Edward Sheeran MBE (born 17 February 1991) is a singer-songwriter from England. He began writing songs at the age of eleven, after been born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk. Sheeran self-released the extended play No. 5 Collaborations Project in early 2011. The following year, he signed with Asylum Records.

Sheeran’s debut album, + (“Plus”), was released in September 2011 and debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart. It featured his first number-one single, “The A Team.”

Who is Ed Sheeran?

Edward Sheeran was born on February 17, 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 the independent Brandeston Hall preparatory school (now Framlingham College Prep School), and subsequently Thomas Mills High School, also in Framlingham. He has an elder brother named Matthew who works as a composer.

John and Imogen Sheeran, Sheeran’s parents, are from London. His father is Irish. In addition, Sheeran’s father comes from a “very large” Catholic household. Imogen is a culture journalist turned jewelry designer, and John is an art curator and educator. From 1990 to 2010, his parents founded Sheeran Lock, an independent art consultant.

Sheeran began singing in a local church choir at the age of four, began playing the guitar at the age of eleven, and began writing songs while attending Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham.

When he was younger, he also played the cello. His classmates voted him “most likely to be famous” in a 2004 school report, and he was hailed as a “natural performer” in another. As a teenager, he was accepted into the National Youth Theatre in London.

In 2007, he auditioned for Youth Music Theatre UK and was cast in their production of Frankenstein – A New Musical in Plymouth. He is a supporter of Youth Music Theatre UK (now British Youth Music Theatre) as well as Access to Music, where he studied Artist Development.

What are some of Edward Sheeran top songs?

Below are some of Sheeran top songs:

Perfect, Thinking Out Lord, Happier, Photograph, Beautiful People, Eyes CLosed, I See Fire, Lego House, Afterglow, Cross Me, One, Curtains, Bad Habits, Castle on the Hill, I Don’t Care, Antisocial, Shape of You

What are some of Edward Sheeran top awards and accolades?

Sheeran got an honorary degree from the University of Suffolk in Ipswich on October 19, 2015, for his “outstanding contribution to music.” “Suffolk is very much where I call home,” Sheeran said. It is an honour to be recognized in this way.”

In the 2017 Birthday Honours, he was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for “services to music and charity.” On December 7, 2017, Sheeran accepted the award from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace. He was made a baron of Sealand in 2012.

Sheeran has garnered several honors in addition to having the highest-grossing concert tour and being one of the world’s best-selling music artists with more than 150 million records sold. He has four Grammy Awards (including Song of the Year in 2016 for “Thinking Out Loud”), five Brit Awards (including British Male Solo Artist in 2015), and six Billboard Music Awards (including Top Artist in 2018) as of 2019.

In 2015 and 2018, he received the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors’ Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year

Although Sheeran considers Suffolk to be his home, having relocated there as a child, he was recognized by his birth county in a 2018 survey, when he was ranked the fourth-greatest Yorkshireman ever, behind Monty Python comic Michael Palin and actors Sean Bean and Patrick Stewart.