Edward Christopher Sheeran is known, Ed Sheeran. He is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actor. He became popular after the release of his first album titled as +. He has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. He is also a prolific songwriter for other artists as well.
Ed Sheeran is famous for a singer-songwriter. He is popular for his singing skills and his melodious voice, debut single The A-Team and debut album + released in 2011. He marked his name to be one of the singers to have most of the elements of folk, hip-hop, dance, soul, and rock included in his songs that can be heard in his big hits The A-Team, Sing, Thinking Out Loud, and Shape of You. He has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. Two of his albums are in the list of the best-selling albums in UK chart history: x at number 20, and ÷ at number 34. His ÷ Tour is the highest-grossing of all time by a solo artist. An alumnus of the National Youth Theatre in London as an actor Sheeran has portrayed a recurring role on The Bastard Executioner, and in 2019, he appeared in the Richard Curtis/Danny Boyle film Yesterday.
Ed Sheeran was born on February 17, 1991, in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He holds British nationality. He has English-Irish ancestry. His birth sign is Aquarius. He was born to a father named John Sheeran and a mother named Imogen Lock. His father is an art curator and lecturer, whereas his mother is a culture publicist, later became a jewelry designer. His parents run Sheeran Lock and independent art consultancy. His parents are British while his grandparents are Irish. He has an older brother named Mathew Sheeran, who works as a classical composer. He is a second cousin of Gordon Burns who is a Northern Irish broadcaster and a host of British game show The Krypton Factor.
He started showing interest in music from quite a young age. He started playing the guitar as well as singing at an early age. He learned to play the guitar when he was studying at Rishworth School. He then studied in Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham where he began writing songs. He joined the National Youth Theatre in London where he was a teenager. Later, he joined Youth Music Theatre and he also studied Artist Development with the help of Access to Music the UK- based independent training provider. He dropped out of school at the age of 16 and moved to London to make his professional career, landing work as a guitar tech and auditioning unsuccessfully for the ITV series Britannia High. He had started recording CDs and selling them at his teenage days. He started writing music in his early teens, and at the age of 14, he released The Orange Room and also Spinning Man both regarded as important works of his early years.
Ed Sheeran height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) tall and body weight of 82 kg. He has an average build body. He had red hair and blue eyes. He has a round face with untidy or messy hair.
Ed Sheeran is a married man. He has been in a relationship with childhood friend and former high school classmater Cherry Seaborn. They announced their engagement in January 2018. In August 2018, he hinted that they married in a private ceremony which was confirmed on July 2019 in the song Remember the Name. Previously, he was in a relationship with Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt in 2012. However, they end up their relationship and got broke up. In January 2014, he was in a relationship with Athina Andrelos, who works for chef Jamie Oliver. She is the inspiration of Sheeran's song Thinking Out Loud. They broke up in February 2015.
Ed Sheeran estimated net worth of $207 million as the 17th richest musician in the UK. He earns a good amount of money from his career as a singer.
Ed Sheeran won British Breakthrough Brit Awards for Lego House in 2012. He has Best Male Solo Artist and Album of the Year for his huge hits Thinking Out Loud and Sings in 2015. He won Grammys for Best Pop Solo Performance and Song of the Year in 2016. He received the award from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on December 7, 2017. He secured Grammys for Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo in 2018.
1. His favorite rapper is Eminem whom he wants to meet one day.
2. His debut album is actually third after his two self-released EPs and all of his guitars have names.
3. He dosesn't like to shave because when he shaved his face looks too young.
4. He is an occasional rapper and actor as well.
5. He wrote lyrics to a number of successful performers, including Justin Bieber in the latest release I don't care.