Ed Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter. He began recording in 2005 and moved to London in 2008 to pursue a music career. In early 2011, he released his eighth independent extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project; with it, Sheeran gained mainstream attention. Three months later, Sheeran was signed to Asylum/Atlantic Records.
Sheeran broke through commercially in June 2011, when his debut single, "The A Team", debuted at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart. Buoyed by the chart success of the singles, "The A Team" and "Lego House", his debut album, +, has been certified sextuple platinum in the United Kingdom. In 2012, he won a Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist and Breakthrough Act, while "The A Team" also won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.
4Music Video Honours
! |- |2011 |rowspan="1"|Ed Sheeran |Best Breakthrough |rowspan=1 | style="text-align:center;"| |- |2012 |"Drunk" |Best Video | | style="text-align:center;"| |- |2014 |Ed Sheeran |Best Boy | | style="text-align:center;"|
African Entertainment Awards USA Year Award Nomination Result Ref 2022International Artist of the YearEd Sheeran Collaboration of the Year"Peru" (with Fireboy DML)
All Africa Music Awards Year Award Nomination Result Ref 2022Best Global ActEd Sheeran Song of The Year"Peru" (with Fireboy DML) Best African Collaboration"Peru" (with Fireboy DML)
American Music Awards
!Ref |- |rowspan="5"|2015 |rowspan="3"|Ed Sheeran |Artist of the Year | |rowspan="5"| |- |Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
|Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist
|x |Favorite Pop/Rock Album
|"Thinking Out Loud" |Single of the Year
|rowspan="5"|2017 |rowspan="3"|Ed Sheeran |Artist of the Year | |rowspan="5"| |- |Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
|Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist
|rowspan="2"|"Shape of You" |Favorite Pop/Rock Song
|Video of the Year
|rowspan="6"|2018 |rowspan="3"|Ed Sheeran |Artist of the Year | |rowspan="6"| |- |Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
|Favorite Adult Contemporary Artist
|"Perfect" |Favorite Pop/Rock Song
|÷ |Favorite Pop/Rock Album
|÷ Tour |Tour of the Year
|rowspan="1"|2019 |÷ Tour |Tour of the Year
|rowspan="1"|2021 |Ed Sheeran |Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
|rowspan="2"|2022 |Ed Sheeran |Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
|Ed Sheeran ||Tour of the Year
APRA Awards
| 2013 | "Lego House" | rowspan="5" | Most Performed International Work of the Year | rowspan="3" |- | 2017 | "Love Yourself" |- | rowspan="2" | 2018 | "Castle on the Hill" |- | "Shape of You"
| 2023 | "Shivers"
ARIA Music Awards
! Lost to ! |- |2012 |rowspan="2"| + |rowspan="9"| Best International Artist |rowspan="8" |One Direction – Up All Night | style="text-align:center;"| |- |2013 |One Direction – Take Me Home | style="text-align:center;"| |- |2014 |rowspan="2"| x |One Direction – Midnight Memories | style="text-align:center;"| |- |2015 |One Direction – Four | style="text-align:center;"| |- |2017 |÷ & Loose Change |Harry Styles – Harry Styles |- |2018 | ÷ |Camila Cabello – Camila |- |2019 |No.6 Collaborations Project |Taylor Swift – Lover |- |2022 |= |Harry Styles – Harry's House |- |2023 |− | |Taylor Swift – Midnights
BBC Music Awards
! |- | rowspan="2"|2014 |Ed Sheeran |British Artist of the Year | | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| |- |"Sing" |Song of the Year
| rowspan="2"|2015 |Ed Sheeran |British Artist of the Year | |style="text-align:center;"| |- |"Bloodstream" |Song of the Year | |style="text-align:center;"| |- |rowspan=2|2017 |Ed Sheeran |Artist of the Year | | rowspan="2"| |- |÷ |British Album of the Year |
BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards
! |- |rowspan="1"|2011 |rowspan="1"|"The A Team" |rowspan="1"|Best British Single | |style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"| |- |rowspan="1"|2014 |rowspan="4"|Ed Sheeran |rowspan="4"|Best British Solo Act | |style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"| |- |rowspan="1"|2015 | |style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"| |- |rowspan="1"|2017 | |style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1"| |- |rowspan="2"|2018 | |style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| |- |rowspan="1"|"Perfect Duet" |rowspan="1"|Best Single |
Berlin Music Video Awards +YearNominated workCategoryResult2020"CROSS ME"Best VFX2023"2STEP" (FEAT. LIL BABY)2026"Azizam"Best Concept
Billboard Latin Music Awards
! |- |2016 | rowspan="2" |Ed Sheeran | rowspan="2" |Crossover Artist of the Year
|2022
Billboard Music Awards
! |- | rowspan="5" | 2015 | rowspan="4" | Ed Sheeran | Top Male Artist | rowspan="8" | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | |- | Top Billboard 200 Artist |- | Top Radio Songs Artist |- | Top Digital Songs Artist |- | x | Top Billboard 200 Album |- | rowspan="3" | 2016 | rowspan="2" | Ed Sheeran | Top Male Artist | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | |- | Top Radio Songs Artist |- | x | Top Billboard 200 Album |- | rowspan="15" | 2018 | rowspan="9" | Ed Sheeran | Top Artist | rowspan="2" | rowspan="15" | |- | Top Male Artist |- | Top Billboard 200 Artist
| Top Hot 100 Artist | rowspan="3" |- | Top Song Sales Artist |- | Top Radio Songs Artist |- | Top Streaming Artist | rowspan="4" |- | Top Touring Artist |- | Billboard Chart Achievement |- | rowspan="3" | "Shape of You" | Top Hot 100 Song |- | Top Radio Song
| Top Streaming Song (Video) | rowspan="4" |- | "Perfect" | Top Selling Song |- | rowspan="2" | ÷ | Top Billboard 200 Album |- | Top Selling Album |- | rowspan="2" | 2019 | rowspan="2" | Ed Sheeran | Top Male Artist
| Top Touring Artist
| rowspan="9" | 2022 | rowspan="5" | Ed Sheeran | Top Male Artist
| rowspan="9" | |- | Top Billboard Global Artist
| Top Billboard Global (Excl. US) Artist
| Top Radio Song Artist
|Top Song Sales Artist
| rowspan="4" | "Bad Habits"
| Top Selling Song
| Top Radio Song
| Top Billboard Global (Excl. US) Song
| Top Billboard Global Artist Song
BMI Awards BMI Country Awards
! |- | 2020 | "Tip of My Tongue" | Top 50 Songs
BMI London Awards The Broadcast Music, Incorporated (BMI) Awards is an annual award show hosted for the purpose of giving awards to songwriters. Songwriters are selected each year from the entire BMI catalog, based on the number of performances during the award period.
! |- | 2013 | "The A Team" | rowspan="6" | Pop Award Songs
| rowspan="3" | 2014 | "Everything Has Changed" | | rowspan="3" | |- | "Lego House"
| "Little Things"
| rowspan="3" | 2016 | "Photograph" | | rowspan="3" | |- | rowspan="3" | "Thinking Out Loud"
| Song of the Year
| rowspan="4" | 2017 | Million Performance Songs | | rowspan="4" | |- | "Cold Water" | rowspan="2" | Pop Award Songs
| rowspan="2" | "Love Yourself"
| rowspan="2" | Song of the Year
| rowspan="6" | 2018 | rowspan="3" | "Shape of You" | | rowspan="6" | |- | Million Performance Award
| rowspan="8" | Pop Award Songs
| "Castle on the Hill"
| "Perfect"
| "Strip That Down"
| rowspan="5" | 2019 | "Eastside" | | rowspan="5" | |- | "End Game"
| "River"
| "The Rest of Our Life
| "Shape of You" | Million Performance Award
| rowspan="9" | 2020 | "2002" | rowspan="6" | Pop Award Songs | | rowspan="9" | |- | "Beautiful People"
| "Cross Me"
| "I Don't Care"
| "Tip of My Tongue
| "What Am I"
| "Shape of You" | rowspan="5" | Million Performance Award
| "Perfect"
| "Thinking Out Loud"
| rowspan="4" | 2021 | "Shape of You" | | rowspan="4" | |- | "Love Yourself"
| "South of the Border" | rowspan="2" | Most Performed Songs of the Year
| "Underdog"
| rowspan="6" | 2022 | "Bad Habits" | Song of the Year | | rowspan="6" | |- | "Afterglow" | rowspan="3" | Most Performed Songs of the Year
| "Bad Habits"
| "Shivers"
| "I Don't Care" | rowspan="2" | Million-Air Award
| "Perfect"
| rowspan="4" | 2023 | "2step" | rowspan="3" | Most Performed Songs of the Year | | rowspan="4" | |- | "Bam Bam"
| "Peru"
| "Shape of You" | Million-Air Award
| rowspan="4" | 2024 | "Alone" | rowspan="3" | Most Performed Songs of the Year | | rowspan="4" | |- | "Baby Don't Hurt Me"
| "Eyes Closed"
| "Thinking Out Loud" | Million-Air Award
BMI Pop Awards
! |- | 2014 | "The A Team" | Award Winning Songs
| rowspan="4" | 2015 | Ed Sheeran | Songwriter of the Year | | rowspan="4" | |- | "Everything Has Changed" | rowspan="8" | Award Winning Songs
| "Lego House"
| "Sing"
| rowspan="3" | 2016 | "Don't" | | rowspan="3" | |- | "Photograph"
| Thinking Out Loud
| rowspan="2" | 2017 | "Cold Water" | | rowspan="2" | |- | "Love Yourself"
| rowspan="4" | 2018 | rowspan="2" | "Shape of You" | Song of the Year | | rowspan="4" | |- | rowspan="5" | Award Winning Songs
| "Castle on the Hill"
| "Strip That Down"
| rowspan="2" | 2019 | "End Game" | | rowspan="2" | |- | "Perfect"
| rowspan="3" | 2020 | "Beautiful People" | rowspan="11" | Most Performed Songs of the Year | | rowspan="3" | |- | "Eastside"
| "I Don't Care"
| 2021 | "South of the Border"
| rowspan="2" | 2022 | "Afterglow" | | rowspan="2" | |- | "Bad Habits"
| rowspan="3" | 2023 | "2step" | | rowspan="3" | |- | "Bam Bam"
| "Shivers"
| rowspan="2" | 2024 | "Baby Don't Hurt Me" | | rowspan="2" | |- | "Eyes Closed"
Brit Awards
! |- | rowspan="4"| 2012 | rowspan="2"| Ed Sheeran | British Breakthrough Act | rowspan=2 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|Brit Awards 2012: List of winners BBC. Retrieved 22 February 2012 |- | British Male Solo Artist |- | + | British Album of the Year |rowspan=2 |- |"The A Team" | British Single of the Year |- | rowspan="4"| 2015 | Ed Sheeran | British Male Solo Artist | rowspan="2" | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"| |- |× | British Album of the Year |- | rowspan="2" | "Thinking Out Loud" | British Single of the Year | rowspan="5" |- | British Video of the Year |- | rowspan="2"| 2016 | "Bloodstream" (with Rudimental) | British Single of the Year |style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| |- |"Photograph" |British Video of the Year |- | rowspan="5" | 2018 | rowspan="2" | Ed Sheeran | British Male Solo Artist | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"| Retrieved 21 February 2018 |- | Global Success Award
|÷ | British Album of the Year | rowspan="3" |- | rowspan="2" | "Shape of You" | British Single of the Year |- | British Video of the Year |- | rowspan="1"| 2019 | Ed Sheeran | Global Success Award | | style="text-align:center;|Brit Awards 2019: List of winners BBC. Retrieved 20 February 2019 |- | rowspan="1"| 2020 | "I Don't Care" | British Single of the Year
| rowspan="5"| 2022 | rowspan="3"| Ed Sheeran | British Pop/R&B Act | rowspan=2 |- | Brit Award for British Artist of the Year|British Artist of the Year |- | Songwriter Of The Year
| British Album of the Year |rowspan=2 |- |"Bad Habits" | British Single of the Year |- | rowspan="2"| 2023 | "Merry Christmas" (with Elton John) | British Single of the Year
|"Peru" (with Fireboy DML) | Best International Song
| 2024 |"Eyes Closed" | British Single of the Year
BT Digital Music Awards
! |- |2011 |Ed Sheeran |Breakthrough Artist of the Year | | style="text-align:center;"|
Danish Music Awards
! |- |rowspan="2"|2017 |rowspan="1"|"Shape of You" |rowspan="1"|International Hit of the Year | |rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| |- |rowspan="1"|"÷" |rowspan="1"|International Album of the Year |
Echo Year Award Nomination Result Ref 2015 Best International Rock/Pop Male Artist × 2016Best International Rock/Pop Male Artist × 2018 Himself
Emmy Awards Year Nominee/Work Award Result Ref.2023"A Beautiful Game" from Ted Lasso (for "So Long, Farewell")Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics
GAFFA Awards GAFFA Awards (Denmark) Delivered since 1991. The GAFFA Awards (Danish: GAFFA Prisen) are a Danish award that rewards popular music awarded by the magazine of the same name.
| rowspan="2"|2014 | Ed Sheeran | International Male Artist of the Year
| X | International Album of the Year
| rowspan="6"|2018 | Ed Sheeran | International Solo Artist of the Year
| Divide | International Album of the Year
| Castle on the Hill