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 donates £10,000 to hospital that nursed his dementia-suffering grandma in her final days
thesun.co.ukBIG-HEARTED Ed Sheeran donated £10,000 to the hospital that nursed his beloved grandma in the final weeks of her life. The 29-year-old star handed over the money for outdoor musical equipment, and a sensory garden at the unit to be used by dementia patients and those with special needs and audiovisual disabilities.
The cash came from his charity The Framlingham Foundation Trust, which he set up with £500,000 from his own bank balance to help schools and good causes in his home county of Suffolk.
An annual report filed by the charity revealed: “A donation to Aldeburgh Hospital League of Friends 'Sensory Garden Project' was given to assist with the purchase of outdoor musical instruments for the rehabilitation and recuperation of patients..
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