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 belts ‘Thinking Out Loud’ while riding Citi Bike through Brooklyn ahead of ‘X’ anniversary concert
nypost.comanniversary show at Barclays Center Wednesday night — shared footage of himself and a group of friends harmonizing as they pedaled along the Willoughby Avenue bike lane.“Pedestrians in NY rn,” the musician tweeted, with two eyes-wide-open emojis.Sporting sunglasses and pink sneakers, Sheeran is shown in the footage grinning and wailing, “Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars” as he rolls by a row of brownstones.A friend can be heard in the background hollering, “Whooo!” as folks on the sidewalk stare.“Ride by my job please,” one observer tweeted, while another was quick to point out the singer-songwriter wasn’t wearing a helmet.The city’s Department of Transportation retweeted the “Shape of You” singer’s video, adding the location of the croon-and-cruise.Sheeran will play a concert to celebrate the tenth anniversary of his sophomore album “X” at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center at 7 p.m.The album featured smash hits such as “Sing,” “Don’t,” “Thinking Out Loud,” “Bloodstream” and “Photograph.”.
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