He has 101 million RIAA-certified units in the US, and two of his albums are in the list of the best-selling albums in UK chart history. Sheeran has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists. His fifth studio album, = (pronounced 'equals'), topped the charts in most major markets in 2021. Released in 2019, his fourth studio album No.6 Collaborations Project debuted at number one in most major markets, and spawned three UK number one singles, ' I Don't Care', ' Beautiful People' and ' Take Me Back to London'. The world's best-selling artist of 2017, he was named the Global Recording Artist of the Year. His fourth single from ÷, ' Perfect', reached number one in the US, Australia and the UK, where it became the Christmas number one in 2017.

By March 2017, Sheeran had accumulated ten top 10 singles from ÷ on the UK Singles Chart, breaking the record for most top 10 UK singles from one album.

He also became the first artist to have two songs debut in the US top 10 in the same week. The first two singles from the album, ' Shape of You' and ' Castle on the Hill', broke records in a number of countries by debuting in the top two positions of the charts. Sheeran's third album, ÷ (pronounced 'divide'), was released in March 2017, and was the best-selling album worldwide of 2017. A single from ×, ' Thinking Out Loud', earned him the 2016 Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. In the same year, × won Album of the Year at the 2015 Brit Awards, and he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. It was named the second-best-selling album worldwide of 2015. Sheeran's second studio album, × (pronounced 'multiply'), topped charts around the world upon its release in June 2014. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. It contained his first hit single ' The A Team'. Sheeran's debut album, + (pronounced 'plus'), was released in September 2011 and topped the UK Albums Chart. He signed with Asylum Records the same year. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. Edward Christopher Sheeran MBE ( / ˈ ʃ ɪər ən/ born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter.

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