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Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran in earth
Background information
Birth name	Edward Christopher Sheeran
Born	(1991-02-17) 17 February 1991 (age 33)
Origin	Halifax, England
Genres	Folk, acoustic, hip hop, grime
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, producer, rapper, beatboxer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, BOSS Loop Pedal RC-30
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Asylum, Atlantic Records
Website	edsheeran.com

Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter who is currently signed to Asylum / Atlantic Records. Sheeran broke through commercially in June 2011, when his debut single "The A Team" debuted at number 3 on the UK chart.

Life

Sheeran was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire to Irish and English parents, before moving to Framlingham, Suffolk; he is a cousin of TV journalist and presenter Gordon Burns. He learned guitar at a very young age, and began writing songs during his time at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham. His early childhood memories, referred to in a interview on the Zane Lowe show, included listening to Van Morrison on his countless trips to London with his parents and going to an intimate gig with Damien Rice in Ireland when he was 11. He also opened for Nizlopi in Norwich in April 2008 after being one of their guitar technicians.

Music career

Early years

Sheeran began recording in 2005, which led to the release of his first EP, The Orange Room EP. Sheeran also released 2 albums, a self-titled one in 2006 and Want Some? in 2007. He moved to London in 2008 to play gigs, starting off in very small venues, playing every day, to as little as five people. In 2008, he auditioned for the ITV series Britannia High.ed sheeran is extremely cute and i love his ginger hair so much.

In 2009, Sheeran played 312 gigs. He said that he read an interview with James Morrison that said that Morrison had done 200 gigs in a year, and Sheeran wanted to beat him on this number. Also in 2009, he released another EP, You Need Me, just before going on tour with Just Jack. He also did a few collaborations with Leddra Chapman, including Cee Lo Green's Fuck You. In February 2010 Sheeran posted a video through SB.TV, which led to mainstream rapper Example asking Sheeran to tour with him. Also in February 2010 he released his critically acclaimed Loose Change EP, which featured his later debut single "The A Team".

In April 2010, after leaving his old management company, Sheeran bought a ticket to Los Angeles, with no contacts other than one poetry night. He played open mic nights all over the city, before his talent was spotted at The Foxxhole by Jamie Foxx, who was so impressed that he offered Sheeran the use of his recording studio and the run of his Hollywood home for the rest of his stay. Throughout 2010, Sheeran began to be seen by more people over the internet through YouTube and his fan-base grew, with him also getting credit from The Independent newspaper, England football captain Rio Ferdinand and Elton John. Sheeran also self-released two other EPs in 2010; Ed Sheeran: Live at the Bedford and Songs I Wrote With Amy, which is a collection of love songs he wrote in Wales with fellow singer songwriter Amy Wadge.

2011–present

On 8 January 2011, Sheeran released his final independent EP, No.5 Collaborations Project featuring appearances by grime artists including Wiley, JME, Devlin, Sway and Ghetts. With this EP, Sheeran gained mainstream attention for reaching number 2 in the iTunes chart 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 in Camden. Over 1,000 fans turned up to see the show, so Sheeran ended up playing four different shows to make sure everyone saw a gig, including a gig outside on the street after the venue had closed. Later that month, Sheeran was 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 + – which was released through Atlantic Records on 12 September 2011. "The A Team" entered the UK chart at number 3, selling over 58,000 copies in the first week. It was congratulated on being the highest-selling and highest-charting debut single of 2011.

During a headline set in the BBC Introducing tent at Glastonbury Festival 2011, Sheeran announced that "You Need Me" would be released on 28 August as the second single from the album. Sheeran also performed at the Festival Republic Stage during the Reading festival, performed live alongside Mikill Pane and Wretch 32 at Bestival, and performed on the main stage of the 2011 Jersey Live festival. The song "Moments" on the debut album by boy band One Direction was written by Sheeran. "Moments" despite never being released as a single or receiving promotion, reached #60 in Australia, #87 in Canada and #118 on the UK Singles Chart.

On 11 November 2011, the song "Lego House" was released as the third single lifted from the debut studio album +. The song has so far peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart. The video for "Lego House" was released on 20 October 2011 on Sheeran's YouTube channel. It stars Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint.

"Drunk" was released on 19 February 2012 as the fourth single lifted from the debut studio album +.

On 10 January 2012, it was announced Sheeran would support Snow Patrol on their United States tour from late March until May.

His song "Give Me Love" was featured in the episode "Dangerous Liaisons" of The Vampire Diaries.

Discography

• + (2011)

Awards

Brit Awards

BT Digital Music Awards

MOBO Awards

Q Awards

UK Music Video Awards

References

1. BBC - Wales Music: Amy Wadge: my role in Ed Sheeran's success
2. ^ Haugh, Richard (10 January 2011). "Ed Sheeran battles Rihanna for top spot in album chart". BBC News. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
3. "Ed Sheeran – UK Charts". www.chartstats.com/.
4. Clayton-Lea, Tony (9 September 2011). "Ed Sheeran". The Irish Times.
5. Arthur’s Day: Ed Sheeran interview
6. Gordon Burns so proud over cousin Ed Sheeran's Brit Awards success Manchester Evening News,23 February 2012.Retrieved 23 February 2012.
7. ^ "Introducing – Ed Sheeran". BBC Suffolk. April 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
8. Tony Fentons Blog > Daily Download – Ed Sheeran
9. "The amazing story of Ed Sheeran". Retrieved 9 August 2011.
10. "Elt says Ed's the Cat's whiskers | The Sun |Showbiz|Music". London: The Sun. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
11. BBC Suffolk (13 January 2011). "Ed Sheeran signs with Asylum Records / Atlantic Records following 'No. 5 Collaborations Project' success". BBC News. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
12. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/111203cluk.txt
13. http://acharts.us/song/69534
14. http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/chartifacts.htm
15. iTunes - Music - Lego House - EP by Ed Sheeran
16. Ed Sheeran - Lego House (Official Video) - YouTube
17. "Ed Sheeran Announces US Supporting Tour". Sinchronicity. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
18. "Ahhh wicked, my song Give Me Love was used in the Vampire diaries tonight". Twitter / Ed Sheeran. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
19. Carina Adly MacKenzie (10 February 2012). "'The Vampire Diaries' recap: In which Elena is starting to get on our nerves". Zap2it. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

External links

• Interview
• Official website
• Template:Myspace
• Ed Sheeran on Facebook
• Ed Sheeran on Twitter
• Ed Sheeran's channel on YouTube

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• Use dmy dates from January 2011
• 1991 births
• Living people
• British singer-songwriters
• English people of Irish descent