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 has revealed that Elton John rings him up for a chat every single day.The pair are close friends and are set to release a joint Christmas single later this year.Speaking to the NZ Herald, Sheeran revealed that he turned to John for advice and comfort after his friend and music promoter Michael Gudinski died earlier this year.“I say this to people and they think I’m lying or exaggerating, but Elton calls me every single day,” he said.“He used to ring me about once a month – well, we do it on FaceTime via iPad because neither of us has a phone.
Then when Lyra was born it became more like weekly – he’s a dad as well and he’d check in.”Sheeran added: “But then when Michael died he rang me the day after and I just broke down and.
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