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Ed SheeranName: Edward Christopher Sheeran

Age23 years (February 17, 1991)

Born: Halia!" En#land

Occupation: Sin#er$Son#writer

Genre: %ndie

Signed to: &tlanti' e'ords$ &sylu

&wards won 32$ *oinations 9+


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Ed Sheeran has rapidly #rown to hu#e su''ess in thepast ew years Ha-in# #rown ro an internetsensation.

Sheeran bro.e throu#h 'oer'ially in /une 2011, when

his debut sin#le he & ea debuted at nuber threeon the 4 Sin#les Chart 5uoyed by the 'hart su''ess othe sin#les he & ea and 6e#o House, his debutalbu has been certifed quadruple platinum in thenited 4in#do %n 2012, he won two BRIT Awards or

5est 5ritish 8ale Solo &rtist, and British Breakthrougho the !ear, while he & ea also won the I"orNo"ello Award or 5est Son# 8usi'ally and 6yri'ally


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History Early 8usi'Career

Ed had an interest in playin# the #uitar or a youn# a#eand was writin# son#s and playin# or students at

hoas 8iller Hi#h S'hool that he attended

He re'orded his rst E; in 200< at the a#e o 1


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2009$10%n 2009 Ed produ'ed another %& titled !ou

Need $e whi'h was put onto sites su'h as!ouTu'eso that his nae would spread

His ne!t brea.throu#h 'ae in 2010 when histalents were spotted by rapper E!aple,E!aple 'ae a'ross Ed ater seein# a "ideoposted on SBT(.his is an online 'hannel oryoun# up'oin# artists to #et there usi'heard E!aple saw Ed on this site and in-itehi to 'oe and tour with hi, ha-in# noti'edhis assi-e potential


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2011@%n /anuary 2011 Ed SheeranAs rise in

popularity was apparent as hisentirel) independent %& peaked atNum'er * in the iTunes chart.Sellin# o-er 7,000 'opies

%t was at this point that Ed Sheeranwas signed ') Atlantic Records+As)lum

he suer o 2011 saw the release

o Ed Sheeran debut Sin#le B&" eahis rea'hed nuber 3 in the 'harts

hrou#hout this suer Ed playedany ore li-e perorers, in'ludin#-arious sta#es at eadin# and?lastonbury


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,-Ha-in# released < Eps Ed and &tlanti' e'ords nally

released his debut albu B =n Septeber 9th2011

%n the rst wee. sold 102,000 'opies and went on to

be the 9th

5i##est sellin# 5ritish albu in 2011hereore bein# #ranted riple platinu by 5;% or

sellin# o-er 1,000,000 'opies


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Starter %ndie #enre

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Codes and 'on-entions o the indie #enre

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Codes and 'on-entions

hees ealisti', hard"hittin#, resonate with youth

a.es itsel ore seriously

an#e o usi'al styles but sae ethos

&utonoous and less 'on'erned with 'oer'ial

su''ess

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*arrati-e raw un#laorous, o'us on eotions&rtist not the o'us narrati-e


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hat is indieG


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Debates

%ndie has pretty u'h ust repla'ed alternati-eas a broad #enre ta# whi'h indi'ates au!taposition to ainstrea pop usi' he teray ha-e ori#inally reerred to an artists re'ord

label status, but now ust reers to a -ery 'roadinclination towards originalit) and artisticintegrit)

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Hybrid

%ndie$pop has soe ore'on-entional pop son#s

Sheeran has 'alled hisel Ba'ousti'soul

'ollaborations rap and hip hop

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he title deri-ed ro atie when there was nohype surroundin#

Sheeran and he de'ided to 'reate a buII byprodu'in# -e E;As, anindie"style E;, a sin#er"son#writer E;, a ol."style E;, a li-e E; and a colla'orations %&

whi'h was the th leadin# to the title No.5Collaborations Project Released 7 January 2011

Sheeran #ained ainstrea attention hree onths later,Sheeran was si#ned to &sylu$ &tlanti' e'ords
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No. 5 Collaborations Project"?rie

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Track listing

1 6ately (eaturin# De-lin) +:32

2 Jou (eaturin# iley) 3:2>

3 Faily (eaturin# ; 8oney) +:1

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