Ed Sheeran

Early Life


Ed Sheeran was born in Halifax before moving to Framlingham in Suffolk. He began writing songs during his time at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham before studying at Access To Music in Norwich before moving to London.

Breakthrough

In 2009 he released the EP, You Need Me, and in February 2010 began to get noticed after he posted a video through SB.TV, which 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 more EP's in 2010, including Ed Sheeran: Live at the Bedford, a live EP. On 9 January 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 gained mainstream attention for reaching number 2 in the iTunes chart without any promotion or label. He was listed as a 'special guest' on Devlin's 2011 'Bud, Sweat and Beers' mini tour alongside Griminal and Tinchy Stryder.


Atlantic Records
Sheeran signed for Atlantic Records in January 2011 and will be releasing his first album, currently untitled, in August.