Edward Sheeran – Biography, Facts & Life Story

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Height, Weight & Physical Stats

Body Measurements	41-14-36 Inches
Bodytype	Average
Height	5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m)
Weight	82 kg (181 lbs)
Hair Color	Red
Eye Color	Blue

Nickname	Ed, Tedy
Gender	Male
Age	33 years old (in 2024)
Date of Birth	February 17, 1991
Full Name	Edward Christopher Sheeran
Profession	Singer, Songwriter, Rapper, Producer, Musician
Nationality	English
Birthplace	Hebden Bridge, England
Religion	Roman Catholic
Zodiac Sign	Aquarius

Edward Christopher Sheeran was born on 17 February 1991. Edward Sheeran is an English singer, actor, songwriter, and guitarist. In 2009, Ed Sheeran went to the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford. During his time at Rishworth School, he learned to play the guitar. When he was at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham, he started composing song scripts.

In September 2011, his debut album, was released. It topped the UK and Australian charts, and has since been seven-times platinum certified in the UK. The album consists of the single “The A-Team”, that garnered him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. Ed Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act in 2012.

In June 2014, Ed Sheeran second album “x”, was released. It peaked at number one in the UK and the US. “X”  won the Brit Award for Album of the Year in 2015. At the 2016 ceremony, his single from x, “Thinking Out Loud”, garnered him two Awards that are Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.

In March, 2017, Ed Sheeran’s third album was released. The first two singles from the album, “Shape of You” and “Castle on the Hill”, broke records worldwide, including the countries the UK, Australia, and Germany. By March 2017, Sheeran broke the record for most top 10 UK singles from one album.

Sheeran is renowned as world’s best-selling music artists as he sold in excess of 38 million albums and 100 million singles around the globe. In 2014, Sheeran connected to the charity supergroup Band Aid 30, recording the latest version of the track “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill, London, to collect money for the West African Ebola virus epidemic.

Sheeran supported the No Cold Homes campaign by the UK charity, Turn2us. Sheeran was one of thirty celebrities, which included Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons, and Hugh Laurie, to donate winter clothing to the campaign, to help needy people in the country struggling to keep their home warm in winter. Sheeran performed in an episode of Gogglebox along with other UK celebrities as part of Channel 4 and Cancer Research UK’s Stand Up to Cancer fundraising campaign.

Sheeran also made his acting debut in 2014, by performing a cameo role on New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. Edward Sheeran has depicted recurring roles on The Bastard Executioner and Home and Away.

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Ed Sheeran Education

Qualification: Rishworth School & Thomas Mills High School

School: Rishworth School
Thomas Mills High School

Ed Sheeran Career

Profession: Singer, Songwriter, Rapper, Producer, Musician

Debut:

TV Show: Britannia High (2008)

Family & Relatives

Father: John Sheeran

Mother: Imogen Sheeran

Brother: Matthew Sheeran (Older Brother)

Marital Status: Married

Wife: Cherry Seaborn (m. 2019)

No. of Children: 1

Son: Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran

Facts You Never Knew About Ed Sheeran

• Ed Sheeran was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk.
• In 2011, Ed Sheeran independently released the extended play, 5 Collaborations Project
• The song “The A Team” was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where Ed Sheeran performed the song with Elton John.
• Sheeran is a second cousin of Gordon Burns who is a Northern Irish broadcaster. Gordan Burns hosted the British game show The Krypton Factor.
• Ed Sheeran was introduced at the National Youth Theatre in London as a teenager.
• He is a patron of the Youth Music Theatre UK and  Access to Music. Ed Sheeran has studied Artist Development course in these theatres.
• His album “x” is recognized as the second-best-selling album worldwide in May 2016.
• He became the first singer to have two songs debut in the US top 10 category in the same week.
• Sheeran sang in a local church choir when he was just 4 years old
• During his childhood, his father took him to live concerts that heighten his musical aptitude. And the album that most motivated Ed Sheeran to music was Van Morrison’s Irish Heartbeat.
• In June 2015, Forbes listed his earnings at $57 million for the previous 12 months, and ranked him the 27th-highest-earning celebrity in the world.

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FAQs

Who is Ed Sheeran?

Ed Sheeran is an English singer, songwriter, rapper, producer, musician, born on 17 February, 1991 in Hebden Bridge, England.

How old is Ed Sheeran?

Ed Sheeran is 33 years old as of April 2024.

How tall is Ed Sheeran?

Ed Sheeran is 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m).