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 has shared an a capella performance of his 2020 track ‘Afterglow’, recorded in a church – check it out below.As Sheeran pointed out, the version – which sees him joined by a chorus of voices for an atmospheric take on the track – was released to celebrate one year since the track came out.Since the release of ‘Afterglow’, Sheeran shared his fourth full-length album, ‘=’, which came out in October.Watch the performance of ‘Afterglow’ below:Sheeran recently released a festive collaborative single with Elton John, ‘Merry Christmas’.
Proceeds from the track go towards the Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation and the Elton John AIDS Foundation.In a three-star review, NME described the song as “a nice, safe, mid-paced sleigh ride.
Read more on nme.com