- published: 21 Jun 2014
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Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was born in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk. After dropping out of school at 16, he moved to London the following year, in 2008, to pursue a career in music. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project, which caught the attention of Elton John and Jamie Foxx. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (read as "plus"), was released on 9 September 2011 and has since been certified six-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.
Sheeran's popularity abroad began in 2012. In the US, he made a guest appearance on Taylor Swift's fourth studio album, Red. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John. He spent much of 2013 opening for Swift's The Red Tour in North America dates. In late 2013, he performed three sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden as a headline act. He was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Grammy Awards.
One's mind drifts away, it gets away from itself. Now
it's time to reflect on how you left your mind to melt.
Thoughts are at a standstill, you give in to desire.
Outsides covered in disguise, while your insides set a
fire. Take it back! Have you had enough, man, are you
through...or is it too late for you? Why do you sit
around and let it slip through the cracks? End your
restrictions and start taking it back. Take your mind
back, and be free. Your addictions cast away. Your heads
held up high. Travelling down the right road. Substance
abuse no longer has the control. Stay true and stay
proud. Fuck your past, now it's gone. What remains? A bad
memory, but now you're standing strong...BE FREE.