Ed Sheeran Announces the Release Date for New Album, Covers 'Fresh Prince' Theme Song

ETOnline.com reports that Ed Sheeran announced that his upcoming album, ÷ (pronounced divide) will be released on March 3rd at midnight. "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill," the album's lead singles, were issued on 6 January 2017. Sheeran teased the tracks on social media during the week leading up to their release, posting instrumental extracts and each song's opening lyric.

Until the release, Sheeran has been keeping himself busy with other pursuits. While on One Capital FM radio show, Sheeran took a request to sing the 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air' theme song. The GRAMMY winner happily accepted the challenge, strumming out a uniquely acoustic version of the hip-hop tune.

Ed Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter and occasional actor. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project, which caught the attention of Elton John and Jamie Foxx. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (read as "plus"), was released on 9 September 2011 and has since been certified six-times platinum in the UK. The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act.

His second studio album, x (read as "multiply"), was released on 23 June 2014. It peaked at number one in the UK and the US. In 2015, x won the Brit Award for Album of the Year, and he received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year. His single from x, "Thinking Out Loud", earned him two Grammy Awards at the 2016 ceremony: Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. As part of his world tour, Sheeran played three sold-out concerts at London's Wembley Stadium in July 2015, his biggest solo shows to date.

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