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.
Westlife’s Nicky says band have ‘never arrived in an airport without fans there’
ok.co.ukLife in a boyband is a lot of hard graft, long days, and packed schedules – and nobody knows this more than Westlife, who have been facing this down and coming up smiling since 1998.
For an astonishing 23 years, the four boys from Ireland have been one of the biggest groups Ireland’s ever produced. And the one thing that has never changed is the screaming fans.
And after decades in the industry, Shane Filan, 42, Mark Feehily, 41, Kian Egan, 41, and Nicky Byrne, 43, are as popular as ever.
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