Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape Of You’ becomes first song to hit three billion streams on Spotify
Ed Sheeran‘s ‘Shape Of You’ has become the first song to reach three billion streams on Spotify.The song, taken from the pop star’s third album ‘÷ (Divide)’, reached the milestone earlier today (December 22) – after initially being released on the streaming service back in January, 2017.Speaking on the achievement in a video shared by Spotify (see below), Sheeran said he couldn’t be more “chuffed” about the news, calling it, “absolutely insane”, before discussing the origin of the song.“[‘Shape Of You’] wasn’t really meant to make the album,” he explained, “but when I finished making the song, Ben Cook, from my label, said it had to be a single – but I wanted ‘Castle On The Hill’ to be the single.