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.
Ed Sheeran Wins 'Thinking Out Loud' Copyright Lawsuit
justjared.comEd Sheeran is triumphant! The court found that the 32-year-old singer-songwriter did not copy Marvin Gaye‘s “Let’s Get It On” when writing his hit “Thinking Out Loud,” BBC reported on Thursday (May 4).
Heirs of Marvin Gaye‘s co-writer argued that Ed Sheeran, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Publishing owed them money for copyright infringement. Ed had reportedly said that if he was found guilty he would give up his music career, which ultimately did not happen. “If that happens, I’m done, I’m stopping,” he said when asked the trial.
He also missed his grandmother’s funeral for the trial. During the trial, he said he wrote the song at home in England with his friend Amy Wadge, and had been inspired by his grandparents and a new romantic relationship he had started.
His lawyer Ilene Farkas said similarities in the chord progressions and rhythms of the two songs were “the letters of the alphabet of music.” “These are basic musical building blocks that songwriters now and forever must be free to use, or all of us who love music will be poorer for it,” she argued.
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