 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Orin naa, Awọn akoko, lori awo-orin akọkọ nipasẹ ẹgbẹ ọmọkunrin Ọkan Itọsọna, ti a tu silẹ ni Oṣu kọkanla ọdun 2011, ni Sheeran kọ. Ní ayẹyẹ Brit Awards 2012 ní ọjọ 21 oṣù kejìlá, Sheeran gba àmì ẹyẹ Brit Awards fún akọrin akọrin akọrin ọmọ ilẹ Gẹẹsì tó dára jùlọ, àti British Breakthrough Act of the Year. Ní 10 January 2012, a kéde wípé Sheeran yóò ṣètìlẹyìn fún Snow Patrol lórí ìrìn àjò wọn ní US láti òpin oṣù March títí dé oṣù May. Orin rẹ, Give Me Love, ni a gbekalẹ ninu iṣẹlẹ Dangerous Liaisons ti The Vampire Diaries. Ní Àmì Ivor Novello Awards ní May 2012, Sheerans The A Team borí Adeles Rolling in the Deep àti Florence and the Machines Shake It Out fún Orin Tó Dára Jù Lọ Nípa Orin àti Ọrọ. Sheeran ṣe The A Team ni Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II concert ti o waye ni The Mall ni ita Buckingham Palace ni 4 June 2012 ati ideri ti Pink Floyds Wish You Were Here ni ayẹyẹ pipade : ti Awọn ere Olimpiiki Igba Irẹdanu Ewe 2012 ni Ilu Lọndọnu ni ọjọ 12 Oṣu Kẹjọ ọdun 2012. 