Edward Christopher Sheeran was raised in Framlingham, England, after being born in Halifax, England, on February 17, 1991. Before entering kindergarten, he started singing in a nearby choir before switching to playing the guitar. While a student at Thomas Mills High School, he started writing his own songs, which led to his acceptance into the National Youth Theatre. Now Ed Sheeran’s net worth is the highest.
Music Career
Sheeran started recording music in 2004 and released a collection of work, Spinning Man, independently. He released his first EP in 2005 and then went on to release two albums over the course of the next three years. He began to gain a small following while performing at smaller venues in and around London. Sheeran also collaborated with a number of artists and toured with Just Jack.
In 2010, he visited Los Angeles, where he caught the attention of Jamie Foxx, who gave him free recording space and a place to stay while he was in the city. He went on to release two more EPs.
Back in London, in April 2011, Sheeran played a free show at the Barfly in Camden Town where over 1,000 fans showed up. His EP, “No. 5 Collaborations Project” became an iTunes hit, and he was signed to Asylum/Atlantic Records. Sheeran released his debut studio album, +, in 2011 which reached #1 in four countries and #4 in the US.
His single “Shape of You” reached #1 in 10 countries and he has also had massive hits with the songs “The A-Team”, “Lego House”, “I See Fire”, “Sing”, “Don’t”, “Thinking Out Loud”, “Photograph”, “Castle on the Hill”, “Galway Girl”, and “Perfect”.
His second album, x, was released in 2014 in nine countries including the US and the UK. Sheeran took a year-long hiatus and social media break shortly after the success of x, and in March 2017 made a comeback with the release of the album Divide. It debuted at No. 1 in the UK, the US, and many other countries and became the fastest-selling album by a male solo artist in the UK. It was also the third fastest-selling in UK chart history, behind Adele and Oasis.
Sheeran and Justin Bieber released a single, “I Don’t Care”, in May 2019 that debuted with 10.977 million daily global streams on Spotify, rendering it the platform’s single-day streaming record. Sheeran released that album, titled No. 6 Collaborations Project, on July 12, 2019. It debuted at No. 1 in the UK, the US, Australia, and other markets.
His four albums spent a combined 41 weeks at No. 1 in the UK. In December 2019, he was named artist of the decade by the Official Charts Company. His song “Shape of You” was named the number one charting song of the decade and Spotify named him the second-most-streamed artist of the decade, behind Drake as number one.
He also holds the record for the highest-grossing concert tour. Sheeran has sold over 150 million records.
Earnings
The majority of Ed’s income is derived through touring. His “Divide” tour grossed $780 million between March 2017 and August 2019. That was enough to become the highest-grossing concert tour of all time, topping U2’s “360 Degrees” tour that took place between 2009 and 2011.
Between June 2014 and June 2015, Ed Sheeran earned just under $60 million. Between June 2016 and June 2017, he earned $70 million. Between June 2017 and June 2018, he earned a mind-blowing $110 million. Between June 2018 and June 2019, he earned another $110 million.
Ed Sheeran’s Net worth?
Ed Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter who has a net worth of $200 million. He is one of the wealthiest and most successful singers in the world today. In a given year when he is touring, Ed can easily earn $70 – $100 million. For example, he earned $65 million between June 2019 and June 2020 from his various endeavors.
