Shape of You — Ed Sheeran

Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You," released in January 2017, amassed over 6.2 billion views by 2025, making it the most-watched video by any UK artist in YouTube history. The song spent 12 consecutive weeks at number one in the UK and was the most-streamed Spotify track of 2017, demonstrating the compound effect of cross-platform dominance.