Drake was the most streamed artist on Spotify in 2015 across the world, figures reveal - but Ed Sheeran is the most streamed of all time
- Spotify revealed Drake earned 1.8 billion streams across the globe in 2015
- Rihanna was most popular female artist with 1 billion streams on Spotify
- Ed Sheeran is most streamed of all time, more than 3bn plays since 2008
Spotify users are clearly listening to Drake. The rapper was the most streamed artist of the year globally.
The music streaming service announced its end-of-the-year list on Tuesday and said Drake earned 1.8 billion streams in 2015.
Rihanna was the year's most streamed female performer with 1 billion streams, while Major Lazer's ubiquitous hit, Lean On, was the most streamed song of the year with 540 million streams.
The Weeknd's breakout album, Beauty Behind the Madness, was the most streamed album of the year, beating Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late, which was No. 2.
It was Ed Sheeran, however, who took the most coveted title: most streamed artist of all time.
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Drake earned 1.8 billion streams on Spotify in 2015, making him the most streamed artist of the year globally
Most streamed artist of all time: Ed Sheeran has earned more than three billion plays since 2008
The Brit Award-winning singer's music, which includes former number ones Thinking Out Loud and Sing, has notched up more than three billion plays, and over 59 million listeners, since the service started in 2008.
As rapper Eminem drops to second spot, Drake, David Guetta and Rihanna fill up the top five most played artists of all time on Spotify.
In the United States, Drake topped the list of most streamed artists, followed by the Weeknd, West, Sheeran and Eminem.
Drake's If You're Reading This also topped the U.S. albums list, while Fetty Wap's Trap Queen was the most streamed song in America.
In Spotify's all-time lists, Justin Bieber has the record for most streams in a day with 36 million streams.
Sheeran - who released his debut album + in 2011 and its follow-up x in 2014 - is also the most streamed artist in the UK this year, but lost the title of the year's most streamed artist to Canadian rapper Drake, who accrued more than 1.8 billion streams and 46 million listeners over the past 12 months.
The 24-year-old from Suffolk was the only UK artist in the top five of Spotify's Year In Music global list, where he came second and was followed by Canadian producer The Weeknd, Maroon 5 and Kanye West.
Rihanna was the year's most streamed female performer with 1 billion streams
Major Lazer's ubiquitous hit, Lean On, was the most streamed song of the year with 540 million streams
Justin Bieber has the record for most streams in a day with 36 million streams
The Weeknd's breakout album, Beauty Behind the Madness, was the most streamed album of the year, beating Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late, which was No. 2
However, Sheeran topped the UK list, coming ahead of The Weeknd, Drake, Sam Smith and Kanye West.
The Weeknd's Abel Makkonen Tesfaye said: 'It's been an insane year working with some really talented people. Thank you to the fans on Spotify for making Beauty Behind The Madness the most streamed album of 2015.'
Diplo and Switch, the producers behind Major Lazer, said: 'One Love, One Lazer!! Thanks to you: our friends, fam and global squad, Lean On is the world's most streamed track!!'
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