An opportunity to break into the US market soon came about after Ed was given the opportunity to tour with the band Snow Patrol. 5 Collaborations Project” EP.Įd Sheeran’s debut studio album “+” entered at number one in the UK charts after Ed secured four top ten singles in a row from the album. Knowing they were on to a good thing, Asylum/Atlantic Records quickly signed Ed Sheeran to their label after the release of his popular “No. Further to this, his hard work won thousands of fans, who would show up at any small gigs he was playing. These gigs and his widespread social media following caught the attention of Jamie Foxx, Elton John and Example. Prepared to graft from the very start, Ed Sheeran played 312 gigs in 2009 in addition to constantly releasing new material on his YouTube channel. It was after his move to London in 2008, though, that his music career really began to take off due to the release of his “Loose Change EP”, which featured future megahit single “The A Team”. At the tender age of 14, Ed Sheeran began recording music and independently released his first collection of songs “The Orange Room EP”.
