Do the Mathematics: From two pubs to 26 million sales - Ed Sheeran in numbers

As Ed Sheeran brings his Mathematics Tour to Cork, what better moment to run the numbers on his career

Ed Sheeran has sold more than 26m albums.  Picture: Isabel Infantes/PA Wire

2: The number of pubs Sheeran owns. Two years ago, Sheeran opened a gastropub in London, called Bertie’s Blossoms. Blossoms comes from Cherry Blossoms – a tribute to his wife Cherry Seaborn (and to the girlfriend of his business partner Stuart Camp, who is named Liberty “Bertie” Shaw, and is Sheeran’s stylist). The singer owns a second pub, on his sprawling Sheeranville estate in Suffolk. The Lancaster Lock is a converted barn – though he had to win a planning battle in order to retain the 15foot pub sign, as the structure is a listed building.

“I know it’s f**king weird to have a pub in your garden, but if my mates come round we can eat in the pub and then if they want to carry on I can just leave them there and go back to the main house,” Sheeran told GQ last year. “I like that separation. Especially as a father now. Also, look, it’s a lot nicer to eat without someone taking pictures of you.”