Ed Sheeran is a singer/ songwriter who has become known around the world and has also became a hero to many. He is an inspiration because he figured out what he wanted to do with his life and went for it. Ed Sheeran started out on little and became something so much bigger over a short period of time. He was born February 17th, 1991 (now age 24) and was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England (“Ed Sheeran”). When Ed was only eleven, an uncle gave him his first guitar which he taught to play himself rather than going to music lessons (“Ed Sheeran”). This was around when he first started showing an interest in music. Also at age eleven, he met singer/ songwriter Damian Rice. Rice told him to start writing his own music and it is said that Sheeran set out to do just that. “I had a little bit of a chat and kind of had an epiphany,” Ed said, “like, ‘Wow, this is exactly what I want to do!’ I got home that night and wrote a bunch of songs” (“Ed …show more content…
It was clear that nothing was going to stop him from being successful. On top of that, he was humble, intelligent, and prioritized in all the right ways,” said producer and songwriter, Mike Caren (Hampp). In January 2011, Ed released his last EP as an independent artist. Without promotion, it reached #2 on the iTunes chart. That same month he signed with Atlantic Records. And by the time he did sign, he already had a fan base that was buying CDs (“Ed Sheeran Unzipped”). In the UK, in 2012 when he released +, “Ed had 3 top 5 singles and a quadruple-platinum album by the time of its US release” (Hampp). “The A Team” was nominated for song of the year Grammy Award in 2012 as well (Hampp). Also an accomplishment, Sheeran was able to sell out New York’s Radio City Music Hall– pre Taylor Swift tour– only off of one album (“Ed Sheeran Unzipped”). Ed has written more than 120 songs in three years and cut tracks with producer such as Rick Rubin, Pharrell Williams, and Benny Blanco (“Inside Ed