As far as Spotify is concerned, no artist had a bigger 2017 than Ed Sheeran.<\/p>\n
The singer-songwriter ranks as the service’s most streamed artist for 2017.<\/p>\n
His “Shape Of You,” moreover, ranks as the year’s #1 track. The song also surpassed Drake’s “One Dance” to become the service’s most-streamed track of all-time.<\/p>\n
Spotify detailed its annual rankings in an announcement Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
Drake (#2), The Weeknd (#3), Kendrick Lamar (#4) and The Chainsmokers (#5) join Ed Sheeran in the Top 5 for artists. “Despacito (Justin Bieber Remix)” (#2), “Despacito” (#3), “Something Just Like This” (#4) and “I’m The One” complete the Top 5 for tracks.<\/p>\n
This year’s lists are as follows:<\/p>\n
Most Streamed Artists:<\/b>
\nEd Sheeran
\nDrake
\nThe Weeknd
\nKendrick Lamar
\nThe Chainsmokers<\/p>\n
Most Streamed Female Artists<\/b>
\nRihanna
\nTaylor Swift
\nSelena Gomez
\nAriana Grande
\nSia<\/p>\n
Most Streamed Male Artists<\/b>
\nEd Sheeran
\nDrake
\nThe Weeknd
\nKendrick Lamar
\nDaddy Yankee<\/p>\n
Breakout Artists<\/b>
\nCamila Cabello
\nHarry Styles
\nLiam Payne
\nLil Pump
\nTrippie Redd<\/p>\n
Most Streamed Groups<\/b>
\nColdplay
\nImagine Dragons
\nMaroon 5
\nLinkin Park
\nMigos<\/p>\n
Most Streamed Tracks<\/b>
\nShape of You \u2013 Ed Sheeran
\nDespacito \u2013 Remix \u2013 Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber
\nDespacito \u2013 Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee
\nSomething Just Like This \u2013 The Chainsmokers & Coldplay
\nI\u2019m the One \u2013 DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper, Lil Wayne<\/p>\n
Most Streamed Albums<\/b>
\nDivide \u2013 Ed Sheeran
\nMore Life \u2013 Drake
\nDAMN. \u2013 Kendrick Lamar
\nStarboy \u2013 The Weeknd
\nStoney \u2013 Post Malone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ed Sheeran was Spotify’s biggest artist of 2017.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[692,5324,7067,8184,54,314,8433,96,700,7608,8183,129,8083,2172,145,1802,791],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n