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 is the latest A-list star set to host CBeebies Bedtime Story segment.The chart-topping singer and dad to 14-month-old Lyra, joins a long list of celebrities including Robbie Williams, Tom Hardy, Elton John and Dolly Parton who have already read stories on the popular children’s TV show.
Ed, 30, will read I Talk Like a River, written by Jordan Scott.The story is about having a stutter, something personal to Ed as he struggled with a stutter as a child.
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