Ed Sheeran net worth: house, wife, albums
Usually, riches come through hard work and consistency in your job. Most people dream of acquiring more money to have luxurious lives. It is fascinating to see how Ed Sheeran remains humble despite his massive success in the entertainment industry. The talented songwriter, guitarist, singer, record producer and actor is ranked among the wealthiest musicians in the United Kingdom. Regardless of the huge Ed Sheeran net worth, he continues to prove that humility and consistency are must-have qualities for a fulfilling life.
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Edward Christopher Sheeran, commonly known as Ed Sheeran or Teddy, was born on the 17th of February 1991. His birth took place in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. His father's name is John Sheeran, while his mother's name is Imogen Sheeran. Both John and Imogen are from London. He has an older brother, Matthew Sheeran, who is now a music composer. When the boys were young children, the family relocated to Framlingham, Suffolk from Hebden Bridge. John is a lecturer and art curator while Imogen is a culture publicist and jewellery designer. His parents were the proprietors of Sheeran Lock, an art consultancy, from 1990 until 2010.
Profile summary
- Name: Edward Christopher Sheeran (commonly known as Ed Sheeran)
- Nickname: Teddy
- Net worth: £160 million (approximately $201.494 million)
- Occupation: Songwriter, guitarist, singer, record producer, actor
- Current residence: Wynneys Hall, Framlingham, Suffolk, United Kingdom
- Date of birth: 17th of February 1991
- Place of birth: Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
- Star sign: Aquarius
- Nationality: British
- Ethnicity: Irish-English
- Father: John Sheeran
- Mother: Imogen Sheeran
- Brother: Matthew Sheeran
- Spouse: Cherry Seaborn
- Height: 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m/173 cm)
- Weight: 82 kg (181 pounds)
- Hair colour: Ginger
- Eye colour: Blue
- Alma mater: Thomas Mills High School
Ed Sheeran net worth
Ed is among the richest musicians in the United Kingdom. On the 15th of July 2018, Forbes made it public through their website that the musician has earned $110 million. He was rated the highest-earning solo artist on the list. His earnings came from his on-stage performances and the billions of streams of his music. In 2018, Ed was said to have earned more than any other musician in one year. He made about £340.5 million ($432.4 million) from his tour across different locations where he performed in 94 events. According to his touring company, Nathan Cable Touring, the company made up to £38.9 million in profits as at the 31st of March 2018. Out of this amount, Ed bagged £17.5 million.
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Ed's performances in concerts, other events, and the streaming of his music in 2018 made his income to double in a year. How much is Ed Sheeran worth? Ed Sheeran net worth 2019 is ranked at a whopping £160 million (approximately $201.494 million) He is ranked 17th in the list of the highest earning British musicians.
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How does Ed Sheeran spend his fortune?
Ed is known to be a wise spender who invests his money in profitable ventures. Where does Ed Sheeran live? Currently, the multi-gifted musician resides in Framlingham, Suffolk, United Kingdom, where he grew up. He is the owner of a property, Wynneys Hall, which local residents fondly call Sheeran-Ville. Ed Sheeran's house is a large modern farmhouse that he bought at the cost of £895,000 in June 2012. His compound also has other properties that he acquired over time. His house is located very close to his parent's house.
After purchasing the farmhouse, he also bought the adjacent home for £450,000. He later purchased the four-bedroom home in front of his main house for a sum of £925,000. Additionally, he purchased the small bungalow next to his expanding property for a total of £525,000. He has since made adjustments to these properties to meet his taste and style. Today, the property has a large and gorgeous tree-house with amazing views, an indoor swimming pool, a garden pod, decking and a hot tub. He also has an underground music room and cinema that connect to the main house via a 6-foot-wide underground tunnel. The tunnel ensures that people do not access his main house during functions such as parties.
He also converted a barn in his property into a pub. Despite all his wealth, his neighbours report that the singer is still a humble and down-to-earth person. Residents spot him at the local bar now and then. Ed intends to start and raise his family in the property.
In addition to his massive residence, Ed has invested about £42 million in the property market. He owns 18 flats in Suffolk and London. He can rent out these properties for additional income. Two of the apartments are located near Shoreditch, six are in Hammersmith, three in Holland Park, one in Notting Hill and two in Chiswick. He also owns a restaurant in Notting Hill.
What else has he bought?
Ed is not a fan of buying things to keep up with his peers. After making millions of dollars, he bought his first car in 2015. Unlike what many people expected, his first car purchase was a mini cooper! At the time, he could not even drive properly! When questioned about the bizarre purchase for a 'rich man,' he asserted that he did not have a liking for fast vehicles. He went on to explain that despite buying himself a mini cooper, he had bought his sound guy a Porsche for Christmas.
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Over time, the musician, songwriter and record producer upgraded his car after making more millions from his career. He bought an Aston Martin DB9. In January 2017, the authorities caught him speeding at 70mph in a 60mph zone close to his home. He got three points on his driving licence and a £100 fine. This happened days after he was criticised for encouraging speed in the line 'driving at 90' in his Castle on the Hill song. In March 2017, he reported that he rarely drove his sports car because he looked like a 'tit' in it.
The musician has also made some of his spending habits public. Soon after his breakthrough, he treated himself by buying himself the Star Wars Death Star Lego Kit. In 2016, Ed went on a shopping spree at Toys R Us. He picked out a pirate ship, a Nerf gun, wheelie shoes, and other things at a total cost of £2,000. He reported that he has plenty of kids' stuff. He has a room filled with teddy bears, and his bedroom has two large pandas.
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Ed Sheeran albums and career
Ed earns most of his fortune from his music career. So far, he has four studio albums to his name. These are the following:
- + (released in 2011)
- × (released in 2014)
- ÷ (released in 2017)
- No. 6 Collaborations Project (to be officially released in July 2019)
Ed has been in the music industry since 2004. In 2004, he released his first music work, Spinning Man. He then relocated to London in 2008 and played in small events and venues. At the time, he auditioned for the television series, Britannia High. Ed became a guitar technician for Nizlopi. In April 2008, he opened for the duo in Norwich. In 2005, he released The Orange Room, his first EP.
In 2009, Ed released his second EP, You Need Me. He collaborated with other singers such as CeeLo Green. After this release, he toured with rapper Example. In February 2010, he released another EP, Loose Change. This EP featured the debut single, The A Team. With time, more people started noticing him, especially on his YouTube channel. Today, his YouTube Channel has over 39.7 million subscribers. 2010 saw him releasing two more EPs, Ed Sheeran: Live and Songs I Wrote with Amy. The latter was made of love songs that he wrote together with Amy Wadge. The same year, he performed at Jamie Foxx's club, Foxxhole.
On the 8th of January 2011, Ed released a new independent EP titled No. 5 Collaborations Project. This EP featured other artists, among them, Sway, Jme, Delvin, Wiley and Ghetts. The EP attained the second position in the iTunes chart despite not having promotional efforts or label. Over 7,000 copies sold in the first week. Ed later held a free show for his aficionados at the Barfly, Camden Town. Over 1,000 showed up for the event. Soon afterwards, he entered into a contract with Asylum Records.
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In mid-2011, Ed released the digital download for the single, The A Team. The single became the lead single from his first studio album, +, which was released on the 12th of September 2011. The album sold 791,000 copies by the end of 2011. From this album that is pronounced as Plus, The A Team ranked third in UK's Singles Chart and sold over 85,000 copies in a week. The song also made the top 10 list in many other countries.
The album + has these songs:
- The A Team
- Drunk
- U.N.I."
- Grade 8
- Wake Me Up
- Small Bump
- This
- The City
- Lego House
- You Need Me, I Don't Need You
- Kiss Me
- Give Me Love
The bonus songs in the deluxe album are the following:
- Autumn Leaves
- Little Bird
- Gold Rush
- Sunburn
Ed worked alongside One Direction. He co-wrote the song, Moments, from the band's debut album. Give Me Love, one of his songs, featured in The Vampire Diaries in the episode Dangerous Liaisons. In March 2012, the talented musician wrote and gave vocals for Taylor Swift's song, Everything Has Changed, which is in her fourth album, Red. He also contributed two songs in One Direction's second album, Take Me Home and featured in Foy Vance's album, Joy of Nothing.
×, his second album, was released on the 23rd of June 2014. The single, Take It Back, debuted on the 24th of March 2014 at the Teenage Cancer Trust. Sing was the lead song in the album. It was released on the 7th of April 2014 followed by One on the 16th of May 2014. He wrote over 120 songs for this album, but only 12 made it to the final production. The songs in the deluxe album are:
- One
- I'm A Mess
- Sing
- Don't
- Nina
- Photograph
- Bloodstream
- Tenerife Sea
- Runaway
- The Man
- Thinking Out Loud
- Afire Love
- Take It Back
- Shirtsleeves
- Even My Dad Does Sometimes
- I See Fire
The album × has songs that were produced by Pharrell Williams, Rick Rubin and Benny Blanco. The album peaked at the US Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart. To promote it, Ed held a world tour at Osaka in Japan. The album was well-received by his fans globally, and Spotify named it the most-streamed album. In 2015, he wrote the song Love Yourself for Justin Bieber. Initially, the song was to be included in Ed's third studio album.
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After taking a break, Ed released his third album, ÷, on the 3rd of March 2017. The album topped charts in America, the UK, Canada, Australia and Germany. Each song in the album became certified in the United Kingdom. Sales of 672,000 were recorded in the first week. The songs in this album are:
- Eraser
- Castle on the Hill
- Dive
- Shape of You
- Perfect
- Galway Girl
- Happier
- New Man
- Hearts Don't Break Around Here
- What Do I Know?
- How Would You Feel (Paean)
- Supermarket Flowers
- Barcelona
- Bibia Be Ye Ye
- Nancy Mulligan
- Save Myself
From this album, Shape of You and Castle on the Hill became number one and two respectively in the UK Singles Charts. The songs also performed very well in other countries. To promote the album, Ed toured South America, Europe and North America. He later toured Australia. The album became 2017's bestselling album in the UK. He made an acoustic cover of the song, Perfect, by the name Perfect Duet with Beyoncé. In 2017, he also collaborated with Taylor Swift in her sixth album, Reputation, for the single End Game which was released on the 10th of November. He also worked with Eminem in his song, River.
Ed alongside Atlantic Records and Asylum Records will be releasing his fourth studio album on the 12th of July 2019. No. 6 Collaborations Project is the title of the album. On the 10th of May 2019, he released the single I Don't Care, a song that features Justin Bieber. On the 24th of May, he released the second single, Cross Me. The song features Chance the Rapper and PnB Rock. The tracks on this album will be the following:
- Beautiful People
- South of the Border
- Cross Me
- Take Me Back to London
- Best Part of Me
- I Don't Care
- Antisocial
- Remember the Name
- Feels
- Put It All on Me
- Nothing on You
- I Don't Want Your Money
- Nights
- Way to Break My Heart
- Blow
This album is expected to be a top-seller globally. From the Ed Sheeran website, fans can get the tour dates once they are made public. From the website, fans get news about the artist. Fans also get access to his store where they can purchase his music, clothing and other accessories.
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Honours, awards and nominations
From his albums, it is apparent that Ed has made an indelible mark in the music industry. Some of the honours, awards and nominations that he has received so far are:
- 2018 winner of Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album during the Grammy Awards.
- 2018 nominee for Favourite Male Artist and winner of Favourite Song during the Kids' Choice Awards, USA.
- 2018 nominee for the Best Live Act in the MTV Europe Music Awards.
- 2018 nominee for Best Pop Video and Song of the Year in the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA).
- 2017 nominee for the Song of the Year for the song Love Yourself and winner of Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance for Thinking Out Loud during the Grammy Awards.
- 2016 nominee for Record of the Year and Album of the Year in the Grammy Awards.
- An appointment as Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his services to music and charity during the 2017 Birthday Honours. Prince Charles gave him the award on the 7th of December, 2017.
- Ed also received an honorary degree on the 19th of February 2015 from University of Suffolk. The honour was his outstanding contribution to music. He has also won and been nominated for many other awards.
Relationships and marriage
Ed dated Nina Nesbitt, a Scottish singer. The singer was the inspiration for the songs Nina and Photograph. The relationship ended in 2012. Rumours became rife that the musician was gay the same year. He took to Twitter to dispute the rumours by making it publicly known that he is not gay. At the time of the announcement, he was still single. He later dated Athina Andrelos in 2014. Athina was the inspiration for the song, Thinking Out Loud, but the relationship ended in February 2015.
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In 2015, Ed started a relationship with his former schoolmate and childhood friend, Cherry Seaborn. The couple is together to date. In January 2018, it became public that Ed and Cherry were engaged. Although details of their wedding are scarce, Cherry is Ed Sheeran wife. The musician vowed to quit touring to focus on fatherhood when the time comes. He and his wife Cherry have a healthy and happy union.
Other fun facts about Ed Sheeran
- His star sign is Aquarius, and he is currently 28-years-old.
- He enjoys playing with the Lego. Lego was the inspiration for his song, Lego House.
- Monopoly is his favourite board game.
- The 28-year-old's ethnicity is Irish-English. Ed's paternal grandparents are Irish. His father, as the musician once reported, hails from a big Catholic family.
- Gordon Burns, the Northern Irish broadcaster who hosted the game show, The Krypton Factor, is Ed's second cousin. Singer Jethro Sheeran is also his cousin.
- Ed showed interest in music at a young age. He began singing in his church choir at only four years and learned to play the guitar while still young. His father used to accompany him to music concerts. He gives names to his guitars. Felix, Nigel, Lloyd and Cyril are his guitars' names.
- He went to Thomas Mills High School and started writing songs while in this high school. The National Youth Theatre accepted him as a teenager. He also studied artist development with the assistance of an independent trainer, Access to Music. In 2009, he joined the Academy of Contemporary Music. He pursued a course in music in this Guildford-based institution.
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- When Ed was 11 years old, he met Damien Rice during one of his shows. The star encouraged Ed to write his own songs, and he followed the advice. His music has been influenced by other artists such as Elton John, Eminem, Nizlopi and The Beatles.
- He was bullied during his younger years for having a stutter, ginger hair and wearing glasses. He would cry daily at school because of the bullying.
- Ed's height is 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m/173 cm), and he weighs about 82 kg (181 pounds.) He has ginger hair and blue eyes. He is distinctively known for his shaggy ginger hair and round face.
- Ed Sheeran is an actor! He first acting role was in Shortland Street, a soap opera, where he appeared as himself. He later appeared as himself in the sitcom, Undateable, in 2015. He also recorded scenes for Home and Away, also a soap opera. He has also played the character of Sir Cormac in FX's drama, The Bastard Executioner. In the 2016 movie Bridget Jone's Baby, he featured as himself. In 2017, he starred in a scene on Games of Throne.
- Sheeran is the founder of Gingerbread Man Records. This label was created after a deal with Warner Music Group and was launched in August 2015. The label's first signed artist was Jamie Lawson.
- Ed openly opposed Brexit. After the June 2016 vote to opt out of the European Union, he, alongside other British musicians wrote to Theresa May asking for a reconsideration of the decision. The artists argued that the exit would adversely affect the music industry.
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- In 2017, Ed was accused of music plagiarism in the mega-hit track, Shape of You. Fans noted the resemblance of the song to the song, No Scrubs, by TLC. This led to the TLC team being given writing credits for the song, Shape of You. The same year, there were claims that the song Photograph was a note-for-note copy of Amazing by Matt Cardle. An out of the court settlement for the claim was made. In 2018, Ed, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, among others were accused of plagiarising the song The Rest Of Our Life from the song When I Found You by two Australian artists.
- He was once homeless! In his book, A Visual Journey, Ed admitted that the journey before making it in the industry was rough. He slept in the arch outside Buckingham Palace for several nights. Between 2008 and 2010, when he was homeless, he relied on other people for a place to lay his head. Drinking also helped him to cope with his situation.
- Ed is a philanthropist who loves leading a comfortable rather than luxurious life. The often donates his money to worthy causes such as the local children's hospital. He accords more value to his friends and family being fine than he does money.
- He is active on social media. Ed has an Instagram account with over 29.6 million followers. His official Twitter account has about 19.1 million followers, while his Facebook page has over 18.2 million followers. He uses all these pages to update his fan base about his music released, tours and merchandise.
Ed Sheeran is among the wealthiest musicians in the United Kingdom and beyond. He is best known for songs such as Shape of You and I Don't Care. His consistency evidences his love for music and dedication to releasing high-quality music. From his hard work, Ed Sheeran net worth is £160 million (approximately $201.494 million) as at 2019. Despite all his fortune, Ed remains humble and down-to-earth. All his fans should look out for the release of his fourth studio album, No. 6 Collaborations Project, which is due for release soon!
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