Ed Sheeran Named Most Streamed UK Artist Ever On Spotify
Ed Sheeran has been named the most streamed UK artist globally on Spotify since the streaming service began 15 years ago, according to Music Week. Sheeran also has the most streamed UK track globally with Shape of You
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Sheeran is closely followed in the chart by Coldplay, while Dua Lipa takes third spot, making her the most streamed UK female artist globally. Two of Lipa’s songs – Don’t Start Now and New Rules – also make the Top 15 tracks by UK artists of all time on the platform, along with One Kiss, her collaboration with Calvin Harris.
Spotify Top 15 Artists from the UK by global streams:
1 Ed Sheeran
2 Coldplay
3 Dua Lipa
4 Calvin Harris
5 Queen
6 Sam Smith
7 Harry Styles
8 One Direction
9 Adele
10 The Beatles
11 Arctic Monkeys
12 Elton John
13 Ellie Goulding
14 James Arthur
15 Lewis Capaldi
The biggest tracks on Spotify by UK artists from the past 15 years by global streams:
1 Ed Sheeran – Shape of You
2 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
3 Glass Animals – Heat Waves
4 Harry Styles – As It Was
5 Ed Sheeran – Perfect
6 James Arthur – Say You Won’t Let
7 Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar
8 Dua Lipa – Don’t Start Now
9 Ed Sheeran – Thinking out Loud
10 Ed Sheeran – Photograph
11 Coldplay, The Chainsmokers – Something Just Like This
12 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody – Remastered 2011
13 Passenger – Let Her Go
14 Calvin Harris, Dua Lipa – One Kiss
15 Dua Lipa – New Rules
The UK’s 15 most streamed songs of the past 15 years on Spotify:
1 The Killers – Mr Brightside
2 Lewis Capaldi – Someone You Loved
3 Ed Sheeran – Shape of You
4 Drake, Kyla, Wizkid – One Dance
5 The Weeknd – Blinding Lights
6 Vance Joy – Riptide
7 Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
8 James Arthur – Say You Won’t Let Go
9 Ed Sheeran – Thinking out Loud
10 21 Savage, Post Malone – Rockstar
11 Hozier – Take Me To Church
12 Burna Boy, Dave – Location
13 Oasis – Wonderwall
14 George Ezra – Shotgun
15 French Montana, Swae Lee – Unforgettable
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