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 secretly told Jedward about the birth of his daughter
msn.comEd Sheeran and his wife Cherry Seaborn announced the birth of their daughter Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran, on Tuesday morning.
And just an hour later, Jedward, both 28, took to Twitter to share their congratulations and revealed that the singer, 29, had in fact told them his happy baby news via DM the day before his public announcement.The Irish twins shared a screengrab of the sweet message from Ed, which had been sent to them in a private Instagram message on Monday afternoon, adding that they: 'kept it a secret obviously.'Ed had sent Jedward - whose real names are John and Edward Grimes - a direct message on Instagram, on Monday afternoon, to tell them his happy news ahead of announcing it to the world.He wrote: 'I love you guys..
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