Ed Sheeran Ends 15-Year Warner Music Partnership

Ed Sheeran has parted ways with Warner Music Group after a 15 year partnership, the singer songwriter confirmed to fans in a newsletter on Friday, May 22. Sheeran said he left Atlantic Records and Asylum Records last month, describing the split as amicable and driven by personal and professional growth rather than any dispute.

In his statement, Sheeran wrote that he leaves the company with “SO much love and gratitude for everything we have achieved together.” He described the decision as a natural evolution from the teenager who first signed with the label to the father of two he is now, saying he feels he needs “a shift and change in the way he does things professionally.”

Sheeran first connected with Ed Howard of Asylum Records after a show in Notting Hill when he was 18, crashing at Howard’s home and playing him music without initially realizing he worked at a record label. Howard and Ben Cook, who ran Asylum at the time, attended Sheeran’s early pub gigs, and Sheeran signed with the label after the release of his independently released EP “No. 5 Collaborations Project.”

Over the course of the partnership, Sheeran released eight studio albums, from 2011’s “Plus” through 2025’s...