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 plays free pop-up gigs on streets of New York and Los Angeles
nme.comEd Sheeran debuted songs from new album ‘–’ this weekend at surprise pop-up gigs on the streets of New York and Los Angeles.On Saturday (May 6), the singer appeared in Soho, New York atop a Volvo car to play a number of songs.The next day, he performed from the open top upper deck of a StarLine City Sightseeing bus in Los Angeles. “I have a different vehicle for more fun,” he said of the LA gig. “RIP the Volvo.”At both gigs Sheeran played a number of tracks from the new album, which was released on Friday (May 5) amid the singer’s high-profile plagiarism trial, in which he was accused of copying Marvin Gaye‘s ‘Let’s Get It On’ on his 2014 track ‘Thinking Out Loud’.See what went down at the pop-up gigs below.Getting ready for @edsheeran’s LA pop up. (Hi @TrevorDawkins!)Today’s vehicle of choice: pic.twitter.com/mJ3z1N1tdo— San Diego Sheeran ÷ (@SDsheeran) May 7, 2023Nothing like rushing out of the house Sunday morning to make it 10 feet from #EdSheeran to celebrate his release of #Subtract in LA.
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