Popular Artist Drake Is No Longer The King Of Streaming

Drake has been overthrown as the UK's
king of streaming, with his 2016 hit One
Dance being topped by none other
than...


...Ed Sheeran.



The singer's latest single Shape Of You has
overtaken his Canadian rival to become the
charts' most streamed track of all time.



This comes as The Official Charts Company
publishes its biggest songs of 2017, with
Sheeran again dominating the list in the
two top spots.



Shape Of You sold 2.6 million since its
release in January, with 72% of that figure
being streaming equivalent sales - that
means the track was streamed 184 million
times.



Last year, Drizzy Drake edged close to
beating Bryan Adams' Everything I Do,
which was number one for 16 weeks in
1991.



One Dance sold a combined 1.9 million,
including 142 million individual streams.




But that is old news, with Sheeran's third
album now the best selling record of the
year, while his sophomore album X is still
2017's third best-seller, three years after
its release.



Summer smash Despacito by Luis Fonsi
and Daddy Yankee heads up the rest of the
singles pack behind Ed, but is closely
followed by his Galway Girl at number four.



The 26-year-old troubadour has recently
made headlines over his loop pedalling
performance at Glastonbury, which left his
fans wondering if he had backtracked his
performance.



"Never thought I'd have to explain it, but
everything I do in my live show is live, it's a
loop station, not a backing track.




Please
google," he tweeted in response, later
announcing he was retiring from the
social platform.




"I've actually come off Twitter completely. I
can't read it," he said.


"I go on it and there's nothing but people
saying mean things.



Twitter's a platform
for that."


Source-Sky news