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 reveals how Cherry almost ruined his proposal and asked ‘are you f**king joking’ when he got down on one knee
thesun.co.ukWHEN he proposed to childhood sweetheart Cherry Seaborn in late 2017, Ed Sheeran wanted the moment to be Perfect. But the singer has now revealed it was anything but, as Cherry was so shocked she asked if he was joking.
Ed, who wed Cherry soon after in early 2018, said: “I was getting down on one knee and I said, ‘Will you marry me?’ “And she was like, ‘Are you f***ing joking?’ There was this long silence and I just went, ‘Please?’ “It is the most human I have ever felt because in my career.
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