Test your knowledge of Ed Sheeran's biggest hits, deep cuts and iconic moments.
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Ed Sheeran's radio giants need no introduction, from the fingerpicked 'Perfect' to the marimba hook of 'Shape of You'. These are the guaranteed points before his album tracks and rap cuts get tricky.
Some of the best questions here have nothing to do with a chorus: a solo act who loops a whole band live, a streaming record most artists never touch, and chart-toppers he handed to Justin Bieber and One Direction.
It all comes from one man, but the range is deceptive. Move from the wedding-radio giants to the loop-pedal builds, the surprise rap cuts and the hits he wrote for other stars to see where your knowledge runs out.
Start with the songs that made him a wedding-playlist fixture. 'Perfect', 'Thinking Out Loud', 'Photograph', 'Castle on the Hill' and 'The A Team' are the acoustic giants most players name from the first chords. In any Ed Sheeran quiz, these are the guaranteed points.
Here is what casual fans miss: there is no band. Ed builds a track live by looping guitar, vocal and percussion, so the full-sounding production on 'Shape of You' or 'Sing' is one person stacking parts. Once you hear the catalogue as a solo loop-pedal act, the range starts to make sense.
He is filed under acoustic balladeer, so his rapping is where superfans pull ahead. 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You', 'Take It Back' and 'Eraser' feature fast, rhythmic verses that catch out anyone expecting only love songs. Placing these from a short clip is a real fan's edge.
Some of Ed Sheeran's biggest hits are sung by other people. He co-wrote Justin Bieber's 'Love Yourself' and One Direction's 'Little Things', and he has guested across pop and hip-hop. A thorough quiz asks whether you can trace a song back to him even when his name is only in the credits.
Play an Ed Sheeran quiz on Songtrivia to find out. Name each song from a short clip and answer questions on his albums and the hits he wrote for others. Eight right marks a real fan; the songs he wrote for other artists are the harder half.
He is one man with a guitar and a loop pedal, but his catalogue runs from acoustic ballads to club tracks and fast rapping. The mood of a clip tells you little, so you have to know the whole range.
'Shape of You', 'Perfect', 'Thinking Out Loud', 'Castle on the Hill' and 'Bad Habits' are the most-guessed, with rap cuts like 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You' as the curveballs.
Yes. Tracks like 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You', 'Take It Back' and 'Eraser' feature fast, rhythmic verses, which is why the quiz is harder than his ballad reputation suggests.
Edward Christopher Sheeran. He was born on February 17, 1991, in Halifax, England, and grew up in Framlingham, Suffolk.
Yes. Every Ed Sheeran quiz is free to play, with no signup and no Spotify account needed. Just pick one and press play. You can also guess the song with friends in a multiplayer music quiz.
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