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 Being A Dad Is ‘More Important Than My Job,’ Makes Fun Of His Pale Legs In Christmas Video With Elton John
etcanada.comEd Sheeran returned to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” four years after he was last in the hot seat. The “Bad Habits” Grammy-nominated artist opened up about his new found purpose being a dad to his 15-month-old daughter Lyra Antarctica Seaborn.
Sheeran explained how he “didn’t really have any purpose” outside of music. When he wasn’t back and forth between touring and being in the studio, he didn’t know what to do with his down time. “When I was giving myself fixed time off of no work, I wasn’t doing anything I enjoyed because I love doing music and this [being a dad] is actually giving me purpose and something in life that’s actually more important than my job,” he told DeGeneres. READ MORE: Alexandra Daddario Is Engaged To Andrew Form:
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