The Latest Breaking News from Ed Sheeran

Chart topping millionaire Ed Sheeran has secured a victory today after a judge ruled he did not copy part of another song, for his own 2017 hit Shape of You. With the conclusion of the trial, we've taken a look back at some of the most surprising moments from the…

Sheeran wrote Shape Of You with Snow Patrol’s John McDaid and producer Steven McCutcheon, and they all denied ripping off the song by Sami Chokri.

Singer was cleared in plagiarism lawsuit on Wednesday morning

London (AFP) - British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran on Wednesday won his copyright trial at London's High Court after a judge ruled that his hit song "Shape of You" did not lift musical phrases from another track.

Grammy Award-winning songwriter Ed Sheeran has won a UK copyright battle over the 2017 hit "Shape of You." 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 2015's "Oh Why" by Sami Chokri, who…

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

Ruling made on Wednesday morning

The singer and co-writers John McDaid and Steven McCutcheon were accused of ripping off Sami Chokri and Ross O’Donoghue’s 2015 song Oh Why.

Following an extraordinary hearing which saw millionaire chart topper Ed Sheeran belt out his own songs from the stand, a judge has ruled that the singer did not copy another song, for his own 2017 hit Shape of You.