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by Ed Keeble

Tags: Clean Bandit, Arctic Monkeys, Ed Sheeran 

Ed Sheeran, Arctic Monkeys & Clean Bandit the most streamed artists in the UK

According to new data from Spotify

 

Spotify most streamed artists are Ed Sheeran and Arctic Monkeys Photo:

Ed Sheeran, Arctic Monkeys and Clean Bandit have topped the list of most streamed artists in the UK.

According to Spotify data, Ed Sheeran comes in first place, with his album x having been streamed 430 million times by users. This is half of Sheeran's total 860 million streams, a figure which has been calculated over the past 12 months, after 50 million users listened to seven billion hours of music.  

In second place come Arctic Monkeys, closely followed by Eminem, Sam Smith and Coldplay. Meanwhile Clean Bandit's 'Rather Be' is the most streamed single in the UK. Pharrell's 'Happy' meanwhile is the most streamed single in the world with over 260 million plays.

 Listen to 'Thinking Out Loud' by Ed Sheeran below

The full list of Spotify data reads as follows

Most streamed artists in UK
1. Ed Sheeran
2. Arctic Monkeys
3. Eminem
4. Sam Smith
5. Coldplay

Most streamed tracks in UK
1. Clean Bandit – 'Rather Be'
2. Pharrell Williams – 'Happy'
3. Mr. Probz – 'Waves' (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)
4. John Legend – 'All Of Me'
5. Sam Smith – 'Stay With Me'

Most streamed albums in UK
1. Ed Sheeran – 'x'
2. Sam Smith – 'In The Lonely Hour'
3. George Ezra – 'Wanted On Voyage'
4. Iggy Azalea – 'The New Classic'
5. Pharrell Williams – 'G I R L'

Global Results

Top Five Global Artists
1. Ed Sheeran
2. Eminem
3. Coldplay
4. Calvin Harris
5. Katy Perry

Top Five Global Males
1. Ed Sheeran
2. Eminem
3. Calvin Harris
4. Avicii
5. David Guetta

Top Five Global Females
1.Katy Perry
2. Ariana Grande
3. Lana Del Rey
4. Beyoncé
5. Lorde

Top Five Global Groups
1. Coldplay
2. Imagine Dragons
3. Maroon 5
4. OneRepublic
5. One Direction

Top Five Global Tracks
1. Pharrell Williams – 'Happy'
2. Clean Bandit – 'Rather Be'
3. Calvin Harris – 'Summer'
4. Katy Perry – 'Dark Horse'
5. John Legend – 'All Of Me'

Top 5 Global Albums
1. Ed Sheeran – 'x'
2. Sam Smith – 'In The Lonely Hour'
3. Iggy Azalea – 'The New Classic'
4. Pharrell Williams – 'G I R L'
5. Ariana Grande – 'My Everything'

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