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.
‘Shamefully Failed’: Elton John, Ed Sheeran Among Top U.K. Musicians Demanding Government Action on EU Touring
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Life after Brexit is no party in the park, as cultural practitioners in the U.K. and European Union (EU) are discovering.The ongoing controversy around U.K.
musicians not being able to tour the European Union (EU) and vice versa post-Brexit came to a head on Wednesday with more than 100 prominent music personalities sending a strongly worded letter to the U.K.
government demanding action.In a letter published in The Times and signed by the likes of Elton John, Ed Sheeran, Bob Geldof, Sting, Nicola Benedetti and the Kanneh-Mason family, the musicians wrote: “British musicians, dancers, actors and their support staff have been shamefully failed by their government.
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