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"Ed Sheeran has revealed that labels wouldn&amp;#039;t sign him because they felt he was &amp;quot;too chubby and ginger&amp;quot;. The singer-songwriter - who has gone on to achieve international success with his debut album + - explained that labels were doubtful that he could be marketed as a music star.      &amp;quot;Every single label I had gone to at the time had told me this song wasn&amp;#039;t a hit, this song wouldn&amp;#039;t work, and the fact that I was slightly chubby and ginger wasn&amp;#039;t a good &amp;#039;marketing tool&amp;#039; for them,&amp;quot; Sheeran told SB.TV. &amp;quot;So yeah it did definitely feel like it wasn&amp;#039;t going to happen. The way I maintained self-belief is that I knew I wasn&amp;#039;t good at anything else so what else was I going to do, and secondly with the whole look and songs that the labels rejected I knew it was really important you stay true to yourself.&amp;quot;  He added: &amp;quot;Being an individual makes you stand out from the crowd.&amp;quot; Sheeran is currently working on his second studio album while touring North America as part of Taylor Swift&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Red&amp;#039; shows. Watch the music video for Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Everything Has Changed&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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