INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
As the 2010s draw to a close, Spotify has revealed its biggest artists and songs of the past decade.Drakeand Ed Sheeran come out on top,
with Drake named the most streamed artist in the world with 28 billion, and Sheeran's Shape Of You the most streamed track in the world with
2.3 billion.Image:Ariana Grande is Spotify's fourth biggest artist of the decade, and beat Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Sia and Rihanna to top the
female chartBoth come in second place too, with Sheeran the second-biggest artist and Drake's Once Dance, with Kyla and WizKid, coming
runner-up in the songs chart.Sheeran released his first album, +, in 2011, and has gone on to rack up platinum sales and number one albums
and singles, including Thinking Out Loud, Sing and Perfect, around the world.Canadian hip-hop artist Drake's debut album Thank Me Later was
released in 2010, and hit singles Hold On, We're Going Home; Started From The Bottom and Hotline Bling have cemented him as one of the most
successful artists in the world.Post Malone, Ariana Grande and Eminem also featured in Spotify's chart, but Grande was the only female
artist to make the top five.Most streamed tracks of the decade1) Shape Of YouEd Sheeran2) One DanceDrake, Kyla, WizKid3) rockstarPost
Malone, 21 Savage4) CloserHalsey, The Chainsmokers5) Thinking Out LoudEd SheeranMost-streamed artist of the decade1) Drake2) Ed Sheeran3)
Post Malone4) Ariana Grande5) EminemSource: SpotifyIn the female artists' chart, Grande was followed by Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Sia and then
Beyonce.Spotify also revealed Post Malone as the world's most streamed artist of 2019, with Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes topping the song
chart with their duet, Senorita.Image:Post Malone and Billie Eilish did pretty well in 2019The streaming service also put out charts for
songs and albums in 2019, with Billie Eilish, who released her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? earlier this year,
appearing in all three, alongside Sheeran and Grande.The teenage star's album topped the chart for most-streamed albums of 2019.Most
streamed track of 20191) SenoritaCamila Cabello, Shawn Mendes2) Bad GuyBillie Eilish3) SunflowerPost Malone, Swae Lee4) 7 RingsAriana
Grande5) Old Town Road - RemixLil Nas X, Billy Ray CyrusMost-streamed artist of 20191) Post Malone2) Billie Eilish3) Ariana Grande4) Ed
Sheeran5) Bad BunnyMost streamed albums of 20191) When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?Billie Eilish2) Hollywood's BleedingPost Malone3)
thank u, nextAriana Grande4) No 6 Collaborations ProjectEd Sheeran5) Shawn Mendes Shawn MendesSource: SpotifyImage:Lewis Capaldi
unsurprisingly features highly in the UK chartsIn the UK, Sheeran was named most-streamed artist for 2019, while Lewis Capaldi made it to
the top spot for most-streamed album and most-streamed track, for Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent and his chart-topping single,
Someone You Loved.Most streamed artists of 2019 in the UK1) Ed Sheeran2) Post Malone3) Ariana Grande4) Drake5) Billie EilishMost streamed
tracks of 2019 in the UK1) Someone You LovedLewis Capaldi2) Bad GuyBillie Eilish3) I Don't CareEd Sheeran featuring Justin Bieber4) Vossi
BopStormzy5) 7 RingsAriana GrandeMost streamed albums of 2019 in the UK1) Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish ExtentLewis Capaldi2) No 6
Collaborations ProjectEd Sheeran3) When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?Billie Eilish4) Hollywood's BleedingPost Malone5) thank u,
nextAriana GrandeSource: SpotifySpotify now has more than 113 million subscribers and more than 248 million active monthly users, meaning
more recent releases should fare better due to the platform's growth in the past 10 years.
