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Ed Sheeran was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire but moved to Framlingham, Suffolk as a child
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He sang in a local church choir from the age of four, learned guitar at a very young age, and began writing songs during his time at Thomas Mills High School in Framlingham
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Sheeran began recording in 2005, and released his first independent EP, The Orange Room EP.
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Ed moved to London in 2008, and began playing in very small venues. He auditioned for the ITV series Britannia High and also opened for Nizlopi in Norwich in April 2008 after being one of their guitar technicians.
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In 2009, Sheeran played 312 gigs. He recalls reading an interview with James Morrison that said that Morrison had done 200 gigs in a year, and Sheeran wanted to surpass that number.
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Throughout 2010, Sheeran began to be seen by more people over the internet through YouTube and his fan-base grew, with him also getting credit from The Independent newspaper, England football captain Rio Ferdinand and Elton John.
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In February 2010 Sheeran posted a video through SB.TV, and mainstream rapper Example invited Sheeran to tour with him. In February 2010, he also released his critically acclaimed Loose Change EP, which featured his later debut single "The A Team"
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On 8 January 2011, Sheeran released his independent EP, No. 5 With this EP, Sheeran gained mainstream attention for reaching number 2 in the iTunes chart without any promotion or label, selling over 7,000 copies in its first week
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On 13 April 2013, at the historic meeting house of the New York Society for Ethical Culture on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Sheeran performed live solo, voice and guitar, for an episode of Live from the Artists Den broadcast on PBS TV.
