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.
Watch Ed Sheeran bring out Macklemore for ‘Can’t Hold Us’ at Seattle show
nme.comEd Sheeran brought out Macklemore for a performance of ‘Can’t Hold Us’ at his Seattle show this weekend – watch footage below.Performing at Lumen Field on Saturday (August 26) as part of his North American ‘+ – = ÷ x Tour’ (‘Mathematics’ tour)‘, Sheeran introduced Macklemore – real name Benjamin Hammond Haggerty – in his home city of Seattle.“I have a real great love for Seattle,” Sheeran told the crowd. “And there’s an artist that I really love from here.
I remember hearing him for the first time when I was in Australia, and I reached out on Twitter back in the day, and we got to be friends and now we’ve been friends for about 10 years.”He added that he’d caught up with this friend earlier in the day and said: “You have to come out tonight.”Macklemore’s 2012 song with Ryan Lewis, ‘Thrift Shop’, then began to play as he was welcomed to the stage, before the pair also performed ‘Can’t Hold Us’.Watch footage below.“What a moment, bring out @macklemore in Seattle for a home crowd,” Sheeran wrote in an Instagram post. “Will never forget that energy in the stadium.
Thank you Ben for your time, and your city rocks x.”Last month, Sheeran also welcomed Eminem onstage as a guest on his ‘Mathematics’ tour.
Joining him in Detroit, where the rapper grew up, they performed ‘Lose Yourself’ and ‘Stan’.The UK singer-songwriter has previously credited Eminem’s music with helping him “cure” his childhood stutter.Sheeran released his fifth studio album ‘Subtract’ in May, which become the fastest-selling album of 2023.
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