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.
‘The Voice’: Blake Shelton Looks Back At Past Relationships That ‘Seemed Like They Would Work On Paper’
etcanada.comBlake Shelton is no stranger to singing about heartbreak, and he’s also had his share of inspiration in that area. On Monday’s “The Voice”, the country star and Knockout Rounds Mega Mentor Ed Sheeran were working with Team Blake singer Lana Scott as she prepared for her performance of Taylor Swift’s “Wildest Dreams,” which led to a candid discussion about how sometimes love doesn’t work out the way you thought it would.
Lana confessed to Blake and Ed that she felt connected to the song as she’s “newly single” and aware of the reality that “not all real stories have a happy ending.” Blake agreed, sharing, “I’ve had those relationships that seemed like they would work on paper, too.
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