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 was once told he’d never make it unless he dyed his hair black
nme.comEd Sheeran was once told he’d never make it in music unless he dyed his hair black, according to his manager.Speaking in a new interview, Stuart Camp, who has been Sheeran’s manager since 2011, revealed that the ‘Shape Of You’ singer’s former management company told him that he wouldn’t be a star unless he dyed his hair and got rid of his trademark effects pedal.“The other management actually resigned from him because they said he wasn’t going anywhere,” Camp said, speaking on the Straight Up podcast. “He had to drop the looping pedal, dye his hair black and give up the rapping.”Last year, Sheeran announced that he was taking a well-deserved break from music and social media after concluding touring for his third album ‘Divide‘.The singer.
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