Ed Sheeran

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Birth Name: Edward Sheeran

Age: 32, born 17 February 1991

Born and residing in: United Kingdom

Height: 5' 7"

Relationship Status: In a relationship

Partner: Nina Nesbitt

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Favorite British Male Singers (23 items)
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Published 9 years, 9 months ago

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The Sounds of My Soul (126 items)
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born in year 1991 (319 items)
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200 Songs I Cant Live Without (71 items)
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Published 10 years, 8 months ago

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An artist, a song (162 items)
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Published 12 years ago

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Ed Sheeran Videos

Ed Sheeran - Don't [Official Video]

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Ed Sheeran - The A Team [Official Music Video]

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Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill [Official Video]

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Description: Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter and producer. He was born in Halifax, before moving to Framlingham. He learned to play guitar and started writing songs at a young age. He began recording in 2005 and moved to London in 2008 to pursue a music career. In 2009, he played 312 gigs. In early 2011, Sheeran released an independent extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project which led him to be signed to Asylum / Atlantic Records. On 26 April, Sheeran appeared on the TV music show Later... with Jools Holland – where he performed his debut single "The A Team". Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter and producer. He was born in Halifax, before moving to Framlingham. He learned to play guitar and started writing songs at a young age. He began recording in 2005 and moved to London in 2008 to pursue a music career. In 2009, he played 312 gigs. In early 2011, Sheeran released an independent extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project which led him to be signed to Asylum / Atlantic Records.
On 26 April, 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 download in the UK. The release served as the lead single from Sheeran's debut studio album, entitled +. "The A Team" entered the UK Singles Chart at number three, selling over 58,000 copies in the first week. It was congratulated on being the best selling debut single and the overall eight best selling single of 2011, shifting 801,000 copies. The lead single also became a top ten hit in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Japan, LuxembEd Sheeran, indie, Folk, acoustic, Singer-songwriter, producer, rapourg, New Zealand, Norway and the Netherlands. During a headline set in the BBC Introducing tent at Glastonbury Festival 2011, Sheeran announced that "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" would be released on 28 August as the second single from the album. The second single peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart.

Sheeran's debut album + was released on 12 September 2011. + received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 65, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". + debuted number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling 102,000 copies in its first week. It became the second best selling debut album and the ninth biggest-selling album of 2011 in the UK, shifting 791,000 copies. The album climbed back up to number one on the UK Albums Chart on 1 January 2012, fifteen weeks after it last peaked at the top. The album has been certified quadruple platinum by the British Phonographic Industry for shipments of 1,200,000 units. As of March 2012, the album had sold 1,021,072 copies in the UK. The album also reached the top ten on the Australian Albums Chart, Flanders Belgian Albums Chart, Dutch Albums Chart, Irish Albums Chart, New Zealand Albums Chart and the Swiss Albums Chart.

On 11 November 2011, soul ballad "Lego House" was released as the third single lifted from the debut studio album +. It received its first radio play on BBC Radio 1 on 8 September 2011. It entered the UK Singles Chart at number five, on 17 November. "Lego House" also reached the top ten on Australian, Irish, Scottish, New Zealand Singles Charts, Flemish Ultratop 50 and the Wallonian Ultratip. "Drunk" was released on 19 February 2012 as the fourth single lifted from +. "Drunk" became the Sheeran's fourth consecutive top ten single in the UK, when it peaked at number nine. "Small Bump" was released in late May 2012 as the fifth single.

The song "Moments" on the debut album by boy band One Direction was co-written by Sheeran. On 21 February 2012, Sheeran attended the 2012 Brit Awards, he received the Brit Award for Best British Male Solo Artist, and British Breakthrough of the Year. On 10 January 2012, it was announced Sheeran would support Snow Patrol on their United States tour from late March until May on the band's Fallen Empires Tour. His song "Give Me Love" was featured in the episode "Dangerous Liaisons" of The Vampire Diaries. At the 2012 Ivor Novello Awards in May 2012, Sheeran's "The A Team" beat Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" and Florence and the Machine's "Shake It Out", winning the award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.

Sheeran co-wrote and sings duet on the song "Everything Has Changed" from Taylor Swift's fourth album Red. From March to September 2013, he will play 58 dates at arenas and stadiums across North America as the opening act for Swift's Red Tour. Sheeran also wrote One Direction's upcoming single "Little Things". He described the song as a "sweet ballad". ... (more)