His second studio album titled x (read as "multiply") was released worldwide on 23 June 2014, charting at number one in the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. In autumn 2013 Sheeran performed three sold out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden as a headline act. He spent much of 2013 touring North America as the opening act for Swift's The Red Tour. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the2013 Grammy Awards and he performed the song in duet with Elton John during the ceremony. In the US he made a guest appearance on Taylor Swift's fourth studio album, Red, and wrote songs for One Direction. Sheeran's popularity abroad began in 2012. In 2014, he was nominated for Best New Artist at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. "The A Team" won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won two Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. His debut album, +, containing the singles "The A Team" and "Lego House", was certified quintuple platinum in the UK. 5 Collaborations Project, which caught the attention of both Elton John and Jamie Foxx.
In early 2011, Sheeran released an independent extended play, No. Born in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he moved to London in 2008 to pursue a musical career. Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is a British singer-songwriter and musician.