A biography, by Oana Mosutiu

Ed Sheeran is a famous singer and songwriter. He was born on February 1991 in Halifax, England. He spent his childhood sorrounded by instruments and music. He started playing the guitar and showed an early promise as a musical talent. At the age of 11 he met Damien Rice, who told him to write his own music. Soon afterwards he did so, following Rice's advice.

In his mid teens, he left his house and headed to London with his guitar and a backpack full of clothes to fulfill his dream of being a successful singer. Throughout his time there, he released two albums and began opening for established acts. In 2009 he was playing more than 300 liveshows. A year later, he posted a video online and attracted Example's attention, a rapper, who asked him to go on the road with him as his opening act.

The same year, 2010, he headed to the U.S. There, Jamie Foxx asked Ed to appear on his Sirius radio show. Soon after, in January 2011, he reached No. 2 in Itunes chart without any promotion and signed on with Atlantic Records the same month. With Atlantic, Sheeran released his most successful album, "+", an instant hit. Soon afterwards, he began co-writing songs with bigger artists, such as One Direction and Taylor Swift. In 2014, his son "I see fire" was featured in the movie "The Hobbit: The Desolation of the Smoug", and in June 2014, his next album, "X", appeared and reached No. 1 in the U.S. and the U.K. What I admire most about him is that he started from the bottom and became one of the greatest artists from our times.