Ed Sheeran is a singer-songwriter, hailing from Halifax, West Yorkshire. In his time in Suffolk, he was known to have flourished as a hidden talent when it came to music. He learned guitar at a very young age and began writing songs during his time at school. Sheeran began recording in 2005, which lead to the release of his first EP, The Orange Room EP. Sheeran also released two albums, a self-titled one in 2006 and Want Some? In 2007. He decided to release another EP, You Need Me in late 2009. However, it wasn't until February 2010 that Sheeran began to get noticed after he posted a video through SB.tv displaying his diverse style. This video led to mainstream rapper Example asking Sheeran to tour with him. Throughout 2010, Sheeran began to be seen by more and more people over the internet through YouTube and his fan-base grew incredibly, with him also getting credit from The Independent newspaper, England football captain Rio Ferdinand and even Elton John. Sheeran released three EPs in 2010, Loose Change, which features one of his most known songs, ''The A-Team'', Songs I Wrote With Amy, and Ed Sheeran: Live at the Bedford, a live EP recorded in October. During the year, Sheeran also went to the US, where he was discovered by international superstar Jamie Foxx, who asked Sheeran to perform on his radio show, which gained him some fans in the US. By the end of the year, Sheeran was seen to be one of the best-unsigned artists in the country. In 2011, Sheeran released his final independent EP, No.5 Collaborations Project featuring appearances by grime artists including Wiley, JME, Devlin, and Ghetts. With this EP, Sheeran reached number 2 on the iTunes chart. He received further fame for contributing the track entitled ''I See Fire'' to Howard Shore's soundtrack to the movie ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' in 2013 and Bridget Jone's Baby in 2016.
In 2012, Ed performed at the London Olympics' closing ceremony alongside members of Pink Floyd and Genesis for a very special version of Wish You Were Here'' and in 2015, Ed shared the stage with Beyonce and Gary Clark Jr. at that year's Grammy tribute for Stevie Wonder. In July 2015 Ed took to the stage of Wembley Stadium, solo, becoming the first-ever artist to headline the prestigious venue without a band - with just his trademark loop pedal and guitar seeing him play to 240,000 people over three consecutive sold-out nights! Not only has Ed caught the headlines with his phenomenal solo concerts, he's also been involved in an array of spellbinding collaborative performances over his career to date, further proving his colossal status in the musical world, such as the very special collaboration with Sir Elton John.
Kicking-off music in 2017 and delivering the biggest musical comeback in recent years, Ed's dual singles Shape Of You and Castle On The Hill have taken the globe by storm, hitting the #1 and #2 spots across the charts worldwide while seeing the Suffolk native break a magnitude of records along the way. Ed recently conquered more milestones in the USA after landing his first-ever #1 as a performer on the Billboard Hot 100 with ''Shape Of You'' - with ''Castle On The Hill'' sitting closely behind at #6 on the chart.