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.
Violinist André Rieu on outselling Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran and why he’ll cry when he can finally perform again
metro.co.ukEd Sheeran and Beyoncé, and why his music is good for your health.I’m very proud of that. My father was a conductor of classical music, I come from classical music and what I always hated was that feeling there is in the classical world, that behaviour that you don’t belong to us, this is our world of classical music, please go home.
Therefore I love to play not in concert halls but in a square or big arenas.Yes, I’m proud of that. It shows that people are willing to listen to classical music.
Look at all the movies – they always use classical music and I’ve made it possible for people to come to a concert and enjoy it.
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