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 beats copyright appeal over ‘Thinking Out Loud’ and similarities to Marvin Gaye
nypost.comdefeated a separate copyright lawsuit by Townsend’s heirs, who own a separate share of his interest in “Let’s Get It On,” in a closely watched jury trial.SAS sued Sheeran in 2018.
U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton dismissed its case following the verdict in the heirs’ case.Stanton found that the musical elements Sheeran allegedly copied were too common to merit copyright protection.The appeals court agreed, saying that protecting the elements could stifle creativity, and that Sheeran’s and Gaye’s songs were not similar enough for Sheeran’s to have infringed on SAS’ copyright.It also rejected the argument that Stanton should have reviewed Gaye’s actual recording, which according to Pullman included key elements that Sheeran copied, rather than focus on the song’s sheet music deposited with the U.S.
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