Ed Sheeran

This year's nominees for the Ivor Novello Awards -- which honor outstanding songwriting and composing -- include Adele and Ed Sheeran.

“Robin Robin” See all the nominations below. Their work and words touch on a dizzying range of emotions, and I count myself lucky to have heard their stories.

Producer and writer Inflo, real name Dean Josiah Cover, leads the Ivor Novello Awards 2022 nominations with four - including three in the best album ...

Don't Judge Me - written by FKA twigs, Fred again.. Mother - written by Cleo Sol and Dean 'Inflo' Josiah Cover, performed by Cleo Sol "I am full of admiration for the 77 talented songwriters and composers we are celebrating this year," she said.

LONDON : British singers Adele, Ed Sheeran and Raye, rapper Dave and group Coldplay will compete for songwriter of the year at the Ivors, organisers said on ...

Advertisement Sheeran, who on Wednesday won a copyright case over his 2017 mega chart-topper "Shape Of You" at the High Court in London, has three nominations. Advertisement

After what judge and Ivor Novello Award-winner Shaznay Lewis described as a “standout year for music”, the competition for the 2022 awards ceremony looks ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. performed by Adele “Their work and words touch on a dizzying range of emotions, and I count myself lucky to have heard their stories.

Adele, Ed Sheeran and Dave are among some of the biggest names in music who have been nominated for this year's Ivor Novello Awards.

Shaznay Lewis, an Ivor Novello Award winner and judge for The Ivors, said: "It’s been a standout year for music and I am full of admiration for the 77 talented songwriters and composers we are celebrating this year. Multi-award winning singer Adele has also been nominated for the best song musically and lyrically award for her hit track Easy On Me – which won the 2022 Brit Award for British single. He has also received a nod in the songwriter of the year category alongside Adele, Coldplay, Dave and Raye.

Ed Sheeran has criticised a fellow musician's "baseless" copyright claim after a High Court judge in England ruled that he had not plagiarised the 2015 song ...

Sam Chokri was unable to satisfy the judge that Ed Sheeran had previously heard his song, despite it being freely and widely available on a variety of popular music platforms.” But Sheeran denied copying Chokri and O’Donoghue’s work and maintained that he does not treat less prominent songwriters differently from famous ones. Sutcliffe argued that it was "extremely likely" Sheeran had previously heard Oh Why.

The British pop star and his co-writers, Snow Patrol's John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon, had denied allegations that the song copied part of 2015's “ ...

The stress of going to trial also hurts creativity, means less time to make music and takes an emotional toll, they said. “It is so painful to hear someone publicly and aggressively challenge your integrity,’’ the trio said. Andrew Sutcliffe, the lawyer for the co-writers of “Oh Why,’’ argued that there was an “indisputable similarity between the works.” He claimed that Sheeran had “Oh Why” in his head “consciously or unconsciously” when “Shape of You” was written in 2016.

LONDON (REUTERS) - British singer Ed Sheeran said baseless copyright claims were damaging the music industry after he won a case at the High Court in London ...

This is the beginning, not the end." Lawsuits are not a pleasant experience and I hope that this ruling means in the future baseless claims like this can be avoided." "I just want to say: I'm not an entity, I'm not a corporation, I'm a human being and a father and a husband and a son.

Pop star Ed Sheeran won a copyright infringement battle over his hit single 'Shape of You' which he was accused of stealing from a U.K. grime artist.

BRITISH singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran on Wednesday (Apr 6) won his copyright trial at London's High Court after a judge ruled that his hit song "Shape of ...

In a video posted after the ruling, Sheeran criticized the culture of “baseless” copyright claims after his case followed a number of similar claims against ...

That’s at least how many streams “Shape of You” has garnered on streaming service Spotify, more than any other song on the platform. The singer made $64 million in 2020, putting him at No. 23 on Forbes’ list of the world’s highest-paid celebrities that year. Taylor Swift is also set to face a jury trial over claims she stole elements of her hit track “Shake It Off.” The case culminated in an 11-day trial in London in March, where Sheeran was branded a musical “magpie” who “habitually copies” other artists. Katy Perry initially lost a case alleging she stole music for her track “Dark Horse,” though this was overtuned in March after a judge said the melody was not "particularly unique or rare." There has been a particular upward trend in cases since 2015, however, when a U.S. jury found Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams guilty of copying the "feel" of Marvin Gaye's “Got To Give It Up” in “Blurred Lines,” one of the biggest songs of 2013.

British singer 'neither deliberately nor subconsciously' copied a phrase from song by Sami Chokri, judge says.

There is an impact on both us and the wider circle of songwriters everywhere.” Sheeran also said his reputation had been sullied by the allegations. This really does have to end.” They said the case had come at a cost to “creativity” and their mental health. The judge said that while there were “similarities” between the one-bar phrase that repeats the words “Oh why” in Chokri’s song and the repetition of “Oh I” in Sheeran’s, such similarities are “only a starting point” for a copyright infringement claim, and there are also “significant differences” between the phrases in the songs. “There are only so many notes and very few chords used in pop music and coincidences are bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released a day on Spotify, that is 22m songs a year, and there are only 12 notes that are available.”

A U.K. High Court ruled on Wednesday that Sheeran had not plagiarised the 2015 song “Oh Why” by Sami Chokri. In his ruling, Judge Antony Zacaroli said that ...

It is not the first time Sheeran has been sued over copyright infringement. In his ruling, Judge Antony Zacaroli said that Sheeran had “neither deliberately nor subconsciously copied” Chokri’s work. He added that there were “similarities between the one-bar phrase” in “Shape of You” and “Oh Why,” saying, “such similarities are only a starting point for a possible infringement” of copyright.

The singer “neither deliberately, nor subconsciously” stole from another songwriter when writing his 2017 hit, a British judge ruled.

But Mr. Chokri, giving evidence, claimed that he knew Mr. Sheeran personally and that he had once met him at a branch of Nando’s, a chicken restaurant. He borrows ideas and throws them into his songs.” Mr. Sutcliffe claimed that Mr. Sheeran only sometimes credited the songwriters that he borrowed from. Their claim arose after Mr. Chokri and a co-author notified Britain’s Performing Rights Society, a body that pays song royalties, that they should be credited as songwriters on “Shape of You.” The society then suspended all payments to Mr. Sheeran and his co-writers. “Coincidences are bound to happen if 60,000 songs are released every day on Spotify.” Mr. Sheeran was in court throughout, and sang from the witness stand while giving evidence. During the hearing, Mr. Chorki’s legal team tried to portray Mr. Sheeran as a habitual plagiarist. At the case’s heart was a tiny portion of “Shape of You,” which topped charts worldwide and is one of the most streamed songs on Spotify with over three billion plays. Shortly after the judgment, Mr. Sheeran posted a clip on Instagram in which he said that “claims like this are way too common now.” “There were “only so many notes, and very few chords used in pop music,” he added. A lawyer for Mr. Sheeran told the court that Mr. Chokri’s song had received only 12,914 plays on YouTube in the two years following its release, and had been played only twice on British radio, meaning few people had a chance to hear it. Soon after Mr. Sheeran took action, Mr. Chokri and his co-author introduced their own legal claim, accusing Mr. Sheeran of copyright infringement. At one point in the trial, Mr. Sheeran’s legal team accidentally played one of his unreleased songs prompting Mr. Sheeran, shocked, to ask his legal team, “How did you get that?” according to a BBC News report. Justice Zacaroli, the judge overseeing the case, said “Mr. Sheeran neither deliberately nor subconsciously copied” the track “Oh Why,” by the British songwriter Sami Chokri.

Coincidence is bound to happen if 60000 songs are being released everyday on Spotify…

Me, Johnny and Steve are very grateful for all the support sent to us by fellow songwriters over the last few weeks. Coincidence is bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released everyday on Spotify. Lawsuits are not a pleasant experience and I hope with this ruling, it means in the future baseless claims like this can be avoided. Coincidence is bound to happen if 60,000 songs are being released every day on Spotify.” It is really damaging to the songwriting industry. He added: “This is really damaging to the songwriting industry.

Ed Sheeran and his co-writers were accused of copying part of "Oh Why" by Sam Chokri, who performs under Sami Switch, for his 2017 hit "Shape of You."

"It is so painful to hear someone publicly and aggressively challenge your integrity,'' the trio said. Andrew Sutcliffe, the lawyer for the co-writers of "Oh Why,'' argued that there was an "indisputable similarity between the works." The stress of going to trial also hurts creativity, means less time to make music and takes an emotional toll, they said.

The British pop star and his co-writers, Snow Patrol's John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon, had denied allegations that the 2017 song copied part of ...

The singer said he always credited other artists and told the court he had never heard the Oh Why song he was accused of ripping off. The British pop star and his co-writers, Snow Patrol's John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon, had denied allegations that the song copied part of 2015's Oh Why by Sami Chokri, who performs under the name Sami Switch. Ed Sheeran has won a copyright case over his 2017 hit Shape Of You.

The songwriter slammed what he described as a "culture" of baseless lawsuits intended to squeeze money out of artists eager to avoid the expense of a trial.

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