Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran is an English singer songwriter who was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire on 17 February 1991 and was then raised in Framlingham, Suffolk. He released his debut album + in September 2011 which is 6 times platinum in the UK. He became an extremely popular artist straight away and his alum contains some massive hits such as A-Team which won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.



2 New Hits

Ed has released 2 new songs at the same time to mark his return to music after a year break. They are from his new album called ÷. The theme of naming his albums after maths symbols has continued with his first album plus and the second multiply  and now divide. They are titled Shape of You and Castle on The Hill . He became the first ever singer to have the number 1 and 2 spots on the charts with 2 new songs. Both songs have broken the one week streaming record, Castle on the Hill reached 11.07m and Shape Of You a massive 13.4m streams. Shape of You also broke a global streaming record on Spotify as it was streamed 6.13m times on the day it was released.

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Gossip

While on a year long break Ed carried on his normal diet but was a lot less active than he would be so he stared to put on weight, he then realised he needed to change something and asked his hockey player girlfriend to make him a diet and exercise plan. He dropped a massive 3.5 stone.

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Interesting Facts


  • He is the first artist to have a Snapchat filter dedicated to his new music.
  • His music video for castle on the hill is based in Suffolk and features people from his high school.
  • Ed gave up social media while he took a break from music and hasn't been using a smart phone in the effort to make himself more sociable.
  • He put into a boiling geyser at the top of a mountain and melted all  the skin off on his 25th birthday. 
  • In November last year princess Beatrice accidentally cut Ed Sheeran's face with a ceremonial sword when pretending to knight James Blunt.
  • His brother Mathew is a classical composer.


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