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Ed Sheeran was born on the 17th of February 1991 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. His family moved to Framlingham in Suffolk in December 1995, where he attended Brandeston Hall preparatory school and later Thomas Mills High School.
Ed Sheeran has sold 200 million records worldwide. He has 119 million RIAA-certified units in the United States, and two of his albums appear in the list of the best-selling albums in UK chart history.
When Sheeran released "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill" in January 2017, both songs debuted at number one and number two simultaneously on the UK, German and Australian charts, a feat never previously achieved in any of those countries. He also became the first artist to have two songs debut in the US top ten in the same week. By March 2017, he had accumulated ten top-10 UK singles from a single album, breaking a record previously held by Calvin Harris.
The lawsuit, brought by the estate and heirs of producer Ed Townsend over similarities to Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On", went to trial in New York in April 2023. The jury found unanimously in Sheeran's favour. Appeals continued until June 2025, when the US Supreme Court declined to hear the case, ending the dispute.
Sheeran's label is called Gingerbread Man Records, announced in March 2015 and launched in August 2015. Its first signee was Jamie Lawson, whose self-titled debut album reached number one in the UK Albums Chart. Sheeran also signed Foy Vance and Maisie Peters to the label.
Sheeran credits Eric Clapton as the reason he started playing guitar, describing watching Clapton perform "Layla" at the Queen's Golden Jubilee concert in June 2002 as a turning point. He also cites Eminem, specifically The Marshall Mathers LP, which he says helped him overcome a childhood stutter. Van Morrison's Irish Heartbeat is the album he describes as introducing him to music.