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 loses fight to block neighbour’s extension next to his £3.7million ‘Sheeranville’ estate
thesun.co.ukED Sheeran has lost his fight to prevent a neighbour’s garden extension next to his massive £3.7million estate. The star has blown part of his fortune buying up properties and creating his own ‘Sheeranville’ domain in rural Suffolk.
But he was angry about resident Tony Robinson’s plan to extend his garden by around 50metres by using part of a paddock. In an objection letter to East Suffolk Council on Ed’s behalf, Paul Smith, director of Apexc Planning Consultants, called the proposal “misleading”.
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