According to a study that examined 24,000 radio stations from 150 countries, Ed Sheeran was the top-ranked radio play in 2013.
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It has been revealed that Ed Sheeran, the singer sensation, is now the most popular artist on radio worldwide. He beat Dua Lipa to this title.
The Shape Of You singer, 30 years old, received 4.3million plays per year. Brit Dua lipa, on the other hand, was only 100,000 plays behind the star with 4.2 million.
The Weeknd came in third with three million plays. Queen was fourth with 2.9 millions.
Maroon 5 from the United States landed 2.8 millions plays, making them the top five.
This report was compiled by Net Music Platform ViberateHe analysed 24,000 radio stations across 150 countries.
Ed’s “win”This comes just a few months after he was ranked the UK’s highest-taxed celeb.
The flame-haired singer is said to have handed over £12.5 million to the Treasury, according to the latest Sunday Times Tax List.
Pop music was clear as the favorite genre with 141,000,000 plays. But rock music, which received 79.9M spins, had seen a clear revival.
Silver Screen Beat interviewed Roger Taylor, Queen’s drummer, to discuss Queen’s second-place ranking. “I take great joy in the fact there’s an awful lot of love for us still. It constantly surprises me.”
The report also revealed that Justin Bieber had the most Spotify followers with 13.5 million more people following him last year.
According to the research, however, his fans did not help him get the most streams online. The feat was won by Olivia Rodrigo (18 years old), whose songs were streamed a staggering 5.1 billion time.
Last year, it was reported that Driving Licence singer Had to Give Up Millions in Royalties because of song-copying allegations.
She was reported to have spent huge amounts of money retroactively giving credit to other singers and song-writers on her most successful songs, after she was noticed having a similarity.
Olivia has exploded onto the music scene with her number one hit Driving Licence.
Fans of the singer noted that there are similarities between Good 4 U’s smash hit and Paramore’s single Misery Business, which was released in 2007.
Ed will perform on February 8 at the BRIT Awards.
The O2 Arena in London will host the annual music awards ceremony. Doja Cat, Liam Gallagher and other performers will also be performing on the stage.
Adele was scheduled to perform but she pulled out after cancelling her Las Vegas shows.
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