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Spotify’s Most Streamed

8 December 2014

By Yasmine

Spotify have released their most streamed lists, giving Ed Sheeran another thing to smile about. The chart-topping red head has topped the global artists list beating the likes of Eminem, Katy Perry and Calvin Harris. The ‘Lego House’ singer also took the number one spot for global male, the most UK downloads of artists and the most streamed UK downloads of albums. His new album, X, has been streamed more than 430 million times and Ed has been listened to more than 860 million times through on the online streaming service. The 23 year old beat Sam Smith’s In The Lonely Hour and George Ezra’s Wanted On Voyage album to secure the most downloaded UK album.

Katy Perry topped the global females list after spending 11 weeks at number one on the digital music service’s US Top 50 chart and was the only female to make it into the top five global artists category.

Spotify also revealed that Pharrell Williams’ pop anthem ‘Happy’ has been streamed more than 260 million times globally. They also noted that seven billion hours of music have been listened to by 50 million users worldwide in 2014.

Global males

Ed Sheeran

Eminem

Coldplay

Calvin Harris

Katy Perry

 

Global groups

Coldplay

Imagine Dragons

Maroon 5

OneRepublic

One Direction

 

Global males

Ed Sheeran

Eminem

Calvin Harris

Avicii

David Guetta

 

Global females

Katy Perry

Ariana Grande

Lana Del Rey

Beyoncé

Lorde

 

Global tracks

Happy- Pharrell Williams

Rather Be- Clean Bandit (feat. Jess Glynne)

Summer- Calvin Harris

Dark Horse- Katy Perry

All of Me- John Legend

 

UK downloads (singles)

Rather Be- Clean Bandit (feat. Jess Glynne)

Happy- Pharrell Williams

Waves- Mr. Probz

All of Me- John Legend

Stay With Me- Sam Smith

 

UK downloads (artists)

Ed Sheeran

Arctic Monkeys

Eminem

Sam Smith

Coldplay

 

UK downloads (albums)

X- Ed Sheeran

In The Lonely Hour- Sam Smith

Wanted On Voyage- George Ezra

The New Classic- Iggy Azalea

Girl- Pharrell Williams

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