Ed Sheeran

Over 69 million people have played the star's music in the past 28 days

Album generated $500,000 for Sheeran and Atlantic Records on Spotify in its first three days of availability

Sheeran is being sued by the estate of Let’s Get It On co-writer Ed Townsend

Bandier sent a wide-ranging final note to staff ahead of his departure in March 2019

Sheeran and Taylor Swift secure the year's two biggest tours

The composer and songwriter is older brother to superstar Ed Sheeran

Songwriter documents the creation of Sheeran's chart-topping third album, Divide

Top 50 best-selling tours of the first half of 2018 generated a record $2.21 billion

British singer/songwriter beats Drake to No.1 spot

'We look forward to seeing Stu’s company and Ed’s success go from strength to strength'

45.8m physical albums (ie. CD and vinyl) and 13.8m digital albums sold in 2017

Total music sales up 9.6% as streaming tops half-billion pound mark

Atlantic Records and the growth in streaming push up revenues over 10%

No nomination for Shape Of You in Song or Record of the Year

Song tops more than 1.3bn plays on Swedish service to take Drake's crown