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 joined Limp Bizkit on stage at Pinkpop Festival to perform a version of The Who’s ‘Behind Blue Eyes’ – check out the footage below.The surprise appearance took place on Sunday night (June 23) during the nu-metal band’s headline set at the festival in Landgraaf, Netherlands.Sheeran took lead vocals on the track, which Bizkit memorably covered on their 2003 album ‘Results May Vary’.See fan-captured footage of the performance here:Ed Sheeran & Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit singing 'Behind Blue Eyes' at Pinkpop.
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