You'll Never Guess Who The Most Streamed Artist Of All Time Is

Yup, we're surprised too

Spotify has released its annual Year in Music top lists, which shed light on the most popular artists and songs around the world in 2015.

And the prize for the most-streamed artist of all time and most streamed artist of 2015 in the UK goes to... Ed Sheeran.

Yup, the down-to-earth British bloke is the most streamed artist of all time on Spotify, beating Eminem with more than 3 billion streams to date.

He also got crowned the most-streamed artist in the UK this year, with over 59 million listeners worldwide - while Drake beat him to be the world's most streamed artist of 2015, with over 1.8 billion streams this year and 46 million listeners.

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It's been quite the year for music lovers. In 2015, more music was listened to by Spotify users than ever before, with over 75 million listeners enjoying over 20 billion hours of music.

2015’s most streamed female artist was Rihanna, with over one billion streams and 57 million listeners this year, while Justin Bieber set a record for the most streams in a single day of all time with 36 million streams on November 13.

Justin also broke records for the most album streams in a single week, with over 205m streams of Purpose. Check out all the stats in the tables below...

Global Results

Top Five Global Artists (also Top Five Global Male Artists) 1. Drake 2. Ed Sheeran 3. The Weeknd 4. Maroon 5 5. Kanye West Top Five Global Female Artists 1. Rihanna 2. Ariana Grande 3. Nicki Minaj 4. Beyoncé 5. Ellie Goulding Top Five Global Tracks 1. Lean On (feat. MØ & DJ Snake) – Major Lazer 2. Cheerleader – Felix Jaehn Remix Radio Edit – OMI 3. Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson 4. See You Again (feat. Charlie Puth) – Wiz Khalifa 5. Love Me Like You Do – From “Fifty Shades Of Grey” – Ellie Goulding Top Five Global Albums 1. Beauty Behind The Madness – The Weeknd 2. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late – Drake 3. Peace Is The Mission – Major Lazer 4. Stories – Avicii 5. Title – Meghan Trainor Top Five Global Viral Tracks 1. Sugar (feat. Francesco Yates) – Robin Schulz 2. Hotline Bling – Drake 3. Ain’t Nobody (Loves Me Better) – Felix Jaehn 4. Can’t Feel My Face – The Weeknd 5. Here – Alessia Cara Top Five Global Playlists 1. Today’s Top Hits 2. Afternoon Acoustic 3. Baila Reggaeton 4. Hot Country 5. RapCaviar UK Results Top Five Artists in the UK 1. Ed Sheeran 2. The Weeknd 3. Drake 4. Sam Smith 5. Kanye West Top Five Females in the UK 1. Rihanna 2. Beyoncé 3. Ellie Goulding 4. Nicki Minaj 5. Sia Top Five Tracks in the UK 1. Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) – OMI 2. Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson 3. Lean On (feat. MØ & DJ Snake) – Major Lazer 4. Take Me To Church - Hozier 5. See You Again (feat. Charlie Puth) – Wiz Khalifa Top Five Albums in the UK 1. Beauty Behind The Madness – The Weeknd 2. Chaos And The Calm – James Bay 3. Communion – Years & Years 4. Peace Is The Mission – Major Lazer 5. Me 4 U – OMI Top Five Viral Tracks in the UK 1. Talk To Me – Nick Brewer 2. Queen’s Speech 4 – Lady Leshurr 2. Can’t Feel My Face – The Weeknd 4. Hotline Bling - Drake 5. What’s A Girl To Do – Fatima Yamaha Top Five Playlists in the UK 1. Hot Hits UK 2. Topsify UK Top 40 3. Today’s Top Hits 4. Afternoon Acoustic 5. Feelin’ Good Listen to Spotify's Year in Music playlist below...

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