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 raises £52,000 for school in his hometown by raffling off prototype of his Equals guitar
msn.comEd Sheeran has raised £52,765 for a school in his hometown by raffling off one of his guitars. To mark his "coming of age" album Equals, the 30-year-old singer worked with Northern Ireland-based guitar-maker George Lowden to create a signature instrument.
He donated a prototype of the Equals guitar to Suffolk-based charity GeeWizz, which auctioned it off to raise money for a music room and disabled access facilities at Sir Robert Hitcham's School in Framlingham.
Any funds left over will be given to projects for learning disabled and neurodivergent children around Suffolk. Tickets for the raffle were £5, with more than 10,553 sold in more than 160 countries around the world.
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