Ed Sheeran was the most played artist of 2021 in the UK - and has also claimed the year’s most played single with Bad Habits.
The annual charts are compiled by music licensing company Phonographic Performance Limited from music usage and airplay data from radio stations and television channels as well as public performance locations.
His song Bad Habits was also the most listened to track of 2021, although it came out halfway through the year in June The Weeknd’s Blinding Lights was the fourth most played track, demonstrating staying power having originally been released in November 2019.The second most played artist of the year was David Guetta with Dua Lipa in third.
Peter Leathem, chief executive of PPL, said: ‘Congratulations to Ed Sheeran for having the UK’s most played track of 2021 and being the UK’s most played artist of 2021. Dua Lipa was the third most listened to artist, following the success of her second album Future Nostalgia
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