Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran was born on February 17 1991 in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, but raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, and emerged as a striking new talent with his debut album + in 2011. Ed's first Number 1 single came in 2014 with Sing, co-written and produced by Pharrell Williams, kicking off an incredible run of chart-topping success across the decade and rise to global superstardom. Ed famously "broke the chart" in 2017 when the release of his Divide album triggered all 16 songs from the album to flood into the Official Singles Chart. Chart rules have since changed to limit number of entries per artist in the Top 40, making it impossible for such an occurrence to happen again, but Ed will likely hold the record forevermore of the artist with the most simultaneous entries in the Official Chart Top 40.