<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.edsheeran.com </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Signature </Th> </Tr> <P> Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer . Sheeran was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk . He attended the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford as an undergraduate from the age of 18 in 2009 . In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project . After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (read as "plus"), was released in September 2011 . It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified seven - 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 . </P> <P> His second studio album, x (read as "multiply"), was released in June 2014 . It peaked at number one in the UK and the US . In 2015, x won the Brit Award for Album of the Year, and he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors . His single from x, "Thinking Out Loud", earned him two Grammy Awards at the 2016 ceremony: Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance . In May 2016, x was named the second best selling album worldwide in 2015 . </P>

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