History Music / EdSheeran

Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter born on February 17, 1991.

After forming a strong friendship with Music/TaylorSwift (appearing on one of her ''Red'' songs and appearing as an opening act on her Red Tour), writing songs for Music/OneDirection, winning two Brit Awards, ''and'' playing three sold-out shows in Madison Square Garden, he released his second album, ''x'' (read "multiply"), in summer 2014. It became Spotify's most-streamed album of the year (over ''430 million'' streams), the highest-selling album of the year in the UK, and won the Brit Award for British Album of the Year and was also up for two {{Grammy Award}}s.

** Parts of "You Need Me, I Don't Need You", "U.N.I.", and "Drunk".

* SelfDeprecation: His uncredited appearance in "Freaky Friday" by Lil Dicky and Chris Brown:

Edward Christopher Sheeran, or simply Ed Sheeran, is an English singer-songwriter born on February 17, 1991.

%% ** Also a protest song. %% Which song is? Unclear.

** "Castle on the Hill" mentions Music/EltonJohn's song "Tiny Dancer"
%% How so? * SomethingCompletelyDifferent: "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" compared to the rest of the album.

* LetsDuet: With {{Music/Beyoncé}} on her remix of "Perfect".

* IntercourseWithYou: "Shape of You"

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->''"I'm quite arty. I didn't know whether to become an artist or musician but I realised I could paint with music. All my songs have colours."''

--> ''Over sixty years I've been loving her\\
Now we're sat by the fire in our old armchairs

* TheCameo: Creator/RupertGrint in "Lego House".

%% * YourCheatingHeart: "Don't".

Edward Christopher Sheeran, or simply Ed Sheeran, is an English singer-songwriter born in February 1991.

* LuckyCharmsTitle: The names of his albums, which are respectively a plus sign, a multiplication sign and a division sign.

* DarkerAndEdgier: On one hand, ''x'' has a more lighthearted sound than ''+''. On the other hand, ''X'' has [[LyricalDissonance even darker lyrics]] than ''+'' ever had.

His first big break was when he released the ''No. 5 Collaborations Project'' EP in January 2011, which saw both the attention of Music/EltonJohn and Creator/JamieFoxx. After signing to Asylum Records, he released his debut album, ''+'', that same year in the fall. The album conjured his BreakthroughHit and arguably his SignatureSong, "The A Team", which became a sleeper hit success. However, not mentioning another successful single, "Lego House", would be a disservice.

* NewSoundAlbum: While ''+'' was mostly a folk-pop album with heavily influences of soul, ''X'' is an eclectic trip between poppier, funkier sounds, folk-rock and rap.

%% ** More prominent in "X", most notably on "Don't" and "The Man".

* MoodWhiplash: The deluxe edition of ''X'' features this, going from the poignant "Afire Love", about his grandfather's struggle with dementia and eventual death, straight into the slightly braggish rap song "Take It Back". It's really rather jarring.

* DarkerAndEdgier: On one hand, ''X'' has a more lighthearted sound than ''+''. On the other hand, ''X'' has [[LyricalDissonance even darker lyrics]] than ''+'' ever had.

* AgeProgressionSong: "Castle on the Hill": 6, 15, where his friends are now.

* DigitalPiracyIsOkay: "If people wants new music there's around 7 E.Ps that I released out and about and I don't really mind if anyone illegally downloads them."
* DownerEnding: At the end of ''The A Team'' music video, [[spoiler:the protagonist, a prostitute, dies from drug abuse.]]

* LuckyCharmsTitle: The names of his as-of-now two albums, which are respectively a plus sign and a multiplication sign. The third album continues the trend by being a division sign.

** Several censored ones on ''X'', especially on "Don't". Surprisingly, the Rick Ross remix of the song keeps in the profanities taken out in the official version.

** "Supermarket Flowers" is about Ed's late grandmother, who passed away during production of ÷.

%% ** "X", compared to his previous solo work.

* ThemeNaming: His albums follow a theme of being named after mathematical symbols. His debut album was named after a plus sign (+), his second was named after a multiplication sign (X), and his third is named after a division sign (÷).

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Edward Christopher Sheeran, or simply, '''Ed Sheeran''', is an English singer-songwriter born in February 1991.

It should be noted that his songs tend to be a bit depressing, especially if you read into the real meaning of the lyrics. Sheeran also has a special hatred for ticket touts and in March 2017 cancelled ''fifty thousand'' tickets for his tour bought up by touts and resold them to fans at the face value.