151-591: Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. In 2012, they rose to prominence when they featured on Disclosure 's breakthrough single " Latch ", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart . The following year, they featured on Naughty Boy 's single " La La La ", which became a number one single in the UK. Smith's debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour (2014),
302-522: A Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Original Song . Smith's second studio album, The Thrill of It All (2017) debuted atop the UK and US album charts. The albums lead single, " Too Good at Goodbyes " reached number one in the UK and Australia and number four in the US. Following the 2018 single " Promises " (with Calvin Harris ), which peaked at number one in the UK, Smith released " Dancing with
453-986: A Station Session in St. Pancras International in June 2010. Some of the episode is on their Facebook page Sheeran also self-released two other EPs in 2010, Ed Sheeran: Live at the Bedford and Songs I Wrote with Amy , which is a collection of love songs he wrote in Wales with Amy Wadge . When in Los Angeles in 2010, he was invited to perform at The Foxxhole, a club run by actor Jamie Foxx , which ended with an invitation to stay at Foxx's home. On 8 January 2011, Sheeran released another independent EP, No. 5 Collaborations Project , featuring grime artists such as Wiley , Jme , Devlin , Sway and Ghetts . With this EP, Sheeran gained mainstream attention for having reached number 2 in
604-643: A "natural performer", and his classmates also voted him "most likely to be famous". He was accepted at the National Youth Theatre in London as a teenager. He successfully auditioned for Youth Music Theatre UK in 2007 and joined their production of Frankenstein – A New Musical 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
755-429: A "role model" and praised her "soulfulness" as well as her "honesty". Smith stated that the story of Lady Gaga 's career beginnings encouraged them to move to London to start their own career. They also credited her with helping them come out as non-binary. Smith described Robyn as a major influence on Love Goes and said that they listened to her "nonstop" while making the album because they "could dance and be sad at
906-515: A Grammy, and Petras the first openly transgender artist to win a major-category Grammy. In April of that year, Smith embarked on the Gloria World Tour to promote the album. The concert tour visited Europe, North America, Asia, and Oceania throughout the year. In July 2023, Smith and Scottish DJ Calvin Harris collaborated for a second time, and released a song titled " Desire " on 28 July 2023 with Sony Music . The song peaked at number 5 on
1057-461: A Stranger " (with Normani ) in 2019, which peaked within the top ten in the UK and the US, also receiving a nomination for Song of the Year at the 2020 Brit Awards . The singles, along with " How Do You Sleep? " would precede the release of their third studio album, Love Goes (2020). In 2022, Smith's single " Unholy " (with Kim Petras ), would become their first number one single in the US and won
1208-589: A US tour of 6,000–9,000-capacity venues. "The A Team" received a nomination for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards . Elton John , who runs Sheeran's management company, canvassed the award organisers to get Sheeran a performance slot at the ceremony but was told that Sheeran alone was not high-profile enough. John decided to appear with Sheeran to circumvent this problem. Sheeran was also featured on some tracks from Irish singer Foy Vance 's fourth album Joy of Nothing . From March to September 2013, Sheeran played at arenas and stadiums across North America as
1359-519: A bar located on Portobello Road in Notting Hill . The bar is called "Bertie Blossoms", and named after his wife Cherry Seaborn. Sheeran performed a gig in Bristol, which raised £40,000 for a charity that reaches out to street sex workers . "It's good to show insight that these people are real people with real emotions and they deserve the same charity work as anyone else," Sheeran said. "There's
1510-439: A beach in the coastal Suffolk town of Lowestoft . On 1 March 2023, Sheeran officially announced on all social media platforms that his sixth studio album, - ("Subtract"), would be released on 5 May 2023. Sheeran released the album's lead single, " Eyes Closed " with its accompanying music video on 24 March 2023. " Boat " was released as the second single off the record on 21 April 2023. The third single, " Life Goes On ",
1661-429: A bottle on tour, and has a Heinz Ketchup tattoo on his arm—he put forward an idea he had written for their next TV campaign, and the company responded. A representative from Heinz stated that "1/3 of @HEINZ Instagram posts include people mentioning or tagging Ed, dating all the way back to 2014." Poking fun at people who turn their nose up at those who ask for ketchup in fancy restaurants, the advert sees him walking into
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#17327873414421812-478: A child and underwent liposuction at age 12. As part of Youth Music Theatre UK , Smith appeared in the troupe's 2007 production of Oh! Carol , a musical featuring the music of Neil Sedaka . Before entering the musical theatre, they had been in jazz bands. While studying singing and songwriting under jazz pianist Joanna Eden for a number of years, Smith attended St Mary's Catholic School in Bishop's Stortford and
1963-437: A creation, and began studying it and introducing his brother to it. Primarily influenced by artists including Joy Orbison , James Blake , Burial and Mount Kimbie , the brothers were led back in time to Chicago house , Detroit techno , UK garage and 2-step garage . The brothers started de-constructing and copying the music that Guy had heard at gigs in a room above their father's auction house, and then making music in
2114-526: A debut album, for In the Lonely Hour . At the 73rd Golden Globe Awards on 10 January 2016, they received the Award for Best Original Song for "Writing's on the Wall". On 14 January, the song earned Smith an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song . In the nominations for the 2016 Brit Awards announced on 14 January, the song was among the nominees for Best British Video. Smith performed "Writing's on
2265-1059: A donation to Ipswich Hospital . In June 2020, Sheeran made a "founding gift" to launch Suffolk Community Foundation's "Rebuilding Local Lives Appeal" in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on the celebration day of the county, "Suffolk Day". Sheeran has donated over £1 million to local charities in Suffolk amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including to a children's hospital ward. Sheeran's parents organised The Ed Sheeran Made in Suffolk Legacy Auction on 23 October 2020 which ran until 8 November. The auction had 220 lots, including items donated by other celebrities such as David Beckham , Kylie Minogue and Usain Bolt . Sheeran has donated some of his personal items including handwritten lyrics from his song "Perfect", lego bricks he played with as
2416-521: A gut-punch break-up and a trawl around a harshly lit shopping centre. They're for life's big moments, with all the cinematic edge of a Richard Curtis film. He's also malleable – when he's done with hip-hop , for example, he doesn't need an image overhaul to then revert to balladry. If one genre isn't to your tastes, then fear not, another will be along soon. Sheeran has also cited the Beatles , Nizlopi and Eminem as his biggest musical influences. He
2567-593: A kid, handmade You Need Me EP from 2009 and a £3 ticket to his first gig at the British Legion in Framlingham. The auction was made to raise money for Suffolk charities such as GeeWizz and Zest who both support children and young adults in the county, including redeveloping a playground for kids with special educational needs and disabilities in Ipswich. In November Sheeran sold one of his paintings, marking
2718-665: A lifetime of being at war with my gender I've decided to embrace myself for who I am, inside and out..." Smith has struggled with body image issues since preteen years and been open about this in interviews. They identify as a feminist . Smith is the godparent of close friend and collaborator Jimmy Napes ' son. Disclosure (band) Disclosure is an English electronic music duo consisting of brothers Howard (born 11 May 1994) and Guy Lawrence (born 25 May 1991). They grew up in Reigate , Surrey . Their debut studio album, Settle , released on 3 June 2013, by PMR Records ,
2869-438: A live album, Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios , on 19 March 2021. The same year, Smith recorded a cover of " You Will Be Found ", in collaboration with Summer Walker , for the soundtrack album of the 2021 film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen . Their version of the song also plays during the closing credits of the film itself. On 25 August 2022, Smith announced that they had collaborated with German singer Kim Petras on
3020-405: A livestream concert on 30 October from Abbey Road Studios in London, their only live performance of 2020. The concert featured guest appearances by British actress Jade Anouka on " My Oasis " and singer Labrinth on "Love Goes", and included a cover version of " Time After Time ", which drew praise from the song's original singer and writer Cyndi Lauper . The concert was recorded and released as
3171-533: A lot more popular charities that get a lot of attention. And with certain subjects like this they're often washed over and people don't necessarily give them the attention they deserve." Tickets were available to those taking part in the charity's Give it up for One25 campaign by giving something up for 125 hours and hitting the £40,000 fundraising mark. Sheeran frequently gives away his clothes to charity shops around Suffolk, his home county. An ambassador for East Anglia 's Children's Hospice, he has donated clothes to
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#17327873414423322-566: A new version of "Bad Habits" with the pop metal group Bring Me the Horizon in February. Later that year it was reported that he was in contact with Suffolk extreme metal group Cradle of Filth over a possible project, with frontman Dani Filth confirming progress on the collaboration in August. In July, he launched a collaboration with clothing brand Lucy & Yak which was inspired by
3473-407: A number of countries by debuting in the top two positions of the charts. He also became the first artist to have two songs debut in the US top 10 in the same week. By March 2017, Sheeran had accumulated ten top-10 singles from ÷ on the UK Singles Chart , breaking the record for most top-10 UK singles from one album. His fourth single from ÷ , " Perfect ", reached number one in the US, Australia, and
3624-632: A scene from the 2003 romantic-comedy film Love Actually , the song's music video sees the duo pay homage to scenes from past British Christmas hits, including " Last Christmas ", " Walking in the Air ", " Merry Christmas Everyone ", and " Stay Another Day ". All of the UK profits from the song went to the Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation and the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Debuting at number one in
3775-482: A single and it reached the top ten in the UK, the US and other countries. In February, Smith performed a medley of songs alongside Calvin Harris , Rag'n'Bone Man and Dua Lipa at the 2019 Brit Awards held at the O 2 Arena in London. " How Do You Sleep? " was released on 19 July 2019. In December 2019, the Official Charts Company named In the Lonely Hour the best-selling debut album of
3926-633: A single due in between late 2019 and early 2020. After a hiatus, Disclosure released a song in May 2018 called "Ultimatum" featuring Fatoumata Diawara . In August 2018, five new songs were released over a daily basis: "Moonlight", "Where Angels Fear to Tread", "Love Can Be So Hard", "Funky Sensation" and "Where You Come From". In October 2019 Disclosure performed at the Trafalgar Square leg of Extinction Rebellion 's "International Rebellion" protest. The singles, furthermore, announced their comeback into
4077-602: A single featured on Swift's fourth studio album, Red . Sheeran also contributed two songs to One Direction's second studio album, Take Me Home , released in November 2012; the single " Little Things " became the group's second number-one in the UK. Sheeran's album peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 , while "The A Team" reached No. 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . In late 2012 and early 2013, he headlined
4228-413: A single-coloured background with a solid mathematical symbol. On 2 January, he posted a 10-second video on Twitter and other social media platforms, revealing the tracklist and cover art of his fourth studio album, ÷ ("Divide"), which was released on 3 March 2017. The album debuted at number one in the UK, the US, Germany, Australia, Canada and other major markets. With first week sales of 672,000 it
4379-403: A song titled " Unholy ", with Petras calling it "the best song" she has been part of. The first single from Smith's fourth studio album Gloria , it reached number one in the UK, the US (Smith's first US chart topper), Australia and other markets. The song made Smith and Petras the first openly non-binary and first openly transgender musicians, respectively, to release a song that reached No. 1 on
4530-449: A story line, each newly released video furthering the plot. The videos follow a young woman in a sci-fi, dystopian world who is, for some unknown reason, being chased by the police. Three singles were released prior to the album: " Omen ", " Holding On " and " Jaded ". Two promotional singles were also released: " Willing and Able " and " Hourglass ". The album was released on 25 September 2015, by PMR Records and Island Records . The album
4681-475: A video through SB.TV —a channel launched by British entrepreneur Jamal Edwards —and rapper Example invited Sheeran to tour with him. In the same month, he also released his critically acclaimed Loose Change EP, which featured his future debut single, " The A Team ". Sheeran began to be seen by more people over the internet through YouTube and his fan base expanded, with him also receiving praise from The Independent newspaper and Elton John . He played
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4832-609: A worldwide tour of more than 40 European, American, and Canadian cities, including high-profile music festivals such as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival , Lollapalooza Music Festival in Chicago, and Sasquatch! Music Festival in Washington State. The same year, they established the record label Method Records; its roster includes Friend Within, Karen Harding , Lxury, and Tourist. A sub label
4983-523: A worldwide tour, the duo began working on their second studio album, Caracal , featuring vocals from Sam Smith , Lorde , Gregory Porter , Lion Babe , Kwabs , The Weeknd , Nao , Miguel , Jordan Rakei and Brendan Reilly. The week of its release, Caracal earned the group their second consecutive number one album in the UK Albums Chart. The music videos for official singles from the album published on YouTube are interconnected and follow
5134-596: Is a second cousin of Northern Irish broadcaster Gordon Burns , who hosted the British game show The Krypton Factor . Sheeran began recording music in 2004, and at the age of thirteen independently released his first collection of work, titled Spinning Man . He has been friends with fellow English singer Passenger since he was 15, with the two playing the same gig in Cambridge. He moved to London in 2008 and began playing in small venues. In 2008, he auditioned for
5285-400: Is a culture publicist turned jewellery designer. His parents ran Sheeran Lock, an independent art consultancy, from 1990 to 2010. Sheeran sang at a local church choir at the age of four, learned how to play the guitar at age eleven, and began writing songs while at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham. He also played the cello when he was younger. A 2004 school report described him as
5436-596: Is also a fan of heavier music and cites bands such as Cradle of Filth , Slipknot , Korn , Marilyn Manson and Bring Me the Horizon as other influences. As a teenager, he also had a Kerrang! subscription. According to Sheeran, he had a stutter in his speech when he was younger, and he credited rapping along to Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP for helping him stammer less. He was also inspired by " Cannonball " singer-songwriter Damien Rice in 2002, with Sheeran stating, "seeing him play this small club in Ireland, I
5587-712: Is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire , and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk , he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play No. 5 Collaborations Project . He signed with Asylum Records the same year. Sheeran's debut album, + (" Plus "), was released in September 2011 and topped the UK Albums Chart . It contained his first hit single " The A Team ". In 2012, Sheeran won
5738-470: Is an influence. His aunt gave him 10 pounds to buy a CD and the first CD he purchased was Conspiracy of One and he used to play their song Million Miles Away in front of a mirror. Sheeran later performed the song with the band. In March 2015, Sheeran announced he was setting up a record label, Gingerbread Man Records, which is a deal with Warner Music Group . The label was launched in August 2015 alongside its accompanying YouTube channel. Jamie Lawson ,
5889-490: Is an international festival and a networking event that puts the talents working behind the camera in the spotlight. The festival was founded in 2013 by a producer Aviel Silook. The event is filled with music video marathons, workshops, live performances and since 2016 also a fashion show. The Berlin Music Video Awards offers 14 different categories for the applicants and the winners of each category then compete for
6040-554: Is featured in the end credits of the film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug , the film's soundtrack , and on the deluxe version of his second album. Sheeran was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Grammy Awards . On 24 March 2014, Sheeran performed at the Teenage Cancer Trust charity concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London where he unveiled "Take It Back", a track that would appear on
6191-411: Is one of the reasons I started writing songs, and was such a pleasure to work with him." In December 2017, Sheeran appeared on BBC Radio 1 's Live Lounge , performing his song "Perfect" and a duet of The Pogues ' festive classic " Fairytale of New York " with Anne-Marie . On 3 January 2018, "Shape of You" was named the best-selling single of 2017 in the UK, and the best-selling single of 2017 on
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6342-518: Is struggling in these strange times". Sheeran's charity, the Framlingham Foundation Trust, is reported to have donated money to give a primary school teacher to take an imperative course to help children create songs with untraditional instruments which will benefit children with learning difficulties. Sheeran made his acting debut in 2014, a cameo role as himself on New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street , filmed while he
6493-572: Is the fastest-selling album by a male solo artist in the UK, and third fastest in UK chart history behind 25 by Adele and Be Here Now by Oasis . It had the biggest first-week sales of 2017 in the US, until it was surpassed by Taylor Swift's Reputation . On 6 January, Sheeran released two singles, " Shape of You " and " Castle on the Hill "; the theme of the latter single Sheeran's upbringing in his home town of Framlingham in Suffolk, with
6644-414: The 2016 ceremony : Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance . In May 2016, × was named the second-best-selling album worldwide in 2015, behind 25 by Adele . On 13 December 2016, after a year long hiatus and social media break, Sheeran tweeted a picture and changed his Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to a light blue, implying the release of a new album—each of Sheeran's previous albums were
6795-709: The Billboard Hot 100 in the US. The same day, ÷ was named the best-selling album of 2017 in the UK, and the US. As the best-selling artist worldwide for 2017, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) named him the Global Recording Artist of the Year . At the 2018 Brit Awards held at the O 2 Arena in London on 21 February, Sheeran performed " Supermarket Flowers ", and received
6946-519: The Billboard Hot 100. On 18 November, Smith released the single "Night Before Christmas", which was added to their EP The Holly & the Ivy . Gloria was released on 27 January 2023, garnering generally favourable reviews from critics. In February 2023, Smith and Petras won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Unholy". This made Smith the first openly non-binary artist to win
7097-535: The Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act . Sheeran's second studio album, × (" Multiply "), topped charts around the world upon its release in June 2014. It was named the second-best-selling album worldwide of 2015. In the same year, × won Album of the Year at the 2015 Brit Awards , and he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from
7248-535: The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors . A single from × , " Thinking Out Loud ", earned him the 2016 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance . Sheeran's third album, ÷ (" Divide "), was released in March 2017, and was the best-selling album worldwide of 2017 . The first two singles from the album, " Shape of You " and " Castle on the Hill ", broke records in
7399-563: The British Phonographic Industry , denoting shipments of 1.8 million copies. As of March 2012, the album had sold 1,021,072 copies in the UK. The album also reached the top five in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the US. The song, " Moments ", on the debut album by boy band One Direction , released in November 2011, was co-written by Sheeran. At the 2012 Brit Awards on 21 February, Sheeran won
7550-613: The German Single Charts . On 15 January, the songs debuted at number one and number two on the ARIA Singles Chart , the first time this has been achieved in the history of the Australian chart. On 17 January, "Shape of You" debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 , while "Castle on the Hill" entered at number six; this made Sheeran the first artist ever to have two songs simultaneously debut in
7701-472: The Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance . The song would precede their fourth album, Gloria (2023). Smith's numerous accolades include five Grammy Awards , three Brit Awards , three Billboard Music Awards , and an American Music Award , as well as a Golden Globe and an Academy Award . On the UK Albums Chart, In the Lonely Hour was the best-selling debut album of the 2010s and
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#17327873414427852-593: The National Youth Theatre in London, Sheeran's acting roles include appearing in the 2019 film Yesterday , playing himself. Edward Christopher Sheeran was born on 17 February 1991 in Halifax, West Yorkshire , England. His early childhood home was on Birchcliffe Road in nearby Hebden Bridge . His father was a curator at Cartwright Hall in Bradford , and his mother worked at Manchester City Art Gallery . In December 1995, he moved with his family from Hebden Bridge to Framlingham in Suffolk , where he attended
8003-401: The UK Albums Chart and number two on the Billboard 200 , and by 5 November it had become the second biggest selling album of 2014 in the US behind only 1989 by Taylor Swift . In January 2015, In the Lonely Hour was named the second best selling album of 2014 in the UK, behind x by Ed Sheeran . A live version of album track "I've Told You Now", performed at St Pancras Old Church ,
8154-470: The UK Singles Chart and Irish Singles Chart , topped the charts in Australia, Canada and Germany among others, and peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. His eleventh week at number one in the UK saw him become the first British solo artist to notch up 52 weeks at Number 1 across his catalogue, with only Elvis Presley (80 weeks) and The Beatles (69 weeks) achieving more weeks at
8305-458: The UK Singles Chart . In February 2013, Smith released the first single from their debut album, " Lay Me Down ", and later in the year featured on Naughty Boy 's single " La La La ". It was released on 19 May 2013 and peaked at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart . Smith's first EP Nirvana was released the following year. The first song on the EP, titled " Safe with Me ", is produced by Two Inch Punch and
8456-786: The US Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs . In August 2024, Smith performed at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall . Smith cited Adele and Amy Winehouse as primary influences. They admire Adele's "honesty in her music" and the way she has handled fame; they expressed a wish to maintain a similar public image. Winehouse's debut album Frank was the first album Smith ever bought. Early in their career, Smith received advice from Mary J. Blige and Chaka Khan , both of whom they listened to during their youth; Smith said that this inspired them to offer help to new artists themself. They called Taylor Swift
8607-533: The castle referring to Framlingham Castle . Following the release of these singles, Sheeran co-hosted the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Scott Mills where it was implied that he would possibly make an appearance at the Glastonbury Festival in 2017. It was also during this show that Sheeran used a new Martin guitar that featured the ÷ logo (of his new album) on both the headstock and body of
8758-578: The gospel -tinged " Stay with Me " and an acoustic version of "Lay Me Down". "Stay with Me" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 . The fourth single from the album, " I'm Not the Only One ", reached number three in the UK and number five in the US. Smith performed "Stay With Me" live at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards on 24 August at The Forum in Inglewood, California . On 15 November 2014, they joined
8909-556: The iTunes chart without any promotion or label, selling over 7,000 copies in the first week. Three months later, Sheeran put on a free show to fans at the Barfly in Camden Town . Over 1,000 fans turned up, so Sheeran played four different shows to ensure everyone saw a gig, including a gig outside on the street after the venue had closed. Later that month, Sheeran was signed to Asylum Records . On 26 April 2011, Sheeran appeared on
9060-667: The sixth best-selling album of the decade , while collectively Smith's albums spent the fourth-most weeks at number one in the 2010s , behind Ed Sheeran , Adele and Eminem . Smith is the first openly non-binary musician to both release a song that reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and to win a Grammy Award. Samuel Frederick Smith was born in London on 19 May 1992 to Frederick Smith and broker Kate Cassidy. Smith grew up in Great Chishill , where they attended Thomas More Primary School. They were bullied for having breasts as
9211-522: The "diva quality" of their voice, Smith remarked in January 2014: It's all I listened to. I actually didn't listen to male vocalists until about two years ago. I just listened to Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan. Massive voices. In May 2014, Smith came out to the public as gay and acknowledged they had been in a brief relationship with actor and model Jonathan Zeizel. In 2015, at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards when " Stay with Me " won an award for Record of
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#17327873414429362-400: The 2010s and the sixth best-selling album of the decade in the UK, while at 10 weeks, Smith's albums collectively spent the fourth-most weeks at number one in the UK in the 2010s , behind Ed Sheeran , Adele and Eminem . On 13 February 2020, Smith revealed that a third studio album, then titled To Die For , was scheduled to be released on 1 May. On 30 March, Smith announced that, due to
9513-464: The BBC music show Later... with Jools Holland , where he performed his debut single "The A Team". Six weeks later, "The A Team" was released as a digital download in the UK. The release served as the lead single from Sheeran's debut studio album, + ("Plus"). "The A Team" entered the UK Singles Chart at number three, selling over 58,000 copies in the first week. It was the best-selling debut single and
9664-635: The Best Music Video. Brit Awards Camerimage D&AD Awards European Border Breakers Awards European Festival Awards Grammy Awards International Dance Music Awards Ivor Novello Awards Libera Awards MOBO Awards MTV Video Music Awards Japan MTVU Woodie Awards NME Awards Popjustice £20 Music Prize Rober Awards Music Poll UK Festival Awards UK Music Video Awards World Music Awards Ed Sheeran Edward Christopher Sheeran ( / ˈ ʃ ɪər ən / SHEER -ən ; born 17 February 1991)
9815-554: The Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist , and British Breakthrough Act of the Year. On 10 January 2012, it was announced that Sheeran would support Snow Patrol on their US tour from late March until May. His song, " Give Me Love ", was featured in the episode " Dangerous Liaisons " of The Vampire Diaries . At the Ivor Novello Awards in May 2012, Sheeran's "The A Team" bested Adele 's " Rolling in
9966-542: The DVD Jumpers for Goalposts: Live at Wembley Stadium ; the title is a nod to playing concerts at Wembley Stadium, the home of English football . In 2015, Sheeran wrote " Love Yourself " for Justin Bieber 's fourth album. Sheeran had initially planned to put the song on his third album ÷ and added that the track would have been scrapped before Bieber took the song. In August 2015, he sang along with Macklemore on
10117-728: The Deep " and Florence and the Machine 's " Shake It Out " for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. Sheeran performed "The A Team" at the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II concert held on The Mall outside Buckingham Palace on 4 June 2012 and a cover of Pink Floyd 's " Wish You Were Here " at the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on 12 August 2012. Taylor Swift contacted Sheeran after hearing his music while touring Australia in March 2012. He later co-wrote and provided vocals for " Everything Has Changed ",
10268-896: The Global Success Award from Elton John and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood . Sheeran played to over 950,000 people in Australia and New Zealand in March and April, making it the biggest concert tour in Australasian music history, overtaking the previous record set by Dire Straits in 1986. In April, the IFPI named ÷ the best-selling album worldwide of 2017. At the 2018 Billboard Music Awards on 20 May, Sheeran performed " Galway Girl " from Phoenix Park in Dublin , Ireland, and picked up six awards, including Top Artist and Top Hot 100 Artist . In 2018 Sheeran wrote songs for boy bands. " Trust Fund Baby ", by Why Don't We ,
10419-572: The ITV series Britannia High . He also opened for Nizlopi in Norwich in April 2008, after being one of their guitar technicians. In the autumn of 2009, Sheeran began studying music at the Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM) in Guildford , Surrey as an undergraduate at the age of 18, but left without permission in the same year to support hip-hop artist Just Jack . He released another EP in 2009, You Need Me , and also collaborated several times with Essex singer Leddra Chapman , including CeeLo Green 's " Fuck You ". In February 2010, Sheeran posted
10570-411: The Lonely Hour ). At the 2015 Brit Awards held at The O2 Arena in London on 25 February, they performed "Lay Me Down", and won the Brit Awards for British Breakthrough Act , and Global Success. In March 2015, "Lay Me Down" was re-released as the sixth single from the album, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 (Smith's third US top 10 single). The same month, Smith recorded another version of
10721-425: The Official Chart Company's chart of the decade with three songs inside the top 5—" Shape of You " was named number one. His four albums spent a combined 41 weeks at number one in the UK, the most weeks at number one in the 2010s , and five weeks more than Adele in second. He had the third and fourth best-selling album of the 2010s in the UK, with only Adele's two albums selling more. Globally, Spotify named him
10872-475: The Only One " and " Like I Can " reached the top ten in the UK. The album won four awards at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards , including Best Pop Vocal Album , Best New Artist , Record of the Year , Song of the Year , and nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance . Smith's song " Writing's on the Wall " served as the theme for the James Bond film Spectre (2015), and won Smith
11023-620: The St Elizabeth Hospice charity shop in his home town Framlingham, including eight bags of clothes to the shop in February 2014. In 2016, he donated 13 bags of clothes to the shop. The tartan shirt worn by Sheeran when he met Renee Zellweger's character, Bridget, in Bridget Jones's Baby , was auctioned online to raise further funds for the hospice. On 15 November 2014, Sheeran joined the charity supergroup Band Aid 30 along with other British and Irish pop acts, recording
11174-570: The UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. To support the album, Sheeran embarked on a world tour starting on 6 August 2014 at Osaka , Japan. On 27 September 2014, Sheeran was one of the headline acts at the Melbourne Cricket Ground prior to the 2014 AFL Grand Final . Following " Don't ", " Thinking Out Loud " was released on 24 September 2014 as the album's third single. Unlike his previous music videos, Sheeran took
11325-550: The UK Singles Chart on 10 December, it was Sheeran's 12th hit single. On 23 December, Sheeran featured on the remix of Fireboy DML 's song " Peru ". On 11 February 2022, Sheeran released a duet version of " The Joker and the Queen " featuring Taylor Swift . On 4 March, he featured in " Bam Bam ", collaborating for the second time with Camila Cabello . Later that month he collaborated with Colombian singer J Balvin in
11476-451: The UK and Australia, and a stripped-down acoustic version of the song titled "Perfect Duet", a collaboration with Beyoncé , reached number one in the US and the UK, becoming the year's UK Christmas number one . On 7 November, Taylor Swift revealed that Sheeran collaborated on the song " End Game " for her sixth studio album Reputation . The song, which also features rapper Future , was released on 10 November. On 4 December, Sheeran
11627-577: The UK on 28 September. Sheeran co-hosted the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards on 25 October in Milan , Italy. He won the awards for Best Live Act and Best Live Stage; the latter was in recognition for his performance at the 2014 V Festival in England. Sheeran won the Breakthrough award at the 2015 Billboard Touring Awards . His single from × , "Thinking Out Loud", earned him two Grammy Awards at
11778-503: The UK, Australia and other markets, and number two in the US. On 31 May, " Cross Me " featuring Chance the Rapper and PnB Rock , debuted at number 9 in the UK. Released on 28 June 2019, " Beautiful People " featuring Khalid debuted at number 3 in the UK and number 4 in Australia. On 5 July, Sheeran released two new songs, " Best Part of Me " featuring Yebba , and " Blow " with Bruno Mars and Chris Stapleton . On 12 July, he released
11929-430: The UK, peaking at number nine. Sheeran released + on 12 September 2011. The album received generally favourable reviews from music critics and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart for sales of 102,000 copies. By end of 2011, sales of the album in the UK stood at 791,000; it became the second-best-selling debut album and the ninth-biggest-selling album there. The album has been certified platinum six times by
12080-522: The UK, where it became the Christmas number one in 2017. The world's best-selling artist of 2017, he was named the Global Recording Artist of the Year . Released in 2019, his fourth overall and first collaborative album, No.6 Collaborations Project , debuted at number one in most major markets, and spawned three UK number one singles, " I Don't Care ", " Beautiful People ", and " Take Me Back to London ". His fifth studio album, = (" Equals "), topped
12231-557: The US top 10. The team behind TLC 's song " No Scrubs " were given writing credits on "Shape of You" after fans and critics found similarities between elements of the two songs. On 26 January, Sheeran announced dates for the beginning of the Divide Tour with shows in Europe, South America and North America from 17 March until 14 June 2017. On 17 February, Sheeran released " How Would You Feel (Paean) ". Though not an official single,
12382-434: The US, and two of his albums are in the list of the best-selling albums in UK chart history . In December 2019, the Official Charts Company named him artist of the decade, with the most combined success in the UK album and singles charts in the 2010s. As of July 2024, he is the 3rd most followed artist on Spotify . Beginning in March 2017, his ÷ Tour became the highest-grossing of all time in August 2019. An alumnus of
12533-406: The Wall ", the theme song to Spectre , the 24th James Bond film. The song was released on 25 September 2015 and became the first James Bond theme to reach number one in the UK. On 19 October, Smith was presented with two Guinness World Records —one for recording the first James Bond theme song to go to number one in the UK and another for scoring the most consecutive weeks in the UK top 10 by
12684-595: The Wall" at the Academy Awards on 28 February and, along with Napes, collected the prize for Best Original Song. In their acceptance speech, Smith referenced an article by Ian McKellen published before the awards ceremony that claimed no openly gay man had won an Oscar for Best Actor; Smith misquoted McKellen as saying that no gay man in general had won an Oscar. This was quickly discredited by openly gay recipient Dustin Lance Black , but McKellen mentioned that
12835-435: The Year , they said, "I want to thank the man this record is about, whom I fell in love with last year. Thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me four Grammys!" In October 2017, Smith stated that their latest album, The Thrill of It All , showed "the gay guy I've become". In September 2017, Smith revealed a relationship with actor Brandon Flynn in an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show . In June 2018, it
12986-460: The Year for × at the 2015 Brit Awards . On 21 May he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year. On 21 June, Sheeran co-hosted the 2015 Much Music Video Awards in Toronto, where he performed the singles, "Thinking Out Loud" and " Photograph "; he also won two awards, Best International Artist and Most Buzzworthy International Artist or Group. On 27 June, Sheeran performed as
13137-506: The acoustic guitar. Both singles went on to break the Spotify day one streaming record, with a combined total of over 13 million streams in 24 hours. On 13 January, "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill" entered the UK Singles Chart at number one and number two, the first time in history an artist has taken the top two UK chart positions with new songs. The same day he also became the first artist to debut at number one and number two on
13288-426: The album release. By early June 2014, "Sing" had earned Sheeran his first number-one single in the UK. Sheeran's second studio album, × ("Multiply"), was released worldwide on 23 June 2014. Spanning three years, Sheeran wrote more than 120 songs for the album. The album features tracks produced by Rick Rubin , Pharrell Williams and Benny Blanco , as well as that of Gosling's. × peaked at number one in both
13439-835: The album's release date, Disclosure will have a special Minecraft server for The Energy Minecraft Experience. The music video ''My High'' featuring Aminé and Slowthai was nominated for Best Editor at the Berlin Music Video Awards 2021. The editor of this music videos is Yorgos Lamprinos. On 12 July 2023, the duo announced their fourth studio album, Alchemy , which was released on 14 July. The duo headlined Primavera Sound in Barcelona on 31 May 2024, where they performed their first live set since 2016. Berlin Music Video Awards The Berlin Music Video Awards
13590-404: The album, " My High ", which was nominated for Best Dance Recording . Disclosure were born to professional musician parents. Their father played in rock bands, including 'No Angry Man' and 'The Look Book' alongside his brother and Guy's godfather, and is now a professional auctioneer, whilst their mother, a session musician , fronted bands, toured on cruises, sang advert jingles, and was one of
13741-510: The album, along with " Antisocial " with Travis Scott . The album debuted at number one in the UK, the US, Australia and other markets. On 26 August, Sheeran wrapped up the 260-show Divide Tour with the last of four homecoming gigs in Ipswich , Suffolk; the tour included, for example, his performance for over 100,000 people at Malmi Airport in Helsinki , Finland on 24 July. On 30 August,
13892-403: The album. The second single peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. " Lego House " was released as the third single, reaching the top ten on the Australian, Irish and New Zealand Singles Charts. The music video for "Lego House" features actor Rupert Grint , as a play on their similar appearance. " Drunk ", released on 19 February 2012, became Sheeran's fourth consecutive top-ten single in
14043-407: The artwork of =. On 29 September, Sheeran released the single " Celestial ", a collaboration with Japanese media franchise Pokémon . In November, "Shivers" became Sheeran's 11th song to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify . He celebrated via an Instagram post, saying that he was currently filming a music video for his next album, scheduled to be released the following year. Sheeran was spotted at
14194-755: The campaign, with the proceeds used to help people in the country struggling to keep their home warm in winter. Sheeran teamed up with the cast of the BBC3 mockumentary sitcom People Just Do Nothing to perform a charity single for the BBC's biennial telethon Comic Relief which aired in March 2017. He appeared in a November 2017 episode of Gogglebox along with other UK celebrities such as Ozzy Osbourne , former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher , and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn as part of Channel 4 and Cancer Research UK 's Stand Up to Cancer fundraising campaign. In December 2019, he launched his own music foundation, Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation (ESSMF). In
14345-658: The charity group Band Aid 30 along with other British and Irish pop acts, recording the latest version of the track " Do They Know It's Christmas? " at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill , London, to raise money for the 2014 Ebola crisis in Western Africa . In 2015, it came to light that singer Tom Petty , noting similarities between "Stay with Me" and his 1989 hit song " I Won't Back Down ", had negotiated an out-of-court settlement with Smith in October 2014. Petty and co-composer Jeff Lynne were awarded 12.5 percent of
14496-409: The charts in most major markets in 2021. His sixth album, - (" Subtract "), was released on 5 May 2023, while his seventh album, Autumn Variations , was released on 29 September 2023 under his own record label, Gingerbread Man Records. Sheeran has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists . He has 119 million RIAA -certified units in
14647-410: The competition that people like [Frank] Sinatra would have ... because you could tell he was working off them". A VH1 profile of Smith's vocal coach Joanna Eden noted that Smith's vocal range "can soar from baritone to tenor for dramatic effect". Smith places a lot of emphasis on their voice and stated they tried to make it the main element of their debut album In the Lonely Hour . Following
14798-430: The deluxe version of the second album. " Sing ", the lead single, was released on 7 April 2014. Sonically, the song is a departure from Sheeran's previous recordings. "Sing" was intended to create hype over the album release, but from concern that this might alienate Sheeran's fan base, " One ", an acoustic ballad, was released on 16 May 2014; "One" also marked the first of several promotional singles released leading to
14949-841: The error "doesn't detract" from Smith's achievement. On 8 September 2017, Smith released a new single titled " Too Good at Goodbyes ", which debuted at number one in the United Kingdom and number five on the US Billboard Hot 100. Their second studio album, The Thrill of It All , debuted atop the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200 , becoming their first number one album in the US. On 20 March 2018, Smith started The Thrill of It All Tour , which visited Europe, North America, Asia, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa until 2019. On 27 March 2018, they released " Pray " featuring American rapper Logic . On 17 August 2018,
15100-421: The first and only time his art has been made available for sale, which he titled "Dab 2 2020", to the same auction. Later that month, Sheeran backed footballer Marcus Rashford 's free school meals campaign and opened his own breakfast club at his Notting Hill restaurant, Bertie Blossoms. He announced on his Instagram that he provided hot breakfasts for "anyone who is normally entitled to a free school meal or who
15251-647: The first performers to entertain the British Army after their recapture of the Falkland Islands . Guy started playing the drums at the age of three, and Howard started playing the bass at the age of eight. Both also learned to play the guitar and the piano and Howard to sing. They both attended Reigate College . During this period, the boys studied music and music technology. By the age of 15, Howard listened mainly to funk, soul and maudlin singers, whilst Guy listened predominantly to hip hop, dubstep and
15402-666: The group had their first UK hit in October 2012 with " Latch ", co-written with Jimmy Napes and featuring the vocals from Sam Smith , which peaked at number 11 in the UK Singles Chart . The group maintained their momentum into 2013 – they were voted into the BBC Radio 1xtra 'Hot Ten For 2013' and scored two consecutive top 10 hit singles in " White Noise " (number two) (with AlunaGeorge ) and " You & Me " (number 10) (with Eliza Doolittle ). These three singles were collected on an EP, The Singles . They released their debut studio album, Settle , by PMR Records on 3 June 2013 and
15553-426: The independent Brandeston Hall preparatory school (now Framlingham College Prep School), then Thomas Mills High School , also in Framlingham. He has an older brother named Matthew, who works as a composer. Sheeran's parents, John and Imogen, are from London. His father is Irish, and Sheeran has stated that his father is from a "very large" Catholic family. John is an art curator and lecturer, and Imogen
15704-560: The influence of Clapton, Sheeran states, "He's the reason I started playing guitar". He singled out Clapton's performance at the Party at the Palace in the grounds of Buckingham Palace , "I was eleven when I saw Eric Clapton play at the Queen's Golden Jubilee concert in June 2002. I remember him walking on stage with this rainbow-coloured Stratocaster and playing the first riff of ' Layla '. I
15855-425: The label's first signee, met Sheeran while they were both in London's folk circuit. Lawson released his self-titled debut album on 9 October 2015, which has earned him a number one in the UK Albums Chart. Sheeran signed his second artist, Foy Vance , in November 2015. Maisie Peters also signed with the label in 2021. On 29 September 2019, Sheeran announced he was teaming up with his manager Stuart Camp to open
16006-551: The latest version of the track " Do They Know It's Christmas? " at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill , London, to raise money for the West African Ebola virus epidemic . In November 2015, Sheeran supported the No Cold Homes campaign by the UK charity, Turn2us . Sheeran was one of nearly thirty celebrities, which included Helen Mirren , Jeremy Irons and Hugh Laurie , to donate items of winter clothing to
16157-416: The lead role in the single's accompaniment, where he performed a ballroom dance. It became his second single to reach number one in the UK, and it also spent eight weeks at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 (with only " Uptown Funk " by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars keeping it from top spot). In 2014, combined streams on Sheeran's catalogue in Spotify reached 860 million; Spotify named him
16308-414: The medieval drama The Bastard Executioner on FX . Sheeran also appeared as himself in the 2016 film Bridget Jones's Baby in a scene where Bridget Jones , played by Renée Zellweger , encounters the singer at the Glastonbury Festival . In July 2017, Sheeran appeared in a scene on Game of Thrones opposite Maisie Williams , who plays Arya Stark . David Benioff explained that since Williams
16459-428: The most-streamed artist and × the most-streamed album. In the same year, the album made Sheeran iTunes ' best-selling artist in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand. × was nominated for Album of the Year at the 57th Grammy Awards . Sheeran performed "Thinking Out Loud" alongside John Mayer , Questlove and Herbie Hancock at the ceremony. On 25 February, Sheeran won British Male Solo Artist and British Album of
16610-446: The new PMR record label on its formation in January 2011, and released their second single, "Carnival"/"I Love...That You Know" on 13 June 2011. This got them a management deal with Sam Evitt and Jack Street's Method Management whom they are still managed by. Disclosure picked up their first significant national radio support upon the release of the "Tenderly" / "Flow" single in January 2012. The single led to significant interest in
16761-407: The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic , they would be delaying the release of their third album and would include a number of changes to the album track list and the title, as they would continue to work on it. However, they did state that it would still be released sometime within 2020. " I'm Ready ", a collaboration with American singer Demi Lovato was released on 16 April and charted well in
16912-534: The opening act for The Rolling Stones in their Zip Code Tour date in Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium . On 10–12 July 2015, Sheeran performed sold-out shows at London's Wembley Stadium . The shows, which were announced in November 2014, were part of his world tour. The concert was documented and aired on 16 August 2015 on NBC ; the one-hour special Ed Sheeran – Live at Wembley Stadium also included behind-the-scenes footage. In November 2015 Sheeran released
17063-425: The opening act for Swift's The Red Tour . According to Sheeran, it was then his biggest tour, and he added a scarlet RED tattoo to commemorate it. In October 2013, Sheeran headlined three sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden . At the concert, Sheeran debuted new songs, including " Tenerife Sea ", a future track on his second studio album. Sheeran released " I See Fire " on 5 November 2013. The song
17214-528: The overall eighth-best selling single of 2011, selling 801,000 copies. The lead single also became a top ten hit in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Norway and the Netherlands. During a headline set in the BBC Introducing tent at Glastonbury Festival 2011 , Sheeran announced that " You Need Me, I Don't Need You " would be released on 26 August as the second single from
17365-462: The records of Joni Mitchell , Bob Dylan and Elton John 's Greatest Hits . According to Sheeran, the album that introduced him to music was Van Morrison 's Irish Heartbeat . During his childhood his father took him to live concerts that would inspire his musical creations. These included seeing Eric Clapton at the Royal Albert Hall , Paul McCartney in Birmingham , and Bob Dylan. On
17516-473: The release of the album, their vocals were often compared to those of Adele. Jessica Robertson of The Fader considers that Smith represents "a return of the virtuosic vocalist in popular music", in the vein of Whitney Houston and Luther Vandross . Jim Farber wrote for The New York Daily News that Smith is "utterly unafraid to sound feminine"; Mary J. Blige thought that Smith was a black woman when she first heard them sing on Disclosure's "Latch". Asked about
17667-564: The royalties from "Stay with Me", and the names of Petty and Lynne joined James John Napier (known professionally as Jimmy Napes ) in the ASCAP song credit. At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards , held on 8 February 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Smith performed "Stay with Me" and also received four Grammy Awards: Best New Artist , Record of the Year and Song of the Year (for "Stay with Me") and Best Pop Vocal Album (for In
17818-476: The same room in a style they refer to as "electronic house music with a pop structure", uploading it to Myspace . This got them an early record deal, and a UK tour, mixing live music gigs with occasional DJ sets, where in Manchester , they played a set before Todd Edwards , and gained after gig all-night conversation. The duo's first single, "Offline Dexterity" was released on 29 August 2010. They signed to
17969-651: The same time and feel empowered". They further cited Beyoncé and Christina Aguilera as sources of inspiration and empowerment. Speaking to Rolling Stone in January 2016, Smith named Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey as the greatest R&B voices. Smith's other influences include Britney Spears and Brandy . In an October 2017 interview for Attitude magazine, Smith spoke of the impact of their close friend Ed Sheeran 's success: "It makes you push yourself. Watching him this past year has just been incredible, but yeah, of course it makes me hungry." They had previously mentioned to GQ in January 2015 that they "envy
18120-408: The second most streamed artist of the decade behind Drake . On 21 December 2020, after being on hiatus after having his first child with Cherry Seaborn in August, he released the surprise single, " Afterglow ". On 25 June 2021, Sheeran released " Bad Habits ", the lead single from his upcoming fifth studio album. His 10th UK number one single, the song spent eleven consecutive weeks at the top of
18271-421: The seventh single from the album, " Take Me Back to London " featuring Stormzy , reached number one in the UK. In 2019, Sheeran co-wrote country music singer Kenny Chesney 's single " Tip of My Tongue ". In December 2019, Sheeran was named artist of the decade by the Official Charts Company for being the most successful performer in the UK album and singles charts of the 2010s. Eight of his songs featured in
18422-476: The singer collaborated as the main vocalist on Calvin Harris 's new track " Promises ". The song became Smith's seventh number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and their first top song on Billboard 's Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart. They also released the song " Fire on Fire " as the Watership Down soundtrack. In January 2019, Smith released the song " Dancing with a Stranger " with Normani as
18573-684: The singles " Sigue " and " Forever My Love ". Sheeran commenced his +–=÷x Tour (Mathematics Tour) on 21 March. He played warm-up shows at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town, London before the main tour began with two concerts at Croke Park in Dublin. On 22 April, Sheeran released the fifth single from = , " 2step " featuring Lil Baby , before releasing a version of the song featuring Ukrainian pop-rock band Antytila . 2022 also saw Sheeran venture into heavier styles of music, releasing
18724-465: The song peaked at number two in the UK. By 11 March 2017, Sheeran had accumulated ten top-10 singles from ÷ on the UK Singles Chart, breaking Scottish DJ Calvin Harris 's record of nine top-10 singles from one album. On 25 June, Sheeran headlined the final night of Glastonbury , performing in front of 135,000 people. At the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards Sheeran was named Artist of the Year. The fourth single from ÷ , " Perfect ", reached number one in
18875-445: The song, featuring John Legend , for the British charity telethon Comic Relief , which reached number one in the UK. At the 2015 Billboard Music Awards on 17 May, Smith received three Billboard Awards: Top Male Artist, Top New Artist, and Top Radio Songs Artist. They featured on Disclosure 's single " Omen ", which was released on 27 July 2015. On 8 September 2015, Smith and Jimmy Napes confirmed that they had composed " Writing's on
19026-442: The statement, Sheeran stated it will help artists aged under 18 with "small but hopefully useful grants". In May 2020, Sheeran donated £170,000 to his former school Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham, Suffolk. The donations, which have been made over a two-year period via the Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation, helped the school to purchase items such as MacBooks, cameras and a photography darkroom. The same month, Sheeran made
19177-402: The studio and revealed that they had started to write and produce new material, which would eventually form their third studio album. On February 24, 2020, they released a new track titled "Ecstasy", followed by four tracks released on a daily basis: "Tondo", "Expressing What Matters", "Etran" and "Get Close". An EP titled Ecstasy , which contained the five tracks, was released on February 28. On
19328-459: The subsequent June 2012 EP, The Face , released on Greco-Roman. The EP included the popular remix of " Running " by Jessie Ware a fellow PMR artist which charted in both the Netherlands and Belgium , as well as becoming a fixture of the 2012 Festival Circuit and featuring on the annual edition of Annie Mac presents. Through collaboration with other artists signed to Method Management,
19479-423: The summit. On 19 August, Sheeran announced that his fifth studio album, = ("Equals"), would be released on 29 October 2021. The cover was painted by him during the first COVID-19 lockdown , and is based on the changes his life had during the last four years, including marriage, having a child and losing friends. The promotional single " Visiting Hours " was released alongside the announcement. On 9 September, he
19630-420: The top 40 of several countries. On 6 July, Smith released their cover of Coldplay 's " Fix You ". They had originally performed the song earlier in May for the iHeartRadio Living Room Series. On 17 September, they released a new single, " Diamonds ", and then announced the new title for their third album, Love Goes , which was released on 30 October. On 29 September they announced that they would be performing
19781-572: The track "Growing Up". On 26 September, Sheeran performed at the 2015 Global Citizen Festival in Central Park 's Great Lawn in New York, an event organised by Coldplay lead singer, Chris Martin , that advocates an end to extreme global poverty. Sheeran headlined the festival along with Beyoncé , Coldplay and Pearl Jam . The festival was broadcast on NBC in the US on 27 September and the BBC in
19932-445: Was a big fan of the singer, they wanted to have Sheeran appear on the show to surprise Williams, and that they had tried to get him on for years. It received a mix of positive and very negative reviews. In June 2019, Sheeran made his debut appearance in an advertisement for Heinz Tomato Ketchup . A lifelong fan of the product—he has it with everything from fish and chips to his morning sausage "butty" to upmarket dinners, carries
20083-751: Was a member of the Bishop's Stortford Junior Operatics (now Bishop's Stortford Musical Theatre Society) and the Cantate Youth Choir. Smith attended the Anglican St Mary the Virgin church, Saffron Walden , with family members, as a youth. Smith released two singles, " Bad Day All Week " in 2008 and " When It's Alright " in 2009. Smith was featured on the Disclosure song " Latch ", which was released on 8 October 2012 and peaked at No. 11 on
20234-652: Was able to meet him, and he was unbelievably cool. I went straight home and started writing songs. I would not be doing what I'm doing now if he'd been a jerk." He also played the guitar to Westlife 's Greatest Hits album when he was ten, citing them as one of his influences. Sheeran collaborated with his idol Eric Clapton in April 2016, with Sheeran stating to People magazine, "I sang on Eric Clapton's album I Still Do . It's one thing having him on mine, but being on his, that's an honour that you can't ever pinpoint on how great that is. I did something for his record, and I
20385-500: Was also nominated for Best Dance/Electronica Album at the 2016 Grammy Awards . In February 2017, the duo announced they were to take a year's hiatus with the exception of "a few special things", including performances with BBC Radio 1 in Ibiza and the return of their festival Wildlife that summer. In January 2018, the duo confirmed that they were in the process of recording their third studio album set for release in early 2020, with
20536-425: Was announced that Smith and Flynn had split after nine months of dating. In October 2017, Smith came out as genderqueer , saying, "I feel just as much a woman as I am a man" and speaking of a period in their youth where they "didn't own a piece of male clothing and would wear full makeup while attending school". In September 2019, they came out as non-binary and changed their pronouns to they/them , stating, "After
20687-474: Was credited as 'Angelo Mysterioso', appearing as a guest on Clapton's 'I Will Be There', in addition to performing the song with Clapton on stage, and he did something for my record performing a guitar solo on ' Dive ' on Sheeran's album ÷ and was credited as 'Angelo Mysterioso'." Sheeran also cited Taylor Swift as one of his influences, suggesting in 2015 their respective success drives each other on. In 2024, Ed Sheeran also confirmed punk band The Offspring
20838-524: Was first broadcast on MistaJam 's BBC Radio 1Xtra show on 24 July 2013. The second song on the EP is titled "Nirvana" and is produced by Craze & Hoax and Jonathan Creek. The EP also includes Smith's acoustic solo version of "Latch" and a live version of "I've Told You Now". Smith released the Disclosure, Nile Rodgers , and Jimmy Napes collaboration "Together" on 25 November 2013 as the only single from Settle: The Remixes . In December 2013, Smith
20989-401: Was hooked. Two days later I bought a black Stratocaster copy for £30 that came with an amp . All I did for the next month was try to play that 'Layla' riff." In a complicated world, Sheeran's musical modus operandi is straightforward; to create well-crafted, expertly vague songs that unite people. His songs are vessels broad enough to soundtrack both a first dance and a funeral procession,
21140-478: Was in the country for a one-off performance. In May 2015, he appeared as himself and performed on a live episode of the NBC sitcom Undateable . Later that year, while in Australia, he recorded scenes for the soap Home and Away , as a character based on himself. After recording a cover version of Foy Vance 's " Make It Rain " for Sons of Anarchy , Sheeran was cast by creator Kurt Sutter to play Sir Cormac in
21291-430: Was introduced in February 2015, called Method White, releasing more underground tracks through it. The first release was "Wolfsbane" by Jonas Rathsman. Since then, M. J. Cole and Eats Everything have released tracks through the label. Disclosure's song "When a Fire Starts to Burn" was used in the sixth episode of the first season of The 100 . Following the worldwide success of their debut studio album, Settle and
21442-613: Was made available as a free download as part of an Amazon.com promotion on 27 December 2013. The album track "Make It To Me", co-written by Howard of Disclosure and Jimmy Napes, was made available as a free download as part of an iTunes Store promotion on 13 January 2014. Smith went on their debut American headlining tour in the second quarter of 2014, with a setlist of primarily new material. On 20 January 2014, Smith made their American television debut performing "Latch" with Disclosure on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon . Smith also performed on Saturday Night Live on 29 March 2014, performing
21593-438: Was met with commercial and critical success, debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart , charting in many countries across Europe and Australia, and receiving four stars from The Guardian and a 9.1 score on Pitchfork . They performed twice at Glastonbury Festival 2013 and appeared on Later... with Jools Holland . The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Album . In 2013, Disclosure embarked on
21744-424: Was named Spotify's most-streamed artist of 2017 with 6.3 billion streams. He has Spotify's biggest album of the year with ÷ streamed 3.1 billion times, and the top song with "Shape of You" with 1.4 billion streams. On 5 December 2017, hip-hop artist Eminem announced that Sheeran had collaborated on the song " River " for his ninth studio album Revival . On working with Eminem, Sheeran stated, "He
21895-416: Was nominated for Best Dance/Electronica Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards . They released a second studio album, Caracal , on 25 September 2015 which was also nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 2016 Grammy Awards . Their third studio album, Energy , was released on 28 August 2020, and was nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards , alongside the fourth single from
22046-557: Was nominated for the 2014 Brit Critics' Choice Award and the BBC 's Sound of 2014 poll, winning both. The second single from Smith's debut album, titled " Money on My Mind ", was released on 16 February 2014. It was announced on 16 December that Smith's debut studio album, titled In the Lonely Hour , would be released on 26 May 2014 through Capitol Records . Smith described the album as "all about unrequited love" stemming from personal experience, having never been loved back by any previous love interests. The album reached number one in
22197-486: Was part of the 2021 Kickoff Experience ahead of the American NFL season opening game. Released on 10 September, " Shivers " dethroned "Bad Habits" at the top of the UK and Irish singles charts. Topping the charts in most major markets, = became his fifth UK number-one album, and fourth US number one. On 29 November 2021, Sheeran and Elton John released " Merry Christmas ", a duet single for charity. Inspired by
22348-427: Was released on 1 February 2018, and "Summer On You", by PrettyMuch , was released on 21 June 2018. On 10 May 2019, Sheeran released the single " I Don't Care ", a duet with Justin Bieber , from his fourth studio album No.6 Collaborations Project . On Spotify , "I Don't Care" debuted with 10.977 million daily global streams, breaking the platform's single-day streaming record . The song debuted at number one in
22499-470: Was released on 5 May 2023. In August 2023, Sheeran announced his second album of the year, Autumn Variations , released on 29 September 2023. It is his first studio album for which he owns the copyright, and also his first to be released through Gingerbread Man Records . Sheeran's musical style has been described as pop , folk-pop , and soft rock . Sheeran also incorporates rap into his music. Sheeran's earliest memories include listening to
22650-448: Was released through Capitol Records UK and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart . The album's lead single, " Lay Me Down ", was released prior to "La La La". The album's second single, " Money on My Mind ", became their second number one single in the UK. Its third single, " Stay with Me ", was internationally successful, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 , while subsequent singles " I'm Not
22801-423: Was the drummer in an indie-style guitar band with school friends. Whilst Guy was attending Reigate College, he enjoyed studying classical music , especially the likes of Bach and Claude Debussy . A teenage interest in the music and production techniques of Detroit -based rapper and record producer J Dilla , led him through hip hop to attending dubstep gigs as a student; but he enjoyed house music more as
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