{"id":1381,"date":"2026-01-15T06:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T06:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/?p=1381"},"modified":"2026-01-15T06:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T06:06:16","slug":"ed-sheerans-thinking-out-loud-hits-3-billion-streams-on-spotify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/ed-sheerans-thinking-out-loud-hits-3-billion-streams-on-spotify\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran\u2019s \u2018Thinking Out Loud\u2019 Hits 3 Billion Streams on Spotify"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ed Sheeran<\/strong>\u2018s \u201cLove Song\u201d is still making history.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a decade after its release, his timeless ballad<strong> \u2018Thinking Out Loud\u2019<\/strong> has officially surpassed <strong>3 billion streams on Spotify<\/strong>, marking his fourth song to reach the milestone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"primis10TGJ\" data-refreshrate=\"0\"><\/div>\n<p>Originally written as a love letter inspired by his then-girlfriend, the track was crafted with the intention of becoming a modern wedding anthem, and it delivered.<\/p>\n<div id=\"primis10TGJ\" data-refreshrate=\"0\"><\/div>\n<p>The song\u2019s legacy hasn\u2019t been without its challenges. It was at the center of a highly publicized copyright lawsuit alleging similarities to <strong>Marvin Gaye<\/strong>\u2019s<strong> \u2018<\/strong>Let\u2019s Get It On\u2019.<\/p>\n<div id=\"primis10TGJ\" data-refreshrate=\"0\"><\/div>\n<p>After extensive testimony from musicologists, Sheeran ultimately won the case.<\/p>\n<p>At the 2016 Grammy Awards <strong>,<\/strong> the single earned Sheeran two of the night\u2019s biggest honors: <b>Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ed Sheeran\u2018s \u201cLove Song\u201d is still making history. Nearly a decade after its release, his timeless ballad \u2018Thinking Out Loud\u2019 has officially surpassed 3 billion streams on Spotify, marking his fourth song to reach the milestone. Originally written as a love letter inspired by his then-girlfriend, the track was crafted with the intention of becoming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[160],"class_list":["post-1381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","author-urbanafrica"],"authors":[{"term_id":160,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"urbanafrica","display_name":"URBANAFRICA","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-FFB50F59-0D6C-491C-BACA-64123F72D056.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-FFB50F59-0D6C-491C-BACA-64123F72D056.jpg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1381"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1384,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1381\/revisions\/1384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1381"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}