UK-based hacker who sold unreleased Ed Sheeran tracks jailed

Olivia Rodrigo was the most popular songwriter in the world in 2021, according a new report published by Blokur and UK songwriter organisation The Ivors Academy analysing which writers were behind the biggest music on the streaming platforms. However, below her only fourteen other female songwriters feature in the top 100.To compile this list, Blokur took the top charting tracks of 2021 on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube and compared them against its database of song data to determine who wrote each song and what share of the copyright they took.

Having Ed Sheeran co-write a song with you is obviously a great honour. Huge. What a treat that would be.

Ed Sheeran gave his new song ‘Celestial’ its live debut during a recent appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert – watch below.The singer-songwriter released the standalone track last month in collaboration with Pokémon. It’s set to feature in both Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, which will arrive next month.“It’s been a pleasure to work with the team who have brought so much joy to millions of people around the world,” Sheeran said of the partnership at the time.

Ed Sheeran has said he’d already “started writing” the theme song for No Time To Die when he was replaced by Billie Eilish.Back in 2019, Sheeran’s manager revealed that the star had met James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli two years prior to discuss penning the official track for the most recent film in the hit spy franchise.Danny Boyle, who worked with Sheeran on Richard Curtis’ Yesterday (2019), was lined up to direct the 25th Bond movie at the time (he later quit due to “creative differences”, with Cary Joji Fukunaga taking over the role).“Obviously they changed directors but we’re still open to it,” Stuart Camp explained. “But they’re not even having those conversations yet.”He added: “It’s certainly something [Sheeran would] want to do though, it’s a box that’s still to be ticked, for sure.”But the No Time To Die theme ended up going to Billie Eilish, who went on to win her first Oscar for the song.During an appearance on That Peter Crouch Podcast this week, Sheeran explained: “I was within a fucking gnat’s pube of doing one [a Bond theme], but then they changed directors, changed scripts and that was it all done.“I had started writing it.

Ed Sheeran helped him through his battle with depression.In a new interview with the Sunday Mirror, the Capital FM breakfast presenter spoke candidly about his mental health struggles and opened up about the advice he received from Sheeran during dark times.“Ed told me there’s dirty water at the top and the more you let it flow it turns into clear water,” Kemp said. “Each time I speak about how I feel, the water gets clearer.”It’s not the first time Kemp has spoken on his experience with depression.

Ed Sheeran’s legal team last week had one last go at trying to stop one of the song-theft lawsuits relating to his song ‘Thinking Out Loud’ from proceeding to trial, urging the judge overseeing the case to reconsider a recent decision he made about the copyright dispute.It’s alleged that Sheeran ripped off the Marvin Gaye song ‘Let’s Get It On’ when he wrote ‘Thinking Out Loud’. Based on those allegations, the estate of ‘Let’s Get It On’ co-writer Ed Townsend sued Sheeran for copyright infringement.

Tom Brady was pictured arriving solo at the wedding of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's surprise wedding to Dr. Dana Blumber on Friday.MORE: Gisele Bündchen extends support to husband Tom Brady amid major football winAmid rumors of a divorce, his wife Gisele Bundchen was not in attendance as Tom, wearing a black suit with a white button-down and no tie, celebrated the special day with his former boss.WATCH: Tom Brady’s final touchdown pass of NFL career before 2022 retirementTom had a big smile on his face in pictures taken as he arrived at the Hall des Lumiéres in Tribeca, New York, with a source telling Page Six that the NFL player spent time at the party with Jon Bon Jovi and Drew Bledsoe, the quarterback Tom replaced in 2001 at the Patriots.Other stars spotted attending the surprise wedding celebration included Elton John, Ed Sheeran, and Tommy Hilfiger.MORE: Tom Brady's children make rare appearance to watch his home game from the standsThough neither Gisele nor Tom have yet to make a statement on the rumors of an impending divorce, the model recently appeared to give rare insight into the status of their relationship when she sent a clear message about not putting up with an "inconsistent" partner.The model responded to a quote first shared by motivational speaker and popular podcast host Jay Shetty, which read: "You can't be in a committed relationship with someone who is inconsistent with you.

Victoria Beckham let her hair down on Friday while getting ready for the evening in New York City - waving her arms in the air as she enjoyed a boogie. The fashion designer was surrounded by her 'glam team' as they prepped her hair and makeup, blasting Madonna's hit In the Groove while doing so. And sharing a video to her 30.

New England Patriots team owner Robert Kraft and his partner Dr. Dana Blumberg married in a star-studded surprise wedding event in New York City on Friday night. The A-list guest list included the likes of former Patriots stars Tom Brady Drew Bledsoe, Randy Moss, Ty Law, Vince Wilfork.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras reign atop the Official Singles Chart for a third consecutive week with their hit Unholy.  

Meat Loaf‘s ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ has been named as the best-selling debut album in UK chart history.Compiled by The Official Charts Company in partnership with National Album Day, which will take place tomorrow (October 15), the ‘Official All-Time Debut Albums Top 20’ has placed the late artist’s 1977 solo album at the top.The chart is based on combined UK sales and streams since records began in 1956, with Meat Loaf having sold over 3.5million copies of ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ in the UK alone to date.Second in the chart is James Blunt‘s 2004 LP ‘Back To Bedlam’, with Leona Lewis (‘Spirit’, 2007), Lady Gaga (‘The Fame’, 2008) and Dido (‘No Angel’, 1999) rounding out the top five.Other entrants in the top 20 include debut albums by the Spice Girls, Coldplay, Mike Oldfield, Adele, The Killers, Guns N’ Roses and Oasis. You can see the full ‘Official All-Time Debut Albums Top 20’ chart below.A special Steve Wright-hosted radio programme about the new debut albums chart will air on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 2 from 1pm-3pm tomorrow.Meat Loaf, born Marvin Lee Aday, passed away earlier this year at the age of 74.

Ed Sheeran might just be the king of gift giving. After it was revealed that the 31-year-old British singer often pranks pal Courteney Cox by ordering her gimp masks that he hides around her house, Sam Smith shared that Sheeran recently sent them another NSFW present. «It's actually wild. I thought it was a joke,» Smith, 30, shares on Tuesday's episode of.