The English singer and songwriter who took over the world with his musical equations are none other than Ed Sheeran. This unwavering music artist has flourished in the music industry with his contributions in the last decade and continuing to win more hearts with his coming musical projects. He is one of the biggest pop stars in world music and also received the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, MBE in 2017 for his amazing works. Let’s take a better look at the artist’s life and progress while he continues to proceed on his never-ending musical journey.
Origin
Edward Christopher Sheeran, better known as Ed Sheeran was born in Halifax in West Yorkshire of England. His father John is an art curator and lecturer and his mother is a culture publicist who worked at the City Art Gallery. Naturally, Ed developed a knack for art and music and started his musical journey at an early age. He began to sing in the local church choir at the age of 4 years only and developed his guitar skills when was only 11. By the time the artist went to High School, he became seasoned enough to write and compose tracks of his own.
In school he gained the title of ‘Natural Performer’ and he became quite famous through his singing and acting skills. He joined the National Youth Theatre and later became the patron of the Youth Music Theatre.
Musical Contributions
Ed has been trying through auditions and collaborations since he was 15 years only. He even started playing at the local venues until he gained enough recognition from fellow rappers and other established music artists in London. After some major trials and errors, the artist earned his first worldwide recognition with the single ‘The A Team’.
‘+’ (Plus)
‘The A Team’ was released in 2011 and was featured in the debut single by the artist titled ‘+’ or Plus. This debut studio album was an international success that becomes the best-selling album of that year. ‘+’ was sold over 801,000 copies and the singles appearing in the album broke the records in the top charts in many countries. Peaking at the top of the UK charts, Ed’s songs gradually spread to every corner of the world while winning the hearts of pop lovers around the world.
‘x’ (Multiply)
This is the second studio album that was released in 2014 including seventeen chart-busting singles like ‘Photograph’, ‘I’m a Mess’, ‘The Man’, ‘Runaway’, and so on. ‘Sing’ was the lead single from the album that created a buzz among the listeners. The album ‘x’ was featured at the top of the UK Albums Chart along with US BillBoard 200. Not only generating sales but streams as well, the album reached 860 million streams on Spotify which made Sheeran the most streamed music artist. The single ‘Thinking Out Loud’ has helped him to earn two consecutive Grammy Awards in the year 2016.
‘÷ ‘ (Divide)
This album came out in 2016 and broke the internet with its 16 amazing singles and media campaigns. It is the fastest-selling album by Sheeran that sold over 672,000 copies in the first week of the release. Two of the singles from the album named ‘Shape of You’ and ‘Cast on the Hill’ put Sheeran on a whole new level. Buzzing through every playlist the tracks ranked at number 1 and 2 on the UK top Charts.
No.6 Collaborations Project
This is one of the latest projects and the fourth studio album by Sheeran that showcases a collection of collaborative projects through its fifteen enigmatic singles. The track ‘I Don’t Care’ featuring Justin Bieber broke all the records with 10.977 million daily global streams. Similarly, ‘Beautiful People’ with Khalid debuted at the number 3 spot on UK Top Charts. The success is quickly followed by another track ‘Cross Me’ where Ed has worked with Chance the Rapper and PnB Rock. ‘Best Part of Me’ with YEBBA and Antisocial with Travis Scott also generated a huge buzz among pop and hip-hop lovers.
‘=’ (Equals) & Merry Christmas
This fifth studio album was released in October 2021 and offered listeners a different and dynamic side of the artist. The leading single from the album ‘Bad Habits’ has spent a total of 11 weeks on the top of the UK singles chart. Considering the festive atmosphere, Ed collaborated with Elton John and released a single titled ‘Merry Christmas’ at the end of November 2021.
Some amazing facts about Teddy
- Guitars with names
A lot of fans might already know that Teddy is Ed’s nickname. Ed also likes to name his guitars which are companions of his musical journey. The names are Cyril, Felix, Lloyd, Keith, Trevor, Nigel, and James the Second.
- Graham the Kitten
Ed is not the only record-breaker as his pet cat Graham took over the internet by notching 71,000 followers on Twitter on the first day.
- Boiled feet under Northern Lights
On his 25th birthday, Ed went to Iceland and got frozen. He even tried to boil his own feet which turned even worse. He said, “I couldn’t walk for a couple of months… It was disgusting when they put the skin graft on. The skin has to heal over it. It was bad.”
- Colorful Tracks
He once said, “All my songs have colors, ‘You Need Me, I Don’t Need You’, for example, is aubergine.”
- Phone? What is that?
Ed Sheeran prefers to use his phone the least possible. He once said, “I enjoy life without a phone – it’s a lot less hassle,”
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