Ed Sheeran
Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (/ˈʃɪərən/; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actor. He attended the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford as an undergraduate from the age of 18 in 2009. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK. The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
His second studio album, x (pronounced "multiply"), was released in June 2014. It peaked at number one in the UK and the US, and was named the second-best-selling album worldwide of 2015. In 2015, x won the Brit Award for Album of the Year, and he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. His single from x, "Thinking Out Loud", earned him two Grammy Awards at the 2016 ceremony: Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
Sheeran's third album, ÷ (pronounced "divide"), was released in March 2017. The album debuted at number one in the UK, the US and other major markets, and was the best-selling album worldwide of 2017. The first two singles from the album, "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill", were released in January 2017 and broke records in a number of countries, including the UK, Australia and Germany, by debuting in the top two positions of the charts. He also became the first artist to have two songs debut in the US top 10 in the same week. By March 2017, Sheeran had accumulated ten top 10 singles from ÷ on the UK Singles Chart, breaking the record for most top 10 UK singles from one album. His fourth single from ÷, "Perfect", reached number one in the US, Australia and the UK, where it became the Christmas number one in 2017. Released in 2019, his fourth studio album, No.6 Collaborations Project, debuted atop the UK and US charts.
Sheeran has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. Two of his albums are in the list of the best-selling albums in UK chart history: x at number 20, and ÷ at number 34. Beginning in March 2017, his ÷ Tour became the highest-grossing of all time in August 2019. An alumnus of the National Youth Theatre in London, as an actor Sheeran has portrayed a recurring role on The Bastard Executioner, and in 2019, he appeared in the Richard Curtis/Danny Boyle film Yesterday.
Acted in
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024
Ed Sheeran: Rock in Rio 2024
2024
as Self
Ed Sheeran: Hurricane Festival
2024
Taratata l'histoire
2023
as Self
James Blunt: One Brit Wonder
2023
as Self
Passenger: Live from Union Chapel London
2023
as Self
Welcome to the Darkness
2023
as Self
Sumotherhood
2023
as Crack Ed
Amazon Music Live: Ed Sheeran
2023
as Self
Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
2023
as Self
Apple Music Live: Ed Sheeran
2023
as Self
Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All
2023
as Self
Love Songs at the BBC: Volume Two
2023
as Self
Ed Sheeran: Full Circle
2022
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022
as Self - Performer
Ed Sheeran at the BBC
2022
Shane
2022
as Self
Ed Sheeran: The Equals Live Experience
2021
as Self
2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2021
as Self
Red Notice
2021
as Ed Sheeran (uncredited)
Ryan McMullan: Debut
2021
as Self
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Ed Sheeran: Man + Guitar
2020
as Self
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019
as Stormtrooper (uncredited)
Modern Love
2019
as Mick
Ed Sheeran: In My Own Words
2019
as Ed Sheeran
How Do You Play?
2019
as Self (Video appearance)
Yesterday
2019
as Ed Sheeran
Elvis All-Star Tribute
2019
as Self - Performer
Ed Sheeran - Live BBC Radio 2 In Concert
2018
Ed Sheeran: Live at Islington Assembly Hall
2018
as Self
LadyGang
2018
as Self
Songwriter
2018
as Himself
Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute
2018
as Self
What We Started
2018
as Self
GRAMMYS' Greatest Stories: A 60th Anniversary Special
2017
as Self
Ed Sheeran: Austin City Limits
2017
Ed Sheeran - Multiply Live in Dublin
2017
as Self
Ed Sheeran at Glastonbury
2017
as Himself
Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
2017
as Self - Performer
Green Day: The Early Years
2017
as Himself
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
2017
as Self
Bridget Jones's Baby
2016
as Self
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016
as Ed Sheeran (uncredited)
Sam Smith: Dreams Come True
2015
as Self
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
2015
as Self
Ed Sheeran: Jumpers for Goalposts
2015
as Self
Global Citizen Festival 2015
2015
as Self
The Bastard Executioner
2015
as Sir Cormac
Jessie J & Ed Sheeran Live: Rock In Rio USA
2015
M Pokora - Le concert événement au Châtelet
2015
as Self
Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life - An All-Star Grammy Salute
2015
as Self
Ed Sheeran: VH1 Storytellers
2015
as Himself
Lennon or McCartney
2014
as Self
Ed Sheeran Live at iTunes Festival London
2014
as Himself
iHeartRadio Music Festival
2014
as Self
Amazon Front Row with Ed Sheeran
2014
Nine Days and Nights of Ed Sheeran
2014
as Self
Undateable
2014
as Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran: Live in Dublin
2014
as as himself
The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles
2014
as Self
Radio Disney Music Awards
2013
as Self
Ed Sheeran iTunes Festival London 2012
2012
as Ed Sheeran
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012
as Self
The Diamond Jubilee Concert 2012
2012
as Self - Performer
Game of Thrones
2011
as Lannister Soldier
Ed Sheeran: Live at the Bedford
2010
Radio 1's Big Weekend
2010
as Self
Live From the Artists Den
2009
as Self
Celebrity Juice
2008
as Self
NRJ Music Awards
2000
as Self - Nominated
Teen Choice Awards
1999
as Self - Presenter
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
1995
as Self
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994
as Self
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994
as Self - Host
MTV Europe Music Awards
1994
as Self - Performer
Jools' Annual Hootenanny
1994
Taratata
1993
as Self
Taratata
1993
as Performer
ECHO-Verleihung
1992
as Self
The Simpsons
1989
as Brendan Beiderbecke (voice)
Home and Away
1988
as Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self
Austin City Limits
1975
as Self
Blue Peter
1958
as Self
Ed Sheeran Live at the iTunes Festival 2012
as Self
Ed Sheeran - Live at Glastonbury
