Ed Sheeran, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is an English singer/songwriter who has been described by Rolling Stone as “among the 21st century’s very biggest global pop superstars;” by the Los Angeles Times as “arguably the most successful male pop star in the world;” by The Guardian as “the most commercially successful British artist of his age” and “an era-defining musician [who] has earned his place alongside [David] Bowie, Elton [John], George Michael, Morrissey and Elvis Costello in the pantheon of great British male solo artists;” and by the New York Times as “this generation’s James Taylor,” “one of the few consistently bankable solo male global pop stars working” and “a defining pop artist of the modern era.”