Canadian rapper Drake topped the Spotify's UK 2020 streaming list this year as the streaming giant released its most popular artists, songs and albums of the year.
Drake beat off competition from Juice WRLD to be crowned the most streamed artist in the UK, with Eminem third, Ed Sheeran fourth and The Weeknd fifth.
Shape Of You singer Sheeran was the most popular British artist in the UK, ahead of Stormzy, Dua Lipa, Lewis Capaldi and Harry Styles.
When it came to the most streamed songs, UK listeners played The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights more than any other in 2020, with SAINt JHN’s Roses as remixed by Imanbek in second.
Rockstar, by rappers DaBaby and Roddy Ricch, was third, while the latter’s The Box was fourth.
Completing the top five most streamed songs in the UK was Dance Monkey by Tones And I.
The data comes as people took to social media to share their most streamed artists of 2020 as Spotify released 'Wrapped' which shows users their streaming stats for the year.
me who thinks their taste is unique:
— chels ☆ (@icedsupern0va) December 2, 2020
spotify telling me pop is my most listened to genre:
also me:#SpotifyWrapped pic.twitter.com/g4GHYcL6eQ
Well this sums me up perfectly. #SpotifyWrapped pic.twitter.com/41IqFeWFEq
— Claire Lynch 🎧 (@eclaire30) December 2, 2020
WOW, thank you @Spotify this year got much better cus of you 💜#SpotifyWrapped pic.twitter.com/w1iHRoBYFG
— Рина (@rina_ym11) December 2, 2020
Overall, 2020 was a rough year but full of @LewisCapaldi to get me through it. But I just want to know what the hell happened on 30th January #SpotifyWrapped pic.twitter.com/l2iXERhDj3
— Danielle 🌙✨ (@DanC887) December 2, 2020
Spotify also released data for albums. Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent was most streamed in the UK, ahead of Styles’ Fine Line in second, Pop Smoke’s Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon in third and The Weeknd’s After Hours in fourth.
Lipa completed the top five with Future Nostalgia. The Joe Rogan Experience took the number one slot for most popular podcast of the year in the UK.
Globally, with more than 8.3 billion streams this year, the most streamed artist on Spotify was Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, who beat Drake into second position.
Colombian reggaeton singer J Balvn was third, Juice WRLD fourth and The Weeknd fifth.
Bad Bunny’s YHLQMDLG was the most streamed album with over 3.3 billion streams, with Styles and Lipa making the top five.
Blinding Lights was the most streamed track by Spotify’s 320 million users, the company said, with almost 1.6 billion streams. Dance Monkey was second, The Box third, Roses fourth and Don’t Start Now fifth.
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