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.
Original painting by Ed Sheeran raises £51,000 for charity
nme.comEd Sheeran has raised more than £51,000 for a cancer charity.The artist’s abstract work, which is called ‘Splash Planet’, was won by a fan on the US east coast who shelled out £20 for a ticket as part of a charity draw.The raffle, which has raised funds for Cancer Campaign in Suffolk (CCiS), was first launched last month and drawn by Sheeran on Monday (March 15).The singer also delivered a video message ahead of the raffle and explained that the painting featured in the cover for his one-off single ‘Afterglow’.He previously said of the paintings: “I painted a canvas a day for 30 days.
It was really fun. It’s kind of Jackson Pollocky.“I bought house paint and just layered it up by flicking it. I just do my art and I love doing it.
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