Starkboy Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Ed Sheeran has been breaking records left and right since the release of his third album, Divide (styled ÷) on Friday (March 3). Two days after the CD release, Sheeran reached yet another incredible feat: 1 billion YouTube views, on just Divide songs alone. After releasing lyric videos for the two initial Divide singles, "Shape of You" and "Castle on the Hill," on Jan. 6 (and official videos for both shortly after), the British singer-songwriter had already garnered hundreds of millions of views before the album even dropped. Upon the release of Divide, Sheeran put out official audio videos for the other 14 tracks on the deluxe version of the album, which pushed him to the billion views milestone on Sunday (March 5). Along with the impressive numbers of views, Sheeran's YouTube channel has also gained more than 3 million subscribers in the last two months alone. With this kind of success, Lyor Cohen, YouTube's Global Head of Music, couldn't help extending his congratulations to Sheeran. “Ed Sheeran is one of the biggest stars in the world and his new album is his best yet," Cohen said in a statement. "For years, he’s paired his songs with consistently creative music videos, so it’s great to see fans rushing to YouTube to watch them and show support for his new album.” The lyric and official videos for "Shape of You" make up more than half of Sheeran's billion Divide video views, with the lyric video sitting pretty at 395.4 million views and the official visual quickly approaching that mark with 296.2 million. Each of the Divide audio videos already have at least 3 million views each, with most garnering more than 5 million in just four days. SOURCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
issgouding Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 No shade but I just can't at this guy smashing with this mess album or sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melancholy Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 The album is a bit **** tho guys lbr here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeAmpala Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 the album is still trash and there's nothing that can convince me otherwise. i tried but my god is that piece of **** unlistenable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 And some people still doubt he will have the biggest album of 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 He knew he'd have the biggest album of the year and STILL had the nerve to release the awful second half of the album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Adrenaline Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I love SOY .... But that's pretty much it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aisha Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 The male Taylor Swift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YR. Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 WHEW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adelephant 25 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Too bad Joanne will beat Divide for AOTY & SOTY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacardo Royale Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 3 hours ago, Green said: And some people still doubt he will have the biggest album of 2017 Not if Taylor does a surprise release in the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainDreamer Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Atrl is going to have a heart attack soon , Ed won't stop slaying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0BERB0Y Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedastardly Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 This is a weird and misleading metric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starboys Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Queen Zara is coming to snatch this with so good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eternium Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 2 hours ago, OpenBacardi said: Not if Taylor does a surprise release in the summer Taylor definitely won't beat him WW, especially when she would have to make up for so much lost time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Maxx Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, Green said: And some people still doubt he will have the biggest album of 2017 Taylor is coming. And this isn't really an accomplishment. Shape of You and COTH are big hits and make up more than half of these billion views. Edited March 8, 2017 by King Maxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts