London June 18 (IANS) Singer Ed Sheeran has been awarded with Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen s Birthday Honours List.
The Shape of You starrer who has won multiple Brit and Grammy awards released his third album ÷ (Divide) earlier this year and saw it head straight to number one in British and US Charts.
Receiving the news Sheeran posted on Instagram that he was chuffed and thanked fans for their messages of support reports telegraph.co.uk.
Other culture stars to be honoured in this year s awards include: Billy Connolly who has been given a knighthood and the Star Wars and Black Mirror actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw 34 who has been awarded an MBE.
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Ed Sheeran awarded MBE in Queen s Birthday Honours
