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 breaks down in tears performing new song about baby daughter Lyra at friend Michael Gudinski’s funeral
thesun.co.ukED Sheeran broke down in tears as he performed an emotional new song about his daughter Lyra. The Shape Of You singer was performing in Australia for the memorial of music exec pal Michael Gudinksi.
He stopped midway through the new single he had penned during quarantine and told the audience at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, “Sorry” before returning to the song.
Ed, 30, warned the audience before: “I never get this nervous, I’m really f***ing nervous. So apologies if I mess up the lyrics or anything.” He told how he had a guitar during his mandatory quarantine in Australia, having travelled there for the concert from the UK, and penned the new hit.
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