Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter and
musician. Born in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire and raised in
Framlingham, Suffolk, he moved to London in 2008 to pursue his music
career on the Artist Development course at Access to Music. In early
2011, Sheeran released an independent extended play, No. 5
Collaborations Project, which caught the attention of both Elton John
and Jamie Foxx. He then signed to Asylum Records. His debut album, +,
containing the singles "The A Team" and "Lego House", was certified 6×
Platinum in the UK. In 2012, Sheeran won two Brit Awards for Best
British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" won
the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and
Lyrically. In 2014, he was nominated for Best New Artist at the 56th
Annual Grammy Awards. Sheeran's popularity abroad began in 2012. In the
US he made a guest appearance on Taylor Swift's fourth studio album,
Red, and wrote songs for One Direction. "The A Team" was nominated for
Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards and he performed the song in
duet with Elton John during the ceremony.
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