Edward Sheeran Top Songs and Awards
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Edward Sheeran was born on February 17, 1991, in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. His early childhood home was on Birchcliffe Road in nearby Hebden Bridge. His father was a curator at Cartwright Hall in Bradford, and his mother worked at Manchester City Art Gallery.
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In December 1995, he moved with his family from Hebden Bridge to Framlingham in Suffolk, where he attended the independent Brandeston Hall preparatory school (now Framlingham College Prep School), and subsequently Thomas Mills High School, also in Framlingham. He has an elder brother named Matthew who works as a composer.
John and Imogen Sheeran, Sheeran’s parents, are from London. His father is Irish. In addition, Sheeran’s father comes from a “very large” Catholic household. Imogen is a culture journalist turned jewelry designer, and John is an art curator and educator. From 1990 to 2010, his parents founded Sheeran Lock, an independent art consultant.
Sheeran began singing in a local church choir at the age of four, began playing the guitar at the age of eleven, and began writing songs while attending Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham.
When he was younger, he also played the cello. His classmates voted him “most likely to be famous” in a 2004 school report, and he was hailed as a “natural performer” in another. As a teenager, he was accepted into the National Youth Theatre in London.
In 2007, he auditioned for Youth Music Theatre UK and was cast in their production of Frankenstein – A New Musical in Plymouth. He is a supporter of Youth Music Theatre UK (now British Youth Music Theatre) as well as Access to Music, where he studied Artist Development.