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.
King Charles III makes his official ascent to the throne, but the afterparty is shaping up to be anything but epic.According to reports, a long list of British A-listers, ranging from Elton John and Ed Sheeran to Harry Styles and Adele — even the Spice Girls — have declined invitations to perform at the big bash.And while John and Styles are said to have declined due to scheduling conflicts, as the Sun reported on Feb.
25, experts say it’s no wonder so many others have given firm no’s to The Firm. “The royal family has faced a number of PR disasters in recent times, and anyone performing at the show would have to consider whether there would be a backlash from appearing amongst their fans,” publicist Simon Jones explained to Rolling Stone.Kingsley Hall, frontman of the band Benefits told the outlet that the party poopers are simply taking into account the current cultural landscape of Britain, and the recent rash of “negative exposure” the royals have endured.
Hall noted that people are “sick” of the amount of news such as “jubilees, weddings, fallings out, accusations of racism, notable deaths, someone being accused of being a sexual predator” coming from the family in a “short space of time.”“[People] probably won’t be involved for that reason,” the singer said.
It’s a sad state of affairs, considering that less than a year ago, the late Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee festivities featured celebrities like Alicia Keys, Diana Ross, Sir Elton himself, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Duran Duran, Nile Rodgers, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Rod Stewart and Andrea Bocelli.The royal family’s popularity and reputation have both changed dramatically over the course of the decades.
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