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 Had to Miss His Grandmother's Funeral for NYC Copyright Trial
justjared.comEd Sheeran is still attending his ongoing copyright trial in New York City, even if it meant he had to miss his late grandmother’s funeral.
The 32-year-old “Shape of You” singer’s dad, John Sheeran, addressed his son’s absence at the funeral of Anne “Nancy” Sheeran during the memorial service on Wednesday (May 3) in Ireland. Keep reading to find out more… “I am very sad that our son Edward is unable to be here today.
He’s so upset that he cannot be present — he has to be thousands of miles away in a court in America defending his integrity,” he emotionally said, via Daily Mail. “I know he is comforted by the fact that he was able to spend some precious time alone with his grandma just a month ago.” Ed is fighting against a copyright infringement lawsuit for allegedly ripping off parts of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” for his 2014 track “Thinking Out Loud.” At the same time, Ed Sheeran opened up about his wife’s cancer diagnosis in his new docu-series.
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