{"id":68393,"date":"2023-10-09T13:29:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T13:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=68393"},"modified":"2023-10-09T13:29:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T13:29:34","slug":"ed-sheeran-receives-gold-brit-billion-award-for-10-billion-u-k-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/celebrities\/ed-sheeran-receives-gold-brit-billion-award-for-10-billion-u-k-streams\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran Receives Gold BRIT Billion Award For 10 Billion U.K. Streams"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ed Sheeran<\/b> has become the first British artist to receive a special-edition Gold BRIT Billion Award<\/i> from the BPI, the representative voice for the U.K.’s world leading record labels and music companies.<\/p>\n
The Gold BRIT Billion award celebrates Sheeran’s landmark achievement of being the first British artist to surpass 10 billion career streams in the U.K. – as calculated by the Official Charts Company. <\/p>\n
More than one billion of those streams came in the last 12 months alone. <\/p>\n
Musician, actor, and presenter Jordan Stephens<\/b> presented the Award. <\/p>\n
“It’s wonderful to receive the first-ever BRIT Billion Award in the U.K. for 10 billion streams. I want say a big thank you to my fans. None of this is possible without you guys,” Sheeran said.<\/p>\n
One of the U.K.’s most loved voices, Sheeran has made Official Charts history many times.<\/p>\n
The BRIT Billion award was officially launched on May 4.<\/p>\n
(Photo: Dan Martensen) <\/p>\n