Ed Sheeran’s net worth makes him one of the richest English musicians – but just how wealthy is he, and where does it all come from?
The singer-songwriter has built a fortune from his music over the last decade. While he’s nowhere close to being the richest person in the world, or even earning as much as fellow pop stars Taylor Swift, Rihanna or Selena Gomez, he is still very wealthy by any standard.
According to The Sunday Times Rich List, Ed Sheeran has a net worth of £370 million. It makes him one of Britain’s richest people under 40, along with golfer Rory McIlroy and actor Daniel Radcliffe.
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But how exactly did he get to where he is today, and how did he make his millions? We take a closer look.
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How Ed Sheeran started his music career
Ed Sheeran was born on 17 February 1991 in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and grew up in Framlingham, Suffolk. His music career began at a young age, when he started performing in local pubs and clubs to earn money.
Sheeran’s career leapt forward with the release of his debut album + in 2011, which topped the UK Albums Chart and won him the Brit Award for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. His second studio album x became the second bestselling album worldwide and won him two Grammys for the song Thinking Out Loud.
His third album ÷ came out in 2017, when its two singles Shape of You and Castle on the Hill broke records in many countries for debuting at the top two positions.
Sheeran is now one of the world’s bestselling music artists and the third most-followed artist on Spotify with over 90 million monthly listeners. His eighth studio album, Play, is set to be released in September 2025.
While Ed Sheeran may be best known for his own music, not many may know that he has also helped write songs for One Direction, Justin Bieber, Eminem and Rita Ora.
The star has appeared in several movies and TV shows, including Game of Thrones and Bridget Jones's Baby.
Ed Sheeran’s cultural impact
Ed Sheeran’s career has gone from strength to strength, cementing his position as one of the music industry’s most influential figures, but his work as an artist has only been part of the picture.
Like most musicians, Sheeran also makes money from tours, which can be highly lucrative.
The Divide tour made more than $775 million from 8.9 million tickets sold on six continents, according to Forbes. It became one of the highest-grossing tours of all time, next to Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour and Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour.
The artist is currently in the middle of his +–=÷× Tour (pronounced The Mathematics Tour). It kicked off on 23 April 2022 and is supposed to go on until 8 September 2025, with a grand total of 164 shows.
According to Pollstar, it was the seventh-highest-grossing tour of 2023, earning more than $268 million (£211 million) in just 54 shows.
On top of his tours, music and songwriting, Sheeran has his music label, Gingerbread Man Records – a deal with Warner Music Group.
He has a bar called Bertie Blossoms in Notting Hill, which he named after his wife, Cherry Seaborn.
In 2019, Sheeran appeared in an advertisement for Heinz Tomato Ketchup, being a lifelong fan of the product – he even has a Heinz Ketchup tattoo on his arm.
He also owns nearly 30 properties in London. Sheeran most recently purchased a £8.25 million luxury office block in Soho, thought to be his first investment in commercial property. The singer-songwriter also has a villa in Umbria, Italy, and a £3.7 million estate in Suffolk.
Last year, Ipswich Town FC announced that Sheeran had acquired a minority 1.4% stake in the Premier League club, which is also his hometown football team. The club’s third kit for the 2024-25 season featured Ed Sheeran x Ipswich Town inside the neck and the Mathematics Tour logo on the front.
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