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Ed Sheeran

__ Biography __ Ed Sheeran is an English singer - song writer born in Hebdan Bridge, West Yorkshire. He was raised as a Roman Catholic and 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 Framingham. Sheeran began music recording in 2005, and released his first independent EP, The Orange Room EP. He has been friends with fellow English singer-songwriter Passenger since he was 15, with the two playing on the same gig in Cambridge. He started to play at small venues in London in 2008. In 2011 Ed Sheeran released his first independent EP, No. 5 Collaborations Project featuring grime artists Wiley, JME, Devlin, Sway and Ghetto. Sheeran's album "x" got number one in the UK Album Charts and US Billboard 200 in 2014. He recorded the album with Rick Rubin, who told him that he should record the album acoustically with a good mood and the extra instruments was added later.

__ Lego House - Ed Sheeran __ media type="youtube" key="c4BLVznuWnU" width="560" height="315"

__ Analysis: __ 4 4

__ Structure __ Intro, Verse 1, Chorus 1, Verse 2, Chorus 2, Bridge, Chorus 3, Outro

__ Photograph - Ed Sheeran __ media type="youtube" key="nSDgHBxUbVQ" width="560" height="315"

__ Analysis: __ 4 4

__ Structure __ Intro, Verse 1, Chorus 1, Verse 2, Chorus 2, Bridge, Chorus 3, Outro