Ed Sheeran

Edward Christopher Sheeran born 17 February 1991 is an English singersongwriter Born in Halifax West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham Suffolk he began writing songs around the age of eleven In early 2011 Sheeran independently released the extended play No5 Collaborations Project He signed with Asylum Records the same year Sheerans debut album Plus 2011 topped the UK Albums Chart and featured his breakout hit The A Team His second studio album Multiply 2014 became the secondbestselling album worldwide of 2015 and won the Brit Award for British Album of the Year Its third single Thinking Out Loud won two Grammy Awards including Song of the Year That same year he established his own record label Gingerbread Man Records Sheerans third album Divide 2017 became the bestselling album worldwide of 2017 and charted ten top10 singles on the UK singles chart Its jointlead singles Shape of You and Castle on the Hill broke records in several countries by debuting in the top two positions on the charts while its fourth single Perfect reached number one in the US Australia and the UK The worlds bestselling artist of 2017 he was named the Global Recording Artist of the Year His next albums No6 Collaborations Project 2019 Equals 2021 and Subtract 2023 each topped the charts in most major markets During this period he accumulated seven UK numberone singles I Dont Care Beautiful People Take Me Back to London Bad Habits Shivers Merry Christmas and Eyes Closed He has since released the albums Autumn Variations 2023 and Play 2025 to varying critical and commercial success Sheeran has sold 200 million records worldwide making him one of the worlds bestselling music artists He has 119 million RIAAcertified units in the US and two of his albums are in the list of the bestselling albums in UK chart history In December 2019 the Official Charts Company named him its artist of the decade with the most combined success in the UK album and singles charts in the 2010s As of September 2026 he is the fourthmostfollowed artist on Spotify Several of his tours are amongst the mostattended concert tours and his Tour became the highestgrossing of all time in August 2019 An alumnus of the National Youth Theatre in London Sheerans acting roles include appearing in the 2019 film Yesterday playing himself In 2025 Time magazine listed him as one of the worlds 100 most influential people