YouTube: Ed Sheeran music videos in QC, PH’s loving arms

Just thinking out loud: Ed Sheeran is “big in the Philippines.”

Videos of British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran have recorded millions of views in the Philippines since 2014, video sharing website YouTube said.

According to Youtube’s newest data tool, Music Insights, Sheeran’s videos have been streamed in the Philippines over 178 million times since September 2014.

Quezon City topped the cities in the world where Sheeran’s videos are being streamed the most with 45,823,937 total views.

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Music Insights provides data to artists to find out where there videos are being streamed the most. It collects date of hits from official and fan-made videos.

With 178,244,364 total views since September 2014, the Philippines is his third largest market next to the United States and the United Kingdom.

Contributing to his millions of viewers in the Philippines are Cebu City with 22 million views, Manila with 18 million views, and Makati with 14 million views.

On March 13, 2015, Sheeran had a one-night sold-out concert at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

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The British-singer who was surprised with his huge fan base in the Philippines said “I had never had a crowd like this.” NC/IDL

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