Ed Sheeran’s Life Story- We always complain about our life. We complain about the situation we have in our lives and also complain about not getting the right opportunities that would have turned our life into a bed of roses.
But how lucky the celebs are? Are they all born with a silver spoon?
Did everything in their life, go positive always which helped them to get immense success a become famous?
No, this is the mistake in our thought process that holds us back and keeps us unhappy.
Not a single famous person’s life started as a cake walk since his birth. It was all the ups and downs and the courage to face them boldly, made a difference in their life from the common men.
Let me give you an example of Ed Sheeran.
Let me tell you How A Bullied Ginger Boy Became Britain’s Biggest Music Success story
Ed Sheeran
Edward Christopher Sheeran or whom you know as Ed Sheeran is an English singer. He was born on 17 February 1991. Besides a singer, Sheeran is also a songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actor. So, you can expect a lot of Ed Sheeran.
Ed Sheeran was born in Halifax, England. Initially, he tried his hands on the guitar and, thereby, began writing songs soon. Some of his super-hit songs include ‘Thinking out loud’, ‘Photograph’, ‘Shape of you’ and ‘Perfect’.
However, Ed Sheeran’s life story is not a bed of roses. Like all others, he too had to go through a lot of ups and downs. Take a detailed look into the Ed Sheeran’s biography.
Ed Sheeran’s Life Story: Early Life-
Coming to Ed Sheeran’s life story, at his childhood, Ed Sheeran and his family moved from Hebden Bridge to Framlingham in Suffolk. His elder brother named Matthew works as a music composer. His parents, John and Imogen belonged to London. While Sheeran’s grandparents were Irish, his father has had a very high Catholic lineage. John was an art curator and his mother, Imogen initial was a culture publicist turned into a jewellry designer. If you look at Ed Sheeran’s true-life story, you will be surprised to know that regarding Ed’s career, none of his parents could contribute. Both his parents were the owner of an art consultancy named Sheeran Lock.
At the age of just four, Sheeran was a part of a local church choir. He learned to play the guitar when he was in Rishworth School. Then, he shifted his focus to writing songs during his school days in Thomas Mills High School. Another inspiration to Sheeran’s musical journey was the various musical concerts that his father used to take him to.
Sheeran was also inspired by the studio album of Van Morrison ‘Irish Heartbeat’. It is this album that made him choose music as his career. Other maestros who were an inspiration in his early life include Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, and Eric Clapton.
Ed Sheeran’s musical journey – A Part of Ed Sheeran’s life story
How Ed Sheeran became a pop singer is a very interesting story. In 2004, Sheeran released his first collection of songs in the album ‘Spinning Man’. He clubbed up with his fellow mate Passenger at the age of 15 and started creating beautiful tunes. Next, he shifted to London in 2008 and began singing in small time places. His days were passing in this manner.
Soon, Sheeran got a call from the rapper Example and began to tour with him. In the autumn of 2009, Ed took up music as his subject in the Academy of Contemporary Music at Guildford. He joined the university as an undergraduate.
In April of 2010, Ed Sheeran attended a poetry night at the Los Angeles. After listening to his performance there, the famous American actor and comedian, Jamie Foxx were very impressed. Thereby, he allowed Sheeran to use his recording studio. Gradually, Sheeran’s popularity started growing both offline and online. By this time, Ed Sheeran was one of the biggest internet sensations. All his songs on YouTube were largely applauded by his fans. Day by day his fans grew immensely.
Some of the hits in Ed Sheeran’s success journey include:
- One of his most important works is the Extended Play – ‘No. 5 Collaborations Project’. In this album, he focused on keeping the songs free from girls. So, the songs are based on car crashing, saying goodbye to someone, etc.
- Another significant work includes ‘+’ released on 2011 September. This album made his commercial break. The major influence behind this album is the hip-hop duo Nizlopi and the famous musician Damien Rice. With this Sheeran got popularity worldwide. It became the bestselling album in the UK.
- Ed Sheeran’s life story includes ‘X’ as one of his famous albums. Like the previous one, this album too became an international hit.
Other sides of Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran’s success story is not only limited to the songs that he has made. By the age of 27, he has done a lot. He has launched the Gingerbread Man Records. It is a label that you will exclusively find on his YouTube channel.
He has lent his hand in charity as well. In Bristol, he performed a gig and the money collected from the performance was handed over for the purpose of charity to the street sex workers. In 2015, Sheeran supported the No Cold Homes campaign and donated winter proof items for the people living in struggling with the cold.
Further, Sheeran is also a part of the Band-Aid 40 charity group. Besides, another surprising fact about Sheeran is that he joined the fund-raising campaign of Stand Up to Cancer.
Ed Sheeran’s Personal life
Ed Sheeran’s life story comes a full circle with his string of relationships. Previously, Sheeran was in a relationship with the Scottish singer and songwriter Nina Nesbitt. Unfortunately, they broke up in 2012. In 2014, Sheeran has been linked up with Athina Andrelos. She was an inspiration behind Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud”. However, they broke up in 2015. The same year in the month of July, Sheeran has been in a relationship with his highschool and childhood friend Cherry Sea Born. Their engagement has been announced in 2018 in the month of January.
So are my words justified?
Did Ed Sheeran not face challenges in his life that stopped him from being so much famous?
Just think about it.
