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Ed Sheeran is the first British artist to receive the BPI's GOLD BRIT Billion Award, marking 10b career streams in the U.K.

More than 1 billion of those streams accumulated in the last 12 months alone, according to the Official Charts Company. Sheeran accepted the award at Banquet Records in London.

Sheeran has made Official Charts history countless times. Among other distinctions, he's the first artist to have four albums in the Top 10 in a single year and the first British solo artist to amass a full year at #1 across his catalog on the singles chart.

Enjoying an untarnished streak of six U.K. #1 albums, seven BRIT awards and 14 U.K. #1 singles, Sheeran also recently broke a ticket-sales record, presenting his Mathematics Tour to 81k fans at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.

His latest album, Autumn Variations (WMG/Gingerbread Man), is fixing to hit #1 in the U.K. on Friday and claim the top debut on the HITS Top 50.

TAGS: Ed Sheeran | BRIT Billion Award | BPI

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