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\nEd Sheeran has left Warner Music after 15 years, citing a desire to change “a lot of things in [his] professional life.”<\/p>\n
“This isn\u2019t a \u2018disgruntled artist leaves record label\u2019 type situation,” the singer wrote in a statement. “This is a boy who started as a teenager on the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/JcPyIfh9Cc<\/a><\/p>\n
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After two albums that have underperformed (\u201cAutumn Variations\u201d and \u201cPlay\u201d) for Ed Sheeran standards, he\u2019s leaving his long-time label of Asylum Records\/Warner\/Atlantic Records.<\/p>\n
He formed his own label (Gingerbread Man Records) and released his last two albums that way, licensing the albums to Warner.<\/p>\n
Warner Music owns his first few albums (+, x, \u00f7, No.6 Collaborations Project, =, and -).<\/p>\n
The Chart Obsessed Chanteuse\u2122 wants you to know he\u2019s not leaving because he\u2019s \u201cdisgruntled\u201d with his label, so don\u2019t you dare think or write that. This is pure coincidence and timing okay.<\/p>\n
“This isn\u2019t a \u2018disgruntled artist leaves record label\u2019 type situation,” the singer wrote in a statement. “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.”<\/p>\n