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Ed Sheeran reveals record label plans: 'I've made my first signing'

Ed Sheeran has opened up on the first act he has signed to his new record label.

The singer-songwriter revealed last year that he is setting up an imprint in conjunction with Warner Bros.

Speaking to Australia's Nova, the Brit said that he has snapped up musician Jamie Lawson to his label.

Sheeran said: "This is a world exclusive, no one else in the world knows this yet. I’ve set up my first record label, it’s called Gingerbread and Jamie Lawson is my first signing.

"I wanted Australia to be the launch pad because Australia is a country that I feel would really really dig Jamie."

Sheeran previously said of the venture: "The door has now been opened, I’ve set up the label and I’m going to start signing people. It’ll be an imprint that goes through Warner. But I’ll get the rights back in about ten years.

“I’ve got my first signing in mind. I’m looking at people like me, who came through the singer-songwriter scene."

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