Ed Sheeran

Former busker Ed, 26, shot to fame in the UK in 2011. The following year he broke the US after featuring on Taylor Swift’s album Red and is now one of the biggest artists on the planet. Born in Halifax, West Yorks, and raised in Suffolk, he is the first artist to have two songs debut in the US Top Ten in the same week. Halifax Singer-songwriter

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CLASSIC SONG:

Thinking Out Loud

WEEKS IN TOP 40: NUMBER ONE HITS: NET WORTH:

439 3 £63m