Drake is Spotify’s moststreamed artiste of 2016
DRAKE has been named Spotify’s moststreamed artiste of 2016, with his single One Dance the site’s biggest song of the year.
The Canadian star racked up 4,7 billion streams this year, more than half of which were for his album views.
That is despite the album being withheld from Spotify for two weeks as part of a deal with Apple Music.
One Dance alone was streamed 960 million times. Played consecutively, that would take more than 5 200 years.
The song’s popularity on streaming services — including Deezer and Google Play as well as Spotify and Apple --- helped it spend 15 weeks at the top of the official UK singles chart, the longest run since Bryan Adams Everything I Do (I Do It For You) in 1991.
It is now Spotify’s most-streamed song of all time, earning Drake and his co-writers an estimated US$4,8 million (£3,9m) in royalties.
Rihanna who counts Drake as a collaborator and boyfriend --- was Spotify’s most- streamed female artiste of 2016, while former One Direction star Zayn Malik was the biggest new act of the year.
David Bowie became the most listenedto “alternative” artiste, following his death in January. The Beatles, who only released their albums to streaming services last December, quickly became the biggest classic rock act. Spotify’s most-streamed 2016 Most streamed artistes in the UK Drake Justin Bieber Rihanna Kanye West Coldplay Most streamed artistes worldwide Drake Justin Bieber Rihanna Twenty One Pilots Kanye West Most streamed female artistes in the UK Rihanna Sia Adele Ariana Grande Beyonce Most streamed male artistes in the UK Drake Justin Bieber Kanye West Coldplay Twenty One Pilots Top five breakout artistes (global) Zayn Frenship Anne-Marie Madeintyo Rob $tone Most streamed tracks in the UK One Dance (feat WizKid and Kyla) - Drake Cheap Thrills - Sia I Took A Pill in Ibiza (Seeb remix) - Mike Posner 7 Years - Lukas Graham This Is What You Came For - Calvin Harris Most streamed tracks worldwide One Dance (feat WizKid and Kyla) - Drake I Took A Pill in Ibiza (Seeb remix) - Mike Posner — BBC Online.