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 pays for school teacher to go on special music course to help kids with learning difficulties
thesun.co.ukGENEROUS Ed Sheeran has paid for a primary school teacher to undertake a special course in music to help kids with learning difficulties create tunes.
His charity donated the cash to give the classroom tutor the skills to reach out to youngsters who might find it difficult to make music with traditional instruments.
Ed runs the Framlingham Foundation Trust in Suffolk to help kids in the county where he grew up. His manager Stuart Camp overseas the good cause and the charity’s annual accounts revealed: “The foundation paid for a primary music teacher to undertake a specialist teaching course in the Kodaly learning method.
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