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.
ASCAP Experience Returns for 2022 With ‘Encanto’ Composer Germain Franco, Tania Leon, More
variety.comJem Aswad Senior Music EditorASCAP Experience, the performing rights organizations annual conference for songwriters, composers and creators, returns virtually this month.
It kicks off on Tuesday (March 8) with an International Women’s Day panel featuring three of the industry’s leading composers and songwriters.
The conversation is also part of “Women Create Music,” ASCAP’s celebration of Women’s History Month.“Worldly Women in Music,” which takes place on ASCAP’s YouTube channel on March 8, features Oscar-nominated composer Germaine Franco, who scored “Encanto” and co-wrote songs for “Coco”; 2021 Pulitzer Prize-winning concert music composer and conductor Tania León; and 2016 ASCAP London Songwriter of the Year Amy Wadge, whose songwriting credits appear on Ed Sheeran’s “X,” James Blunt’s “The Afterlove” and Kacey Musgraves’s “Golden Hour.” The panel begins at 3PM ET/ 12PM PT and will be moderated by Billboard Executive Editor, West Coast and Nashville, Melinda Newman.
The session is also part of ASCAP’S “Women Create Music” celebration, recognizing women in music throughout Women’s History Month in March.
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