Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter born 17 February 1991 in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He began writing songs at age eleven and independently released No. 5 Collaborations Project in early 2011 before signing with Asylum Records that same year. His debut album + topped the UK Albums Chart on 9 September 2011, introducing "The A Team" as his first hit single, and earned him Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act in 2012. His second studio album × (Multiply) topped charts worldwide in June 2014 and was named the second-best-selling album globally in 2015. The single "Thinking Out Loud" won Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 2016 ceremony. His third album ÷ (Divide), released in March 2017, became the best-selling album worldwide that year, with "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill" debuting in the top two chart positions simultaneously—a record Sheeran matched by becoming the first artist to chart two songs in the US top 10 in the same week. By March 2017, he held the record for most top-10 UK singles from one album with ten entries. "Perfect", his fourth single from ÷, reached number one in the US, Australia, and the UK, becoming the 2017 Christmas number one. Named the world's best-selling artist of 2017, he was declared Global Recording Artist of the Year. His collaborative albums No. 6 Collaborations Project (2019) and later releases = (Equals) in 2021, − (Subtract) in May 2023, and Autumn Variations in September 2023 continued his chart dominance. His eighth studio album Play released 12 September 2025. With 200 million records sold and 119 million RIAA-certified US units, Sheeran ranks among the world's best-selling music artists. The Official Charts Company named him artist of the decade in December 2019, and as of July 2024 he is the third most-followed artist on Spotify. His ÷ Tour became the highest-grossing concert tour of all time in August 2019. He appeared in the 2019 film Yesterday and was listed by Time magazine in 2025 as one of the world's 100 most influential people. A Life Path 3 numerology profile suggests creative self-expression aligned with his collaborative songwriting ethos.