Ed Sheeran
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Ed Sheeran (born 17th February 1991) is a singer/songwriter currently signed under Atlantic Records.
Early Life
Ed Sheeran was born on 17th February 1991 at Halifax, West Yorkshire before moving to Framlingham, Suffolk. Ed learned guitar at a very young age, and began writing songs during his time at Thomas Mills High School in Woodbridge. By the time Ed had left school, he was already certain that music was going to pay a major part in his life, and therefore moved to London to improve his chances of getting gigs.
Music Career
Early Career (2005-2007)
Ed began recording in 2005 which lead to the release of his first EP, 'The Orange Room EP'. Ed also released two albums, a self titled one in 2006 and 'Want Some?' in 2007 gaining little attention.[1]
Breakthrough (2009-2011)
After Ed moved to London and had done extensive gigging, performing songs from his EP and albums, as well as ones which he had recently wrote, Ed decided to release another EP, 'You Need Me' in late 2009. However, it wasn't until February 2010 that Ed began to get noticed after he posted a video through SB.tv displaying his diverse style.[2] This video led to mainstream rapper Example asking Ed to tour with him. Throughout 2010, Ed 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.[3] Ed released three EP's 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, Ed also went over to the US, where he was discovered from international superstar Jamie Foxx, who asked Ed to perform on his radio show, which gained him some fans in America. By the end of the year, Ed was seen to be one of the best unsigned artists in the country. On 9th January 2011, Ed released his final independent EP, 'No.5 Collaborations Project' featuring appearances from grime artists including Wiley, JME, Devlin and Ghetts. With this EP, Ed gained mainstream attention for reaching number 2 in the iTunes chart, without any promotion or label.[4]
Atlantic Records (2011-present)
Ed signed for Atlantic Records in January 2011 and will be releasing his first album, currently untitled, in August.
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