
While the father of two has also kept his marriage to his childhood love, Cherry Seaborn, mostly private, he has occasionally shared tidbits from their life together with their young daughters, Lyra and Jupiter.
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