
Ed Sheeran was born in Halifax,
West Yorkshire on 17 February 1991. He began playing guitar at a young age
and soon after started writing his own songs. When he was a child, he
moved with his family from Hebden Bridge to Framlingham in Suffolk. He has an older
brother named Matthew who works as a composer. Sheeran's parents, John and
Imogen, are from London. John is an art curator and lecturer, and Imogen is a
culture publicist turned jewellery designer.
Sheeran
sang in a local church choir at the age of four. Sheeran began
recording music in 2004, and independently released his first collection of
work, Spinning Man.
He successfully auditioned for Youth Music Theatre UK in 2007. He moved to London in 2008, and began playing in small
venues and he auditioned for the ITV series, Britannia High.
In the autumn of 2009, Sheeran began studying music at
the Academy of
Contemporary Music (ACM) in Guildford. Sheeran began to be seen by more
people over the internet through YouTube and his fan-base grew.
On 2 January 2017, after a social media break he
posted a 10-second video on Twitter and other social media showing what was the
cover design of his forthcoming album entitled ÷ (pronounced "divide") which was released on
3 March 2017. The album debuted at number one in the UK, the US, Germany,
Australia, Canada and other major markets.
On 6 January, Sheeran released two singles, "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill". Both singles went on to break the Spotify day one streaming record, with a combined total of over 13 million streams in 24 hours. Answer the following questions:
On 6 January, Sheeran released two singles, "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill". Both singles went on to break the Spotify day one streaming record, with a combined total of over 13 million streams in 24 hours. Answer the following questions:
1) Where
was Ed Sheeran born?
2) What
is his brother´s name?
3) What
do their parents do?
4) Where
did he sing at the age of four?
5) What
did he do in 2004?
6) What
happened in 2007?
7) When
did he begin studying music at the ACM?
8) When
did he release a new album after a social media break?
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