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CRESEARCH INTO
ARTISTEd Sheeran
Ed Sheeran• Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February
1991) is an English singer-songwriter. • Born in Hebden Bridge, raised in Framlingham, Suffolk,
he moved to London in 2008 to pursue a musical career.
• 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 quintuple platinum in the United Kingdom.
• In 2012, he won two Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act.
• "The A Team" won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.
• Sheeran began to be known in the United States in 2012.
• 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.
• He spent much of 2013 touring North America as the opening act for Swift's The Red Tour.
• His second studio album titled x; read as "multiply", was released worldwide on 23 June 2014, charting at number one in the UK and US.
• He was nominated for Best New Artist at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.