In 2015, Sheeran competed for the Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards, won the Brit Award for Album of the Year, and received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year.
In 2015, "x" won the Brit Award for British Album of the Year, and was nominated for Album of the Year at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. In the same year, Sheeran received the Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year.