Ed Sheeran Biography

His complete name is Edward Christopher Sheeran. Sheeran’s parents Imogen and John are from London and his brother whose name is Matthew works as a composer. His grandparents are Irish and his father had a very big catholic family. Ed Sheeran started singing when he was just four years old. He sang for the church choir and his school.

Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran is a famous English singer and songwriter, who has won the hearts of people all over the world with his melodic voice. He is an occasional rapper and actor as well. His popularity increased especially after the release of his first album ‘+’ and after a guest appearance was made by him on Taylor Swift's fourth studio album 'Red.’ He began recording music in 2004. His first work 'Spinning Man' was released independently. After moving to London from Suffolk in 2008, he used to play in small venues and also released the EP ‘You Need me’ in 2009. While in London, he also auditioned for a British musical drama television series ‘Britannia High.’ His debut album '+' was released in September 2011. Having sold 791,000 copies in the UK by the end of the year, it stood as the ninth bestselling album there. It was also reviewed positively by critics. The next year he won the 2012 Brits awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act of the Year. His songs slowly started gaining more popularity and were widely appreciated by the public. Sheeran's song, ‘Give Me Love’, got featured in the episode ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ of the well-known American TV series ‘The Vampire Diaries.’ It was also featured in an episode of the sitcom ‘Cougar Town.’

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Having sold 791,000 copies in the UK by the end of the year, it was the ninth bestselling album there. It was also reviewed undoubtedly by critics. The following year he won the 2012 Brits awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act of the Year. His songs gradually began gaining more fame and were widely recognized by the public. Sheeran’s song, ‘Give Me Love’, got featured in the episode ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ of the well-known American TV series ‘The Vampire Diaries.’ It was also highlighted in an episode of the sitcom ‘Cougar Town.’

Wife: Cherry Seaborn

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Life Journey

Ed Sheeran was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire. His initial childhood home was on Birchcliffe Road in nearby Hebden Bridge. His father was a librarian at Cartwright Hall in Bradford and his mother served at Manchester City Art Gallery.

In December 1995 he went with his family from Hebden Bridge to Framlingham in Suffolk. He has an older brother called Matthew, who serves as a composer. Sheeran’s parents, John and Imogen, are from London. His paternal grandparents are Irish, and Sheeran has said that his father is from a “very large” Catholic family.

John is an art curator and lecturer, and Imogen is a culture publicist trained jewelry designer. His parents managed Sheeran Lock, an independent art consultancy, from 1990 to 2010.

Sheeran sang at a neighborhood church choir at the age of four, got how to work the guitar at age eleven, and started writing songs while at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham. A 2004 school report described him as a “natural performer”, and his classmates also declared him “most likely to be famous”.

He was believed at the National Youth Theatre in London as a teenager. He famously auditioned for Youth Music Theatre UK in 2007 and registered their production of Frankenstein in Plymouth. He is a patron of Youth Music Theatre UK (now renamed British Youth Music Theatre) and of Access to Music, where he studied Artist Development.

Sheeran is a second cousin of Northern Irish broadcaster Gordon Burns, who hosted the British game show The Krypton Factor.

In early 2011, after obtaining recording and publishing deals, Sheeran purchased and restored a farm near Framlingham, Suffolk, where he was grown. He has said that he hopes to build a family there. During 2013, he resided between Hendersonville, Tennessee, and Los Angeles, California. In 2014, he got a house in South London.

Sheeran was in a connection with Scottish singer-songwriter Nina Nesbitt (who was in his music video for “Drunk”) in 2012, before breaking up. Nesbitt is the subject of Sheeran’s songs “Nina” and “Photograph”, while most of Nesbitt’s album, Peroxide, is about Sheeran.

In January 2014, Sheeran was in a relationship with Athina Andrelos, who operates for chef Jamie Oliver. She is the thought of Sheeran’s song “Thinking Out Loud”. They split up in February 2015. He is also close friends with singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and colluded on her albums Red and Reputation.

Since July 2015 Sheeran has been in a relationship with a childhood friend and former secondary school classmate Cherry Seaborn. They declared their engagement in January 2018 and were married in January a year later. She is the notion of the song “Perfect”.

It was reported on 12 August 2020 that the couple was awaiting their first child. On 1 September, Sheeran announced on Instagram that Seaborn had given birth to a baby girl named Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran the previous week.

Sheeran is a fan of his local football club Ipswich Town F.C. A collector of Panini’s FIFA World Cup sticker album, he completed the 2014 World Cup album. Performing as a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs on 7 May 2017, Sheeran chose His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman as his book of choice, and a lifetime amount of ketchup as the one inanimate luxury item that he would take with him on a desert island.

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