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.
Judi Dench’s Ed Sheeran lookalike grandson Sam saved by superstar after fans mistakenly mobbed him at gig
thesun.co.ukED Sheeran saved a lookalike fan who was mobbed at one of his concerts. Gig-goers mistook ginger-haired Samuel Williams, 23, for the superstar singer.
He has revealed he was overwhelmed when people swarmed around him to have photos taken. Ed, 30, intervened by sending his security to check on Sam — who is a grandson of James Bond actress Dame Judi Dench Sam, 23, recalled: “I was in the crowd at one of his shows and a lot of people wanted their photo with me and it became very tight. “People were jumping around and jumping over to get a photo. “I was like, ‘I am not Ed Sheeran guys.
Will you stop?’. “And he sent out his security guard to make sure to come out and see I was all right. And when I met him he said, ‘Oh yeah I sent him out.
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