Ed Sheeran Caricature

Ed Sheeran Caricature, illustrated here from a Rolling Stone Magazine Cover photo shoot on March 9, 2017, age 26, with his Martin LX1E “Divide” guitar.

Sheeran is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actor.

Sheeran’s earliest memories include listening to the records of Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Elton John’s Greatest Hits. According to Sheeran, the album that introduced him to music was Van Morrison’s Irish Heartbeat. During his childhood his father took him to live concerts that would inspire his musical creations. These included seeing Eric Clapton at the Royal Albert Hall, Paul McCartney in Birmingham, and Bob Dylan. On the influence of Clapton, Sheeran states, “He’s the reason I started playing guitar”.

Sheeran sang in a local church choir from the age of four, learned to play the guitar during his time at Rishworth School, and began writing songs while at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham. A 2004 school report described him as a “natural performer”, and his classmates also voted him “most likely to be famous”.

His debut album “+” (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”.

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.
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. It also spawned number one singles: “Perfect”, “I Don’t Care”, “Beautiful People” and “Take Me Back To 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”.

Sheeran has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the world’s best-selling music artists.
Sheeran is worth £160 million ($207 million) making him the 17th richest musician in the UK.