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.
Adele, Ed Sheeran and Inflo lead 2022 Ivor Novello Award nominations
nme.comAdele, Ed Sheeran, producer Inflo and Little Simz lead the nominations for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards, which honour outstanding songwriting and composition.With four nods, Inflo – real name Dean Josiah Cover – is the most-nominated artist at this year’s awards.
Sheeran is up for three Ivors, while Adele and Little Simz are up for two each.Adele, Coldplay, Dave, Sheeran and RAYE are the five artists nominated for Songwriter of the Year.
Up for Best Song Musically and Lyrically are Rag’n’bone Man‘s ‘All You Ever Wanted’, Adele’s ‘Easy On Me’, ‘Haunted House’ by Holly Humberstone, Ella Henderson and Tom Grennan‘s ‘Let’s Go Home Together’ and ‘Seventeen Going Under’ by Sam Fender.The Best Contemporary Song category features Russ Millions and Tion Wayne‘s ‘Body’, James Blake and SZA‘s ‘Coming Back’, ‘Don’t Judge Me’ by FKA twigs, Fred Again..
and Headie One, ‘I Love You, I Hate You’ by Little Simz (produced by Inflo) and ‘Just For Me’ by PinkPantheress, who is also nominated in the Rising Star category.The Best Album category, meanwhile, includes Cleo Sol for ‘Mother’, SAULT for ‘Nine’ and Little Simz for ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’.
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