Edward Christopher Sheeran. Born February 17, 1991, in Halifax (West Yorkshire). He is a British author, performer, and actor. Ed Sheeran was born into a family of famous artists. Father, John Sheeran, teacher and curator of his courses. Mother, Imogen, creates jewelry. Ed’s parents also provide independent art consultancy to Sheeran Lock. Born in Halifax, he later moved with his parents to Framlingham (Suffolk). At an early age, he learned to play many instruments, including the guitar and began writing songs while studying at Thomas Mills High School.
Discography
At the age of 16, Ed decided to complete his studies at school and move to London. My only goal was to make a career as a professional musician.
In 2011, Ed Sheeran signed to Atlantic Records, and his debut studio album, +, was released in September. It was on this disc that the single “The A Team” was presented, which brought popularity and recognition to the artist. Subsequently, this track secured the performer and musician the Novello Award.
The following year, Sheeran performed at the closing ceremony of the XXX Summer Olympic Games in London, followed by the recording of a joint duet with American Taylor Swift of the hit “Everything Has Changed”, which was released on her album “Red”.
Ed’s new album “X” appeared in June 2014 and immediately took off to the first lines of the US and UK charts. A month later, the artist published that he was working on his autobiography “Ed Sheeran: A Visual Journey”. Furthermore, In 2015, the British artist received the Brit Award for Best Songwriter of the Year. And in 2016, the song “Thinking Out Loud” was awarded two Grammy awards at once.
In March 2017, Ed Sheeran delighted his fans by adding his third studio album “÷” (“divide”) to his discography. A few months before its release, he presented two singles from the new disc – “Shape of You” and “Castle on the Hill”. They instantly broke all hit records in Germany, Australia, and England, breaking into the tops of various charts.
He wrote songs for many of his stage colleagues. For example, Sheeran is the author of Justin Bieber’s hit «Love Yourself», and collaborated with the band «One Direction».
The last “Divide” tour, which he started back in 2017, has become a record for the box office and its scale. The tour organizers raised an impressive box office – $ 736 thousand, which exceeded the previous record of the U2 group by $ 1 thousand.
Ed’s team estimated that 8.5 million people watched his live performances, while U2’s concerts received 1.2 thousand fewer viewers. The Britons spent 893 days on tour.
In the summer of 2019, Ed Sheeran delighted the Russians with a solo concert in Moscow. The performance of the star took place at the Otkrytie-Arena stadium. The musician performed the songs in a T-shirt of the Russian national football team.
Also in 2019, the artist was noted for the release of another disc, which was called “No.6 Collaborations Project” and debuted at the 1st position on the US Billboard 200 chart. The record featured artists such as Bruno Mars, Travis Scott, Justin Bieber, Chris Stapleton, Camilla Cabello, Chance the Rapper, Cardi B, and many others.
Ed Sheeran now
At the last concert in Ipswich in 2019, which became the final destination of his large-scale tour, the British singer announced that in the next 18 months he intends to take a break from performing and devote this time to his wife Cherry Seaborn.
After a long hiatus, a video for the song “Put It All On Me” appeared on the official channel of the 28-year-old British pop singer on YouTube. During the day, the 3-minute video has collected almost 5 million views.
For the first time, his wife Cherry Seaborn appeared in Ed Sheeran’s videos. The video shows couples from different countries, different orientations, different builds, and skin colors, who dance to the musician’s song.
One of these couples was Ed Sheeran and his wife, with whom, by the way, he secretly tied the knot in 2018. The video also includes a scene where lovers fool around in the kitchen, and then lie hugging on the couch.
This song became the first after Sheeran’s long break in the music.
At the end of 2020, Ed released a new surprise song called “Afterglow” and a video for it. In just a few hours, over a million people watched the video on YouTube.
The musician not only presented the music video, shot in one take but also painted the cover for the song himself.
“Afterglow” is a track that I wrote last year and wanted to release for you. This is not the first single from the next album, this is just a song that I love and I hope you will love it too. Enjoy! I wish you a happy vacation and a New Year,” – Sheeran wrote to fans.
The singer wrote the new composition with FRED, who also co-produced the song with Ed and David Hodges.
