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.
Nominations for The Ivors announced
completemusicupdate.comThe nominations for this year’s Ivor Novello Awards have been announced. Out front this year are two songwriting duos – Harry Styles and Kid Harpoon, and Cleo Sol and Inflo – both of whom are up for three awards.Among the nods for Styles and Harpoon are one for Songwriter Of The Year, all for their work on Styles’ latest album ‘Harry’s House’.
Sol and Inflo, meanwhile, have their nominations spread across work with Sault and Little Simz.Team Styles are also nominated for the Most Performed Work prize, up against songs including ‘Bad Habits’ by Ed Sheeran.
That’s notable because ‘Bad Habits’ won the prize last year. This is the first time ever that a song has been up for the Most Performed Work prize two years in a row.“The music nominated for an Ivor Novello this year is testament to the power and range of British and Irish songwriting and screen composing”, says Ivors Academy Chair Tom Gray. “It’s a superlative list and on behalf of The Ivors Academy I’m delighted to congratulate every writer nominated for their craft and achievements”.The winners will be revealed at Grosvenor House in London on 18 May.
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