Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
A Future For Paradigm? Agency Spinning Hard As It Confirms Live Music Arm Sale To Casey Wasserman
deadline.comA pending fire sale of Paradigm’s stronghold music division to Casey Wasserman has been expected for months. Today, the agency said it is done.
Paradigm CEO Sam Gores announced it as a “win for all parties,” and that Wasserman will take possession of the assets in the second quarter of this year.
This will bring up the inevitable question of what is left for Paradigm, an agency that built into a respectable boutique, housed in the old ICM headquarters on Wilshire and fueled by the cash from its music touring business.While there’s no telling when the touring business will return and acts like Billie Eilish, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran go back out and pack stadiums, the leverage was strong for Wasserman to make a deal that allows him to wait
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