Ed Sheeran

Edward Christopher Stephen is a singer

songwriter from Yorkshire England born on 17
February 1991.who has sold millions of songs
worldwide.
 Early life
Sheeran was born inHebden Bridge, amarket towninCalderdalenear
Halifax, West Yorkshire. His family moved toFramlinghamin Suffolk when he
was a child.]He has an older brother named Matthew Sheeran , who was born two
years before ed on 17 March 1989.Matthew studied music at university and is
now a classical composer. Their parents, John and Imogen, are London-born. His
paternal grandparents were Irish;according to Sheeran, his father hailed from "a
very large"Catholicfamily.His paternal grandfather, Bill, was aProtestantand
his wife, Ann, was Catholic.Bill and Ann retired inGorey, County Wexford.
Sheeran sang in a local church choir from the age of four, learned to play the
guitar at a very young age, and began writing songs while at
Thomas Mills High Schoolin Framlingham.
 Music Career
Sheeran began recording music in 2004, and independently released his first collection
of work,Spinning Man. He has been friends with fellow English singer,Passenger, since
he was 15, with the two playing on the same gig in Cambridge. He moved to London in
2008, and began playing in small venues. In 2008, he auditioned for the ITV series,
Britannia High.He also opened forNizlopiin Norwich in April 2008, after being one of
their guitar technicians He released another EP in 2009,You Need Me, just before going
on tour withJust Jack. He also did a few collaborations with Essex singer,Leddra
Chapman, includingCeeLo Green's "Fuck You". In February 2010, Sheeran posted a
video throughSB.TV, and rapperExampleinvited Sheeran to tour with him. In the same
month, he also released his critically acclaimedLoose ChangeEP, which featured his
future debut single, "The A Team".In the autumn of 2009, Sheeran began studying music
at theAcademy of Contemporary Music (ACM) inGuildford,Surreyas anundergraduate
,though it is not clear how long he remained at the college.
 Music Career [continued]
On 8 January 2011, Sheeran released another independent EP,
No. 5 Collaborations Project, featuring grime artists such asWiley,
Jme,Devlin,SwayandGhetts.With this EP, Sheeran gained
mainstream attention for reaching number 2 in theiTuneschart
without any promotion or label, selling over 7,000 copies in its first
week.Three months later, Sheeran put on a free show to fans at the
Barfly inCamden Town. Over 1,000 fans turned up, so Sheeran
played four different shows to ensure everyone saw a gig, including
a gig outside on the street after the venue had closed. Later that
month, Sheeran was signed toAsylum Records.
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On 26 April 2011, Sheeran appeared on the TV music show,

Later... with Jools Holland, where he performed his debut single, "The
A Team". Six weeks later, "The A Team" was released as a
digital downloadin the UK. The release served as the lead single from
Sheeran's debut studio album,+(read as "plus").[42]"The A Team"
entered theUK Singles Chartat number three, selling over 58,000
copies in the first week. It was the best selling debut single and the
overall eighth-best selling single of 2011, selling 801,000 copies. [43]The
lead single also became a top ten hit in Australia, Germany, Ireland,
Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway and the Netherlands.
The A team Ed Sheeran
 20112013:+and international success

Taylor Swift contacted Sheeran after hearing his music while touring
Australia in March 2012.He later co-wrote and provided vocals for "
Everything Has Changed", a single featured on Swift's fourth studio
album,Red. Sheeran also contributed two songs to One Direction's
second studio album,Take Me Home, released in November 2012; the
single "Little Things" became the group's second number-one in the
UK.Sheeran's album peaked at No. 5 on theBillboard200, while "The A
Team" reached No. 16 on the USBillboardHot 100.In late 2012 and early
2013, he headlined a US tour of 6,0009,000 capacity venues. The A
Team" received a nomination for Song of the Year at the
2013 Grammy Awards.
Everything Has Changed
 2014present: x
Sheeran's second studio album,x(read as "multiply"), was released
worldwide on 23 June 2014. In a span of three years, Sheeran wrote
more than 120 songs for the album,the earliest of which was
composed shortly after+was released.The album features tracks
produced byRick Rubin,Pharrell WilliamsandBenny Blanco,as well
as that of Gosling's.xpeaked at number one in both the UK Albums
Chart and the USBillboard200. To support the album, Sheeran
embarked ona world tourstarting on 6 August 2014 atOsaka, Japan.
On 27 September 2014, Sheeran was one of the headline acts at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground prior to the2014 AFL Grand Final.
 2014present: x
Unlike his previous music videos, Sheeran took the lead role in the
single's accompaniment, where he performed a ballroom dance.It
became his second single to reach number one in the UK,and spent
eight weeks at number two on the USBillboardHot 100(with only "
Uptown Funk" byMark RonsonfeaturingBruno Marskeeping it
from top spot).In 2014, combinedstreamson Sheeran's catalogue
inSpotifyreached 860 million; Spotify named him the most-
streamed artist andxthe most-streamed album.In the same year,
the album also earned Sheeran the distinction of beingiTunes'
biggest-selling artist in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand.[