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 Opens Up About Addiction, Panic Attacks and the 'Lowest Point' in His Life
etonline.comEd Sheeran is recalling the lowest point in his life. The 29-year-old singer sat down for a rare interview as part of the Hay House Chasing the Present Summit, and revealed that he's «had bouts of everything» from depression to anxiety, before sharing that the lowest point in his mental health actually came at a high point of his career in 2015.«It was down to bad diet, drinking and then not seeing sunlight at all… and I wasn't exercising.
Exercise, I think, is a really f**king important thing to keep people happy,» he said. «I was touring and I would stay up and drink all night and then… the buses would park underneath the arenas and I'd sleep on the bus all day and then wake up and then come out do the show, drink, get back on the bus.
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