English singer-songwriter and producer
Born in Halifax in West Yorkshire, England.
Has named all four of his guitars: Felix, Cyril, Nigel, and Loyd.
Has a brother named Matthew.
His fans call themselves "Sheerios".
His inspiration for the song "Drunk" was an incident which occurred when he was 19 years old and touring with Example. During that night, he had drank a lot and woke up the next day at a strangers house, unable to remember any of the events from the night before.
Is a big fan of Elton John , whom he considers a massive influence on his career. In return, John is a great supporter of his work, and in 2014, he attended the wedding of John and his husband, David Furnish.
Is a huge fan of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" , and has mentioned the series at several of his concerts. His song "Afire Love" samples "Remembering Jenny" from Christophe Beck s score to the season 2 episode "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" {Passion (#2.17)} .
A video exists of Donald J. Trump singing his hit song "Shape of You".
In March 2017, he made UK chart history when nine of the songs in the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart were from his album (Divide), surpassing a record previously held by Calvin Harris. In addition to the nine singles in the top 10, all sixteen songs from the album made the top 20 of the UK Singles Chart.
His album, (Divide), is the fastest-selling album by a male artist ever in UK chart history, selling 672,000 copies in its first week of release.
Has been writing and recording songs since 2005.
(May 2017) Merited a place in TIME magazines "The 100 Most Influential People" issue with an homage written by friend Taylor Swift.
He was awarded the MBE in the 2017 Queens Birthday Honours List for his services to Music and Charity in London, England.
Once lived with Jamie Foxx before he was famous.
Crashed for six weeks on Jamie Foxx s couch in Los Angeles while he was trying to get a head-start in the music business, during which time Jamie invited Ed to appear at an all-black club in downtown L.A. where he played the ukulele, sang, and received a standing ovation.
The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be,nice to everyone and always smile.
It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing.
It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing.
Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice,was a huge influence for me musically.
Some of my tattoos are a bit silly, but I know where and what time I got,them.
I want to have a career that evolves as I go on.
The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every,single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.
The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the,storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
Instead of writing songs for girls, I tend to write albums, which I,guess is a bit weird.
Country music is some of the best-written music in the world, so yeah,one day, I would keep my mind open to doing a country record.
Harry Potter is awesome.
The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do,gigs, the better you will become.
My parents worked in the art world. They were really supportive of my,music in that they allowed me to drop out of school and move out of our,home, which not many parents would do.
I do like my hair. It took a while to come around to the fact that it,was quite a unique value point.
There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York.
One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo. . . and the other,was to get a Yankees hat.
Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Damian Rice was,a huge influence for me musically.
Be a true Heart, not a follower.
The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
