Ed Sheeran may be the quintessential pop star of the 2010s:
a singer/songwriter who seems to acknowledge no boundaries between styles or eras, creating a sound that’s idiosyncratic and personal.
Ed Sheeran borrows from any style that crosses his path — elements of folk, hip-hop, pop, dance, soul, and rock can be heard in his big hits “The A Team,” “Sing,” “Thinking Out Loud,” and “Shape of You” — which gives him a broad appeal among different demographics, helping to elevate him to international stardom not long after the release of his 2011 debut
When Ed Sheeran released , he just had turned 20. He had been playing music since he was a child in Framlingham, Suffolk — he was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire but his family moved when he was young — enthralled by the classic rock he heard around the house.
Sheeran started writing music in his early teens, recording a self-made album called Spinning Man when he was 13 in 2004. In addition to making music at home — he put out an EP titled The Orange Room in 2005 — he’d busk on the streets and play whatever stage he could find. When he was 16, he dropped out of school and moved to London so he could make a go of a professional career, landing work as a guitar tech for Nizlopi, gigging whenever he could, and auditioning unsuccessfully for the ITV series Britannia High.
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