Ed Sheeran Leaves Warner Music After 15 Years

By Jem Aswad

Jem Aswad

Executive Editor, Music

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As rumored, Ed Sheeran has left Warner Music after 15 years and eight full-length albums, the singer confirmed via a statement to fans in his newsletter. The news was confirmed by the company in a statement to the U.K. publication Music Week.

“This isn’t a ‘disgruntled artist leaves record label’ type situation,” Sheeran wrote in the message, which appears in full below. “This is a boy who started as a teenager on the company with different priorities, to the father of 2 man who exists now, who feels like he needs a shift and change in the way he does things professionally.”

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