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 says “all areas” of London are “sketchy” and “dangerous”
nme.comEd Sheeran has branded the entirety of London is “sketchy” and “dangerous”.The artist lives on a huge £3.75m country estate in Suffolk but reportedly owns 22 properties in London, including two in Battersea, three in Whitechapel, and two in Covent Garden.
Most of these he rents out.Despite this, he recommended avoiding “every area” if you want to avoid being robbed.The topic came up in an interview with US podcaster Theo Von, who asked him where the most dangerous place to be in the UK is.“Here?
I’d say every area of London. Literally, every area is sketchy,” Sheeran answered.“I think that you cannot be anywhere. It’s not like a segregated city.
No, I mean the nice areas are sketchy, the bad areas are sketchy, but you just have to not do stupid shit.“If you wander around with, I dunno, like a Louis Vuitton duffel bag and a 200 grand watch, you are going to get robbed.
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