About
Ed Sheeran, the quintessential pop star, an internationally acclaimed, multi-award-winning singer/songwriter who seems to acknowledge no boundaries with elements of folk, hip-hop, pop, dance, soul, and rock weaved throughout his music.
His incredible catalog includes the studio albums `+` (plus), `x` (multiply), and `_` (divide) which spawned hit singles such as `The A-Team`, `Lego House`, `Sing, `Thinking Out Loud`, `Photograph`, `Shape Of You`, `Castle on The Hill` and `Perfect`.
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 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 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.
In 2019, Ed Sheeran released the genre-spanning `No .6 Collaborations Project` which featured a wide range of artists including `Justin Bieber`, `Camilla` Cabello`, `Travis Scott`, `Eminem`, `Cardi B, `Bruno Mars` and `Stormzy` amongst many others, producing hits such as `I Don`t Care`, `Beautiful People`, `South of The Border` and `Take Me Back To London`. 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.
His fifth studio album, = ("Equals"), topped the charts 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.