Ed Sheeran added to his ever-growing list of accomplishments when his song Thinking Out Loud became the first song to be streamed half a billion times on Spotify earlier today. Overall, “Thinking Out Loud” was the third most popular wedding song, following “All of Me” by John Legend and Bruno Mars’ “Marry You”.
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Spotify also created a “Sheerio” (the nickname for hardcore fans) map, which shows where people listen to his music the most.
Ed Sheeran has broken yet another streaming record with his song ‘Thinking Out Loud’.
For his entire catalog, Sheeran has enjoyed 2.9 billion streams, behind only Eminem, Spotify said. For latest Music updates follow us on Twitter @TOIEntertain For the latest in Music news, like us on Facebook TOIEntertain “Being the first artist to hit that milestone is wonderful”.
“Thanks to all the people who use this as a wedding song, soundtrack to a date”…
According to Spotify’s own publicly-stated per-stream rate of $0.007 – the approximate amount it pays out to music business rightsholders – that means it’s generated $3.5m for the music business, including Sheeran’s label at Atlantic/Warner and his publisher Sony/ATV.
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Last year, “The A Team” singer earned the title of being the most streamed artist in the world and his popularity seems to only be increasing.
