© 2026 ABC News

\"He was like, ‘Yeah, I've kind of like set myself a challenge,'\" Horan said Sheeran told him. \"'I'm going to try and write a song a day before lunch. If I can come out with one big song out of this quarantine period, then I've won.'\"

Check out some other famous figures who are giving back and raising awareness for relief initiatives here.

","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/ed-sheeran-donates-million-hometown-amid-covid-19/story?id=70164707","legacySlug":"/culture/story/ed-sheeran-donates-million-hometown-amid-covid-19-70164707","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"17:29","publishDate":"04-15-2020","updatedTime":"21:24","updatedDate":"04-15-2020","socialImage":{"alt":"Ed Sheeran attends an event in London, June 18, 2019.","credit":"Barcroft Media via Getty Images, FILE","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/ed-sheeran-gty-aa-200415_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"4/15/2020 17:29:31 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":70164707,"headline":"Ed Sheeran gives over $1 million to virus relief","mediaAssetTitle":"ED SHEERAN DONATION","description":"Sheeran is one of the many stars giving back during the coronavirus pandemic. ","duration":"1:00","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/03/200317_gma_digital_concerts_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["70069949","69637302","70136355"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"story","date":"April 9, 2020","headline":"Jason Aldean donates $200K for COVID-19 relief","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/jason-aldean-donates-200k-health-care-organization-hometown-70069949","id":70069949,"image":{"alt":"Jason Aldean donates $200K for COVID-19 relief","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/jason-aldean-gty-ml-191204_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Leah Puttkammer/Getty Images, FILE","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"April 9, 2020","headline":"George and Amal Clooney donate more than $1 million for COVID-19 relief","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/celebrities-give-back-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-ryan-reynolds-69637302","id":69637302,"image":{"alt":"George and Amal Clooney donate more than $1 million for COVID-19 relief","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/george-clooney-amal-gty-jt-200409_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Todd Williamson/Getty Images for MPTF, FILE","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"April 14, 2020","headline":"Bruce Springsteen announces 'JERSEY 4 JERSEY' broadcast fundraiser for New Jersey","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/bruce-springsteen-announces-star-studded-jersey-jersey-broadcast-70136355","id":70136355,"image":{"alt":"Bruce Springsteen announces 'JERSEY 4 JERSEY' broadcast fundraiser for New Jersey","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/bruce-springsteen-file-gty-ml-200414_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Debra L Rothenberg/Getty Images, FILE","ratio":"1x1"}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"Ed Sheeran gives over $1 million to virus relief","description":"Sheeran is one of the many stars giving back during the coronavirus pandemic. ","duration":"1:00","uploadDate":"04-15-2020","publication":"04-15-2020","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/03/200317_gma_digital_concerts_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2020/03/200317_gma_digital_concerts_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/ed-sheeran-donates-million-hometown-amid-covid-19-70164707"}},"playlist":[{"id":"132569874","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132567885","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132510121","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132473181","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132497933","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132281378","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132283010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132273278","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132231169","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132206748","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132200241","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054443","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054798","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132033010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131912713","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131830583","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131834976","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554765","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554815","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131543053","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:culture:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"culture","title":"Ed Sheeran gives over $1 million to virus relief","pubTime":"13:29","pubDate":"04-15-2020","modTime":"17:24","modDate":"04-15-2020","taxonomyTags":"none","id":70164707,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"Elisa Tang","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"Ed Sheeran gives over $1 million to virus relief","mediaAssetTitle":"ED SHEERAN DONATION","videoId":70164707,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/culture/story/ed-sheeran-donates-million-hometown-amid-covid-19-70164707"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/70164707","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/70164707","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};