Award-winning British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has tested positive for COVID-19. The 30-year-old pop star shared about it in an Instagram post on Sunday Oct 24. He is now self-isolating and following government guidelines.
Sheeran added that he is unable to “plough ahead with any in-person commitments”, so he will be doing his interviews and performances from his house.
“Apologies to anyone I’ve let down. Be safe everyone,” he said. It is not clear if Sheeran is vaccinated.
According to Mothership.sg, this announcement comes as Sheeran is preparing to release and promote his new album, titled “=”, pronounced as “equals”.
The Guardian reported that Sheeran was expected to perform live for Apple Music’s Zane Lowe next week.
He was also revealed to be the musical guest for sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live (SNL)” on Nov. 6.
Billboard reported that Sheeran was also scheduled to appear as a mentor on American singing competition show “The Voice”.
Born Feb 17, 1991, Edward Christopher Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the world’s best-selling music artists.
He has 84.5 million RIAA-certified units in the US, and two of his albums are on the list of the best-selling albums in UK chart history: × at number 20, and ÷ at number 34.
In December 2019, the Official Charts Company named him artist of the decade, with the most combined success in the UK album and singles charts in the 2010s.
Sheeran’s debut album, + (pronounced “plus”), was released in September 2011 and topped the UK Albums Chart. It contained his first hit single, “The A Team”.
In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act.
Sheeran’s second studio album, × (pronounced “multiply”), was released in June 2014 and was named the second-best-selling album worldwide in 2015.
In the same year, × won Album of the Year at the 2015 Brit Awards, and he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
A single from ×, “Thinking Out Loud”, earned him the 2016 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. /TISG