Ed Sheeran just broke THREE Spotify records in one day
The 26-year-old had over 68 million streams in one day, beating The Weeknd’s 40.3m streams in November 2016 to take the crown. Not a bad claim.
Of course, the platinum-selling artist didn’t just break one record, he broke a number of Spotify records with his album called Divided – aka ÷ – becoming the most streamed album on the first day of release.
And this means poor old The Weeknd has taken a repeated battering with Ed’s record-breaking stint, with streams of Divided almost doubling that of The Weeknd’s Starboy, which held the previous record after getting 29 million streams in November 2016.
Ad as if this wasn’t enough, his single Shape Of You also broke the record for the best one day streams of a track with over 10 million. This was less of a biggie as he was only breaking, y’know, his own record of over 7 million set on January 6.
Pretty impressive given he wasn’t really a fan of the song to begin with and had to be seriously persuaded to release it as a single.
Ed’s album ÷ was released on March 3rd and is his third studio album, following his first studio album + and his second x and has been hailed as his ‘best record yet’.
Talk about having a monopoly, all 16 tracks on Ed’s album are currently sitting in the top 16 positions of the UK and Ireland’s top 50 songs.
Okay Ed, no need to be a chart hog.
Shame Ed’s packing it all in to pursue a new career, after he took to HMV in Oxford Circus to sell records on Saturday.
Spotify couldn’t confirm the other top artists to receive the most streams in one day but they did have a definitive list of the most streamed artists ever, which Ed sits at position four in.
The top ten most streamed artists on Spotify
1. Drake
2. Rihanna
3. Justin Bieber
4. Ed Sheeran
5. The Weeknd
6. Kanye West
7. Eminem
8. Coldplay
9. Calvin Harris
10. Ariana Grande
Source: http://metro.co.uk/2017/03/05/ed-sheeran-beats-the-weeknds-spotify-streaming-record-with-over-68-million-streams-in-one-single-day-6489190/#mv-b
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