Ed released his mega-hit album Divide in March 2017, which was a massive commercial success...and that's putting it mildly.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, it was the third best-selling album in British history, behind Adele and Oasis. "Shape of You" is a song you may or may not have heard.
It was named the number one charting song of the decade and the first song ever to surpass 3 billion streams on Spotify.
To celebrate the latter achievement, the singer shared the following with fans on Instagram in 2021: ['Shape Of You'] ."We have reached 3 billion views for 'Shape of You'." Thank you, Ben!
Ed was also named artist of the decade by the Official Charts Company and Spotify named him the second-most-streamed artist of the decade, behind Drake.
On Spotify, Ed has over 50 million monthly listeners and most of his songs have over a billion plays, earning an estimated $9 million per song.
Ed just so happens to hold the record for the highest-grossing concert tour, the Divide tour, which grossed $780 million between March 2017 and August 2019.
playing live also makes him wealthy. That's why I record music, interviews, Amazon events, and put music on Spotify. Recording music is great, but playing live gives me the most buzz."
Recording music is great, but playing live gives me the most buzz.". According to Pollstar, the Divide tour made $432,398,856 in 2018 alone and sold 4,860,482 tickets.