Ed Sheeran by the Numbers: The Catalog, Measured
By Dan Cohen · Published 2026-06-24
We measured all 64 Ed Sheeran songs in our library — tempo, dynamic range, texture, how abruptly each song shifts, how hard the vocal pushes — and rolled it into a single intensity score from 0 to 100. No other site scores a catalog this way. Here is Ed Sheeran by the numbers: a genuinely gentle catalog — quieter than most of what gets filed under their genre.
The catalog at a glance
- Average intensity: 35/100
- Average dynamic range: 5.4/10
- Average tempo: 92 BPM across 64 timed songs
- One of the widest emotional ranges we've measured for any single artist — a 60-point gap from calmest to most intense.
The calmest Ed Sheeran songs
- First Times — intensity 11/100, 72 BPM, dynamic range 3/10
- Boat — intensity 12/100, 75 BPM, dynamic range 3/10
- Tenerife Sea — intensity 15/100, 72 BPM, dynamic range 4/10
The most intense
- Castle on the Hill — intensity 71/100, 135 BPM, dynamic range 8/10
- Tides — intensity 70/100, 92 BPM, dynamic range 8/10
- Salt Water — intensity 60/100, 72 BPM, dynamic range 8/10
The biggest quiet-to-loud swings
- Salt Water — dynamic range 8/10
- Tides — dynamic range 8/10
- Sing — dynamic range 8/10
Tempo extremes: slowest is Perfect (63 BPM), fastest is Shivers (141 BPM).
Every song here has its own measured profile — tempo, dynamics, sonic twins, what it's good for — on its page. Start from the Ed Sheeran artist page.
Computed from Music I Want's own measurements of 64 Ed Sheeran songs as of 2026-06-24. The intensity score combines dynamic range, tempo, texture, sudden changes, vocal force, and predictability. Figures update as the catalog is refined.