Ed Sheeran was the most-played artist within the UK final yr in keeping with new information from music licensing firm PPL, which calculates utilization by radio stations, TV channels and public places that play recorded music with a view to distribute royalties.
Sheeran additionally had the most-played observe of 2021 in Unhealthy Habits, from his fourth album, =. He beforehand held the PPL double in 2017, when he was the yr’s most-played artist and his track Form of You dominated public life.
Peter Leathem, chief government officer at PPL, mentioned that, during the last 5 years, Sheeran’s success was “a testomony to the standard of his output [and] the power of UK music at a time when the worldwide music panorama is extra aggressive than ever”.
Nipping at Sheeran’s heels for cultural dominance, nonetheless, is Bedford-born pop star Tom Grennan, who was just lately hospitalised after being attacked in New York. His collaboration with Calvin Harris, By Your Aspect, was the second largest track of 2021; his solo single Little Little bit of Love was the third.
Reflecting how streaming has given the most important hit songs an extended tail than ever, the fourth largest track of final yr, the Weeknd’s Blinding Lights, was in actual fact launched in 2019. Its inserting right here provides to a litany of information: in November 2021, it was ranked as the most important Billboard Scorching 100 hit of all time.
Additionally sticking round was Miley Cyrus’s Midnight Sky, initially launched in 2020. It's the solely solo track by a feminine artist within the Prime 10 most-played tracks of 2021. Heartbreak Anthem, Little Combine’s collaboration with Galantis and David Guetta positioned at No 7, and Joel Corry, Raye and Guetta’s hit Mattress positioned at No 10.
Probably the most-played artists charts revealed a better cut up between genders, with 60:40 male to feminine. Little Combine have been within the Prime 10 for every of the final 5 years; this yr they're No 4, which can mark their last inserting within the record given their current hiatus. At No 5, Coldplay have featured within the artist Prime 10 eight instances prior to now 10 years, inserting prime in 2016 and 2012.
Pink seems at No 10 on the artists chart, reflecting one other PPL win for the US pop star: final yr, the organisation named her the UK’s most-played feminine artist of the twenty first century.
In 2021, the PPL collected a complete income of £252.8m, distributed to 147 performers and rightsholders.
The complete PPL charts for 2021
Most-played tracks
Ed Sheeran – Unhealthy Habits Calvin Harris – By Your Aspect ft Tom Grennan Tom Grennan – Little Little bit of Love The Weeknd – Blinding Lights Coldplay – Greater Energy Rag’n’Bone Man – All You Ever Wished Galantis, David Guetta and Little Combine – Heartbreak Anthem Years & Years – Starstruck Miley Cyrus – Midnight Sky Joel Corry x Raye x David Guetta – Mattress
Most-played artists
Ed Sheeran David Guetta Dua Lipa Little Combine Coldplay The Weeknd Justin Bieber Calvin Harris Taylor Swift Pink
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