1. Kocheturova
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2. Edward Christopher
"Ed" Sheeran
Ed is an
English singersongwriter
He was born 17
February 1991 in
in Halifax, West
Yorkshire but moved
to Framlingham, Suffolk
as a child.

3. • Sheeran began recording in
2005, which led to the release
of his first independent
EP, The Orange Room EP.
EP
Sheeran also released 2
albums, a self-titled one in
2006 and Want Some? in
2007. He moved to London in
2008 to play gigs, starting off
in very small venues, playing
every day to as little as five
people.

4. • In 2009, Sheeran played 312
gigs. He said that he read an
gigs
interview with James
• Morrison that said that
Morrison had done 200 gigs
• in a year, and Sheeran wanted
to beat him on this number.
• Alson 2009, he released
another EP, You Need Me,
Me
just before going on tour
with Just Jack.
• In February 2010 he released
his critically acclaimed Loose
Change EP, which featured his
Change
later debut single "The A
Team".
Team

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On 26 April, Sheeran appeared on
the TV music show Later... with
Jools Holland – where he performed
Holland
his debut single "The A Team". Six
weeks later, "The A Team" was
released as a digital download in the
UK. The release served as the lead
single from Sheeran's debut studio
album, entitled ’+’.
"The A Team" entered the
UK Singles Chart at number three,
selling over 58,000 copies in the first
week. It was congratulated on being
the best selling debut single and the
overall eight best selling single of
2011, shifting 801,000 copies. The
lead single also became a top ten hit in
Australia, Germany, Ireland, Japan,
Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway
and the Netherlands.

6. • During a headline set
in the BBC
Introducing tent
at Glastonbury Festival
2011, Sheeran
announced that "You
Need Me, I Don't Need
You" would be released
on 28 August as the
second single from the
album. The second
single peaked at
number four on the UK
Singles Chart.

7. • "Lego House" was released as the
third single,reaching the top ten on
Australian, Irish, Scottish, New
Zealand Singles Charts,
Flemish Ultratop 50 and the
Wallonian Ultratip. "Drunk",
released on 19 February
2012, became Sheeran's
fourth consecutive top ten
single in the UK, peaking
at number nine.

8. • The song "Moments" on the debut
album by boy band One Direction,
Direction
released in November 2011, was
co-written by Sheeran. Sheeran
also contributed two songs to One
Direction's second studio
album, Take Me Home, released
Home
in November 2012: "Over Again"
Again
and the single "Little Things",
Things
which became the group's second
number-one hit in the UK.
In December 2012
Ed opening act
for One Direction’s
concert in the
Madison Square Gar
den.

9. • Taylor Swift contacted Sheeran after
Swift
hearing his music while touring Australia
in March 2012.He later co-wrote and
provided vocals for "Everything Has
Changed", a song featured on Swift's fourth
album Red. Released in October 2012, it
Red
was the biggest-selling new album of 2012.
From March to September 2013, Sheeran is
scheduled to play
64 dates at arenas and stadiums across
North America as
the opening act for
Swift's Red Tour

10. • "The A Team" received a nomination for Song
of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards. Elton
John, who runs Sheeran's management
company, canvassed the award organizers to get
Sheeran a performance slot at the
ceremony but was told that Sheeran alone was
not high-profile enough.
John decided to appear
with Sheeran to circumvent
this problem: "I got a
call from Elton being like,
‘I couldn’t get you a solo slot,
but would you mind playing
with me?’”

11. 2011:
Awards
BT Digital Music Awards-
Breakthrough Artist of the year
Q Awards-
Breakthrough Artist
Best Single("You Need Me, I don't need You“)
2012:
BRIT Awards
–
British Breakthrough Act
British Solo Male Artist
Ivor Novello Awards –
Best Song Musically and
Lyrically("The A Team“)

12. Thank you…