In a statement, Kevin Brown, Spotify’s Head of Label Relations for Europe, said: “Breaking the two billion streams barrier on Spotify is evidence – were it needed – of Ed Sheeran’s enormous popularity among the 60 million music fans on the service. Ed Sheeran is quite simply one of the best-loved artists on Spotify globally, and we are thrilled that he has achieved this milestone.

Ed is the first British artist to reach the milestone after Calvin Harris broke 1 million last September.