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 Misses Grandmother's Funeral to Attend 'Thinking Out Loud' Copyright Trial
etonline.comEd Sheeran got a lot off his chest while at the premiere for his Disney+ documentary, , including that he missed his grandmother's funeral in Ireland due to his copyright trial in Manhattan federal court.The 32-year-old GRAMMY-winning singer revealed Tuesday night at The Times Center in New York City that this year is proving to be challenging for a myriad of reasons, and the trial stemming over his track, «Thinking Out Loud,» is just the tip of the iceberg.«This week, for me at the moment, I got the documentary coming out, I got the album [] coming out Friday, I start my tour on Saturday, my grandmother's funeral is [Wednesday] [and] I'm still in this court case,» said Sheeran while speaking to moderator Gayle King. «It's just another point in life when life is happening.
Doesn't mean 2023 is a write-off. The worst days of your life always end at midnight.»Sheeran added that he gives himself 48 hours to «feel better» because things always turn around «in 48 hours… not 24.»Sheeran's grandmother, Anne Nancy Sheeran, was laid to rest Wednesday in Ireland.
She was 98. According to the, the singer was forced to miss the funeral in order to «defend his integrity» in court. Sheeran's father, John, spoke to a packed church while choking back tears eulogizing his mother.«I'm very sad that our son, Edward, is unable to be here today,» John said at the church, according to the outlet. «He's so upset that he cannot be present.
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