Ed Sheeran is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer and English actor. He attended the Guildford Academy of Contemporary Music at the age of 18 in 2009. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, the No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his first album, + was released in September 2011. After being sold 791,000 copies in the UK at the end of the year, this is the ninth album in success. He is at the top of the UK and Australian charts, has been ranked fifth in the US and has since been certified seven times in the UK. The album contains the single The A Team, which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Musical and Lyrical Song. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and the British Breakthrough Act. Sheeran has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making it one of the best-selling musical artists in the world.
Birth name
Edward Christopher Sheeran
Nickname
Ed, Teddy
Profession
Singer, composer, record producer, musician
Kind
Acoustic, Grime, Pop, Folk, Hip Hop
instruments
Singing, BOSS Loop Pedal RC-30, Guitar, Percussion, Piano
Label
Asylum, Atlantic, Elektra Records
Nationality
English
Private life
Anniversary / Date of birth
Ed Sheeran was born on February 17, 1991 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England.
Age
He is currently 28 years old.
Sign of the sun
Aquarius
Ethnicity
White
He has an Anglo-Irish ancestry.
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Education
Ed attended Thomas Mills High School in Suffolk, England.
Family details
- Father – John Sheeran (curator and speaker)
- Mother – Imogen Lock (jewelry designer)
- Brothers and sisters – Matthew Sheeran (Elder) (Classical Composer)
Civil status
Married
Girlfriend / spouse
Ed Sheeran dated –
- Ellie Goulding (2013) – Ed Sheeran had an affair with Ellie when they both saw each other holding hands at MTV's 2013 Video Music Awards, around August 2013.
- Athina Andrelos (2014-2015) – Ed Sheeran began dating culinary stylist Athina Andrelos in January 2014. She was the inspiration for Ed's song Thinking Out Loud. The couple had a year before calling in February 2015.
- Cherry Seaborn (2015 to date) – In the summer of 2015, Ed started dating Cherry Seaborn, Risk Management Consultant. They knew each other since high school. After more than two years of dating, they got engaged in January 2018. In August 2018, he hinted that they were married at a private ceremony, which was confirmed in July 2019 in the song Remember the Name.
Physical statistics
size
- In feet – 5 feet 8 inches
- In centimeters – 173 cm
- In meters – 1.73 m
Weight
- In kilograms – 82 kg
- In pounds – 181 lbs
bodybuilding
Average
Eye colour
Blue
Hair color
red
Sexuality
Straight ahead
Professional statistics
Famous for
His singing talents, his first single The A Team and his first album +, published in 2011.
Start of the album
Ed released his first studio album + September 9, 2011, by Asylum Records and Atlantic Records. The album received the status of 6x Platinum in England and Ireland, 4x Platinum in Australia, etc.
Movie & TV debut
He did not appear in any film or TV show.
Support brand
Ed appeared in the Beats Solo2 commercial.
Ed Sheeran Favorites
- Favorite actor – Jack Nicholson
- Favorite actress – Meryl Streep
- Prefer Member 1D – Harry Styles
- Favorite color – Blue
- Favorite movies – Love & Sex (2000), Turn the River (2007)
Ed Sheeran net worth
Ed Sheeran estimated the net worth of $ 110 million dollars from 2019.
Social media profiles
Some lesser known facts about Ed Sheeran
- He began singing at the local church choir at the age of four. He also learned to play the guitar himself. His father also took him to various musical concerts that inspired him to a large extent.
- His father John was a curator and a lecturer, while his mother Imogen was a cultural publicist who later became a jewelry designer.
- He was not alone during his studies. He had a girlfriend at school (age 4) with him in 2012 during his tour.
- At the age of 14, he released The Orange Room and Spinning Man, considered important works of his early days.
- He has already done a concert in Bristol (in southwestern England) to raise money for street sex workers. In this event, he was able to raise £ 40,000.
- The redhead Sheeran has a big crush on another redhead Emma Stone.
- In April 2011, he appeared on the Later … musical program with Jools Holland to perform his first single, The A Team, which was later released as a digital download. It became a huge success, with over 58,000 copies sold during the first week. It has also become one of the ten most popular songs in several countries such as Australia, Japan, Norway and New Zealand.
- In June 2015, Forbes Magazine announced that its revenues were $ 57 million, positioning it as the 27th best-paid celebrity in the world.
- In December 2016, he announced his return with his third album '÷' (divide), which should be released on March 3, 2017.
- Visit his official website @ edsheeran.com.
