<p><b style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Edward Christopher Sheeran</b><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">,&nbsp;</span><span class="noexcerpt" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;" title="Member of the Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;(</span><span class="nowrap" style="white-space: nowrap; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" style="color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none; text-decoration-line: none !important;" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted;"><span title="/?/: primary stress follows">?</span><span title="/?/: 'sh' in 'shy'">?</span><span title="/??r/: 'ear' in 'near'">??r</span><span title="/?n/: 'on' in 'button'">?n</span></span>/</a></span></span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and actor. He has sold more than 38 million albums and 100 million singles worldwide, making him one of the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_music_artists" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" title="List of best-selling music artists">world&#39;s best-selling music artists</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sheeran#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[5]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 11.2px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Sheeran#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[6]</a></sup><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;Two of his albums are in the list of the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_Kingdom" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" title="List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom">best-selling albums in UK chart history</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">:&nbsp;</span><i style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">x</i><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;at number 20, and&nbsp;</span><i style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&divide;</i><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">&nbsp;at number 34.</span></p>