Sheeran

Thinking out loud, it seems Ed Sheeran is enjoying a legal victory lap.Weeks after a New York jury found he did not plagiarize Marvin Gaye‘s “Let’s Get It On,” Sheeran was cleared of a similar lawsuit filed by Structured Asset Sales. In 2018, SAS alleged Sheeran’s 2014 song ‘“Thinking Out Loud” lifted parts from Gaye’s 1973 hit. SAS “purchased one-third of the copyright” to Gaye’s song and sought $100 million in damages, according to Pitchfork.In legal documents filed Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton dismissed…

Ed Sheeran has defeated a second lawsuit that alleged he imitated Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On for his song Thinking Out Loud, two weeks after he prevailed in another high-profile copyright case regarding the two songs.A district judge in Manhattan, Louis Stanton, dismissed the case that had been brought against Sheeran by Structured Asset Sales (SAS), a company owned by an investment banker David Pullman. Pullman essentially owns a portion of Let’s Get It On, namely part of the song’s copyright originally belonging to…

Bright lights and public adulation are commonplace for those few singers who regularly hit the charts. But behind the hubbub that surrounds performers such as Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran or Little Simz, hides a small group of hitmakers, co-writing hugely commercial songs and rarely making headlines. These are the music industry’s secret weapons.Crucial to this backroom role, according to one of the most successful newcomers around, is the job of keeping a pop idol grounded in normal life. Speaking this weekend about the…

Ed Sheeran is very aware of the contradictions at the heart of his superstardom. The first line of his new Disney+ documentary, The Sum of It All, finds the multi-platinum songwriter declaring: “I’m speccy, ginger hair, really short, English, from the countryside, who stutters and beatboxes. That guy doesn’t become a pop star.” Yet 16 Grammy nominations, 14 UK No 1 singles and 150m record sales later, here we are.His success has brought with it another paradox. For one of the biggest pop stars in the world, Sheeran’s…

Ed Sheeran Reveals What Helped Him Become Victorious In The ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Lawsuit ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Shape of You singer Ed Sheeran has spoken about his victory in the ‘Thinking Out Loud’ copyright infringement lawsuit last week. Stating that he feels the jury believed that he did not copy Marvin Gaye’s 1973 hit ‘Let’s Get It On’ for his song, Sheeran furnished the reasons behind the same, reports ‘Variety’. Ed Sheeran told ‘Good Morning America’ that it was “101 songs with the same chord sequence,…

Ed Sheeran is set to take the stage at the 2023 Academy of Country Music Awards. The “Thinking Out Loud” singer joins a star-studded lineup including Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Morgan Wallen, The War And Treaty, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman. Dolly Parton is also set to close out the night with a performance of the world premiere of the debut single from her new rock record. Last week, the British singer was found not liable…

Despite reports claiming Ed Sheeran turned down the chance to perform at Windsor Castle, the singer said he actually never received an invitation from the Buckingham Palace requesting his services at King Charles III`s Coronation Concert. The British singer, who recently won a copyright trial in New York, said he "wasn`t asked" but was "excited to tune in" to the bash at Windsor Castle on Sunday evening, reports mirror.co.uk. Ed also explained how he wanted to "set the record straight" regarding reports that he had…

As I finished writing this review, the news broke that Ed Sheeran had been cleared of infringing copyright in his latest high-profile trial, one that has been so frustrating that the singer-songwriter threatened to “quit music” if the courts didn’t find in his favour. He is also mourning the recent death of his Irish grandmother, the subject of his 2017 song Galway Girl. Appositely, the British singer-songwriter’s fifth studio album details what an absolute humdinger your early 30s can be. Billed as his starkest and most…

More than a decade after Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift kicked off their friendship, the two are still going strong. Sheeran, who recently sat down with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, opened up about how he often confides in his long-time friend about things going on in his career — and his life. “I have long, long, long conversations with Taylor about stuff just because I feel like she’s one of the only people that actually truly understands where I’m at,” he explained, “because she’s solo artist,…

Apple Music Live will return for its second season on May 10. It will kick off with a special Ed Sheeran performance at the Eventim Apollo in London. In an intimate live performance, Sheeran will showcase his brand-new album “-” in full for the first time alongside a 12-piece band that includes Aaron Dessner of The National. Sheeran’s Apple Music Live performance will debut on Wednesday, May 10, at noon PST on Apple Music, for the first time, the performance — and all future Apple Music Live performances —…