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 = review: Track-by-track guide to singer’s ‘quarter-life crisis album’
thesun.co.ukAS Ed puts it himself, this is “a quarter-life crisis album” – his coming-of-age story as he transitions from wayward twentysomething without a care in the world to marriage and fatherhood.
But there is no crisis as far as the music is concerned. This perfectly polished pop shows the full breadth of Ed’s songwriting gift and his deep understanding of the musical landscape.
Packed with reinvention, this is unmistakably Ed – but with a raft of new tricks and styles that compliment his trademark acoustic ballads to create a cleverly curated package of light and shade.
Put simply, it’s a brilliant collection of songs that cements Ed as the voice of his generation. In an exclusive interview to mark its launch, Ed says: “As a production, it’s.
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