Ed Sheeran's 'Shape of You' has just reached a MASSIVE YouTube milestone

It's the second video to do so

Ed Sheeran
Author: Anna Sky MagliolaPublished 11th Jan 2019
Last updated 11th Jan 2019

It's been two years to the month that Ed Sheeran made a comeback to music. Ed Sheeran released his fantastic singles 'Shape of You' and 'Castle On The Hill' in January 2017, signifying the beginning of his chart domination that year, with songs from his third studio album '÷'.

Now, the music video for 'Shape of You', which was uploaded on the 30th January 2017, has reached a massive YouTube milestone, becoming the second video ever to reach a huge four billion views! 'Shape of You' follows in the footsteps of Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's version of 'Despacito', which reached the five billion milestone last year.

On its release in 2017, 'Shape of You' was soon tipped to be a potential hit, the song became the best selling-song of 2017 and the best selling digital song worldwide. 'Shape of You' was later covered by a number celebrities and fans, including a fantastic performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he was joined by the band Roots and went proper old skool using kids instruments!

Ed also joined us back in 2017 and did an amazing version of 'Shape of You' just for us, using only a loop pedal and his guitar. Amazing.

WATCH: Ed Sheeran performs 'Shape of You' exclusively for Forth 1

Ed Sheeran is set to go on tour this year with just a few performances in Leeds and Ipswich. He will play at Leeds Roundhay Park on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th August 2019 close to where he was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire back in February 1991. Then, honouring the place he was brought up in Framlington, Suffolk, Ed will play the nearby Ipswich Chantry Park on Friday 23rd, Saturday 24th, Sunday 25th and Monday 26th August 2019.

See Ed Sheeran at the following shows:

AUGUST 2019

Leeds Roundhay Park - Fri 16th

Leeds Roundhay Park - Sat 17th

Ipswich Chantry Park - Fri 23rd

Ipswich Chantry Park - Sat 24th

Ipswich Chantry Park - Sun 25th

Ipswich Chantry Park - Mon 26th

BUY TICKETS to see Ed Sheeran from Aloud.com

Now take a look at some of the other tours to look forward to in 2019:

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In 2018, Ed Sheeran did an exclusive performance for us in London watch the full performance below.

You can hear many of Ed Sheeran's songs on Forth 1.

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