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 Voice': Samuel Harness' Emotional Knockout Performance Inspires a Surprising Decision From John Legend
etonline.com, and Tuesday's performances had the coaches in their feelings!John Legend paired up Samuel Harness and BrittanyBree for his next Knockout, and the pair knocked it out of park, leaving their coach with an agonizing decision about who to send through to the upcoming live shows.
Samuel emotionally opened up in rehearsals — with season 21 Mega Mentor Ed Sheeran — about how much he connected with his song, Lewis Capaldi's «Bruises,» as an adoptee who reconnected with his birth mother later in life.
And he brought that emotion to the stage, delivering a raw performance that had jaws dropping in the coaches' chairs.«Way to pick a song that you obviously can feel,» Kelly Clarkson praised.
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