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.
The One Show’s Alex Jones cut off by Ed Sheeran after snubbing his concert in awkward blunder
thesun.co.ukTHE One Show's Alex Jones was cut off by Ed Sheeran after snubbing his concert in an awkward blunder. Ed, 30, appeared on Wednesday's edition of the BBC show, which was hosted by Alex, 44, and Ronan Keating, 44.
The singer was there to promote his new single, Bad Habits, and Alex started to reel off Ed's achievements so far in his career for viewers.
Alex started by saying: "Now then Ed, we're coming to you with stats. Because the stats surrounding your career are pretty off the scale.
Apparently artist of the decade last year?" Ed replied: "Err, yeah, yeah in England, well the UK." Alex told him not to "play it down" before adding: "The most attended tour, apparently 8 million people came to see you on tour." But Ed interjected, saying:.
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