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 “would not be opposed” to going metal
completemusicupdate.comEd Sheeran “would not be opposed” to maybe writing some metal one day. So I think that’s a pretty firm commitment that his sixth album will be a full on riff-fest.
He already dressed up as a vampire in his latest video. It’s a slippery slope.“I was really into death metal as a kid”, Sheeran tells The Sun. “I listened to Cradle Of Filth and Slipknot and all that stuff.
I’m not saying I could ever step into that world. [But] I learnt all those riffs on guitar as a kid. That’s something I’ve never thought about doing – but something I would not be opposed to creating”.Aside from listing two bands that don’t play death metal and him saying that he’s not sure he could “step into that world”, his credentials are pretty much rock solid.
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