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.
Elton John reveals he’s written three songs with Ed Sheeran – including another Christmas song
nme.comElton John has revealed that he and Ed Sheeran have written three songs together, including an as-yet unreleased Christmas song.This follows the release of their first festive collaboration ‘Merry Christmas’, which came out last week and is vying for this year’s Christmas Number One spot.Sheeran shared the news about ‘Merry Christmas’ with Dutch radio station NPO Radio back in October.
Asked about it during his NME Big Read interview last month, Sir Elton joked: “Yeah, he’s let the cat out of the bag didn’t he!
I was sworn to secrecy and then big mouth fucking Sheeran goes to the Netherlands! It’s supposed to come out – we haven’t finished it yet, so there’s still work to be done.”He added: “I can’t say any more than that because it’s in.
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