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 tries to block neighbour’s extension after angering locals with own ‘Sheeranville’ estate
thesun.co.ukED Sheeran has angered his neighbour by trying to block a garden extension next to his sprawling £3.7million 'Sheeranville' estate.
The singer/songwriter, 29, has spent a fortune buying up properties and creating his own personalised village in the Suffolk countryside in recent years.
But it appears he's not so happy with local Tony Robinson's plan to extend his garden by around 50metres. In an objection letter to East Suffolk Council on Ed's behalf, Paul Smith, director of Apexc Planning Consultants, calls the proposal "misleading".
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