Edward "Ed" Christopher Sheeran MBE (SHEER - en; b. February 17, 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. He has 84.5 million RIAA-certified units in the US, and two of his albums are in the list of the best-selling albums in UK chart history: × at number 20, and ÷ at number 34. In December 2019, the Official Charts Company named him artist of the decade, with the most combined success in the UK album and singles charts in the 2010s.
Sheeran's debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011 and topped the UK Albums Chart. It contained his first hit single "The A Team". In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. Sheeran's second studio album, × (pronounced "multiply"), was released in June 2014 and was named the second-best-selling album worldwide of 2015. In the same year, × won Album of the Year at the 2015 Brit Awards, and he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. A single from ×, "Thinking Out Loud", earned him the 2016 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
Sheeran's third album, ÷ (pronounced "divide"), was released in March 2017, and was the best-selling album worldwide of 2017. The first two singles from the album, "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill", broke records in a number of countries by debuting in the top two positions of the charts. He also became the first artist to have two songs debut in the US top 10 in the same week. By March 2017, Sheeran had accumulated ten top 10 singles from ÷ on the UK Singles Chart, breaking the record for most top 10 UK singles from one album. His fourth single from ÷, "Perfect", reached number one in the US, Australia and the UK, where it became the Christmas number one in 2017. The world's best-selling artist of 2017, he was named the Global Recording Artist of the Year. Released in 2019, his fourth studio album No.6 Collaborations Project debuted at number one in most major markets, and spawned three UK number one singles, "I Don't Care", "Beautiful People" and "Take Me Back to London".
Globally, Spotify named him the second most streamed artist of the decade. Beginning in March 2017, his ÷ Tour became the highest-grossing of all time in August 2019. An alumnus of the National Youth Theatre in London, Sheeran's acting roles include appearing in the 2019 film Yesterday.
He made his musical guest debut on Saturday Night Live on April 12, 2014, the eighteenth episode of Season 39, hosted by actor and comedian Seth Rogen. He performed his singles "Sing" and "Don't".
He returned to Saturday Night Live as the musical guest for his 2nd appearance on February 11, 2017, the fourteenth episode of Season 42, hosted by actor Alec Baldwin, which he returned to hosted for the 17th time, thus making him the most frequent host on the show. He performed his singles "Shape of You" and "Castle On A Hill".
He returned to Saturday Night Live for his 3rd musical guest appearance and perform on November 6, 2021, the fifth episode of Season 47, hosted by actor Kieran Culkin, star of HBO's satirical black comedy-drama series Succession; however, he posted on social media that he had contracted COVID-19 just hours after a live broadcast promoted his appearance. A Page Six article posted hours later said Shawn Mendes or Justin Bieber were potential candidates chosen to replace him on the episode.[1] However, on November 1, 2021, Sheeran confirmed that he would still be on SNL.[2] He performed his singles "Shivers" and "Overpass Graffiti" of Saturday Night Live's 47th season.
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