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.
Woman accusing Ed Sheeran of copying song stretchered out of court after collapse
ok.co.ukEd Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud copyright trial took an unexpected turn this week as one of his accusers, Kathryn Townsend Griffin, collapsed inside New York's Manhattan Federal Court.The chart-topping singer, 32, was at the scene as he is attempting to clear his name of plagiarising Marvin Gaye's iconic tune Let's Get It On from 1973.
According to reports, after falling to the floor, Kathryn – an heir of original songwriter Ed Townsend – was helped up by several individuals and received medical attention before being stretchered out of the court house.
Kathryn's lawyer chose not to disclose the reasoning behind her collapse, but confirmed she has a pre-existing medical condition.
On day three of the trial, lawyer for the plaintiffs Ben Crump suggested that a video of Ed mashing up Thinking Out Loud and Let's Get It On was essentially a "confession". "Most pop songs can fit over most pop songs … You could go from Let It Be to No Woman, No Cry and switch back," the popstar reportedly countered.
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