The pop sensation has also been awarded the UK’s most-played artist for 2021.
It’s a title he has claimed every year since 2018, except for 2020, when Dua Lipa briefly replaced him.
It’s the fourth time in five years that Sheeran has been named the UK’s most-played artist, calculated by plays on radio, TV, pubs, clubs and shops.
But Bedford-born singer Tom Grennan could coming for Sheeran’s crown.
The singer, who was recently hospitalised after being attacked in New York, had the second and third most-played songs of 2021.