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Ed Sheeran is Spotify's most-streamed artist of 2014
Ed Sheeran scored the most played album on the streaming service
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has been named the most-streamed artist in the world by Spotify.
The 23-year-old has racked up more than 860 million streams on the service, beating Eminem and Coldplay, who came second and third respectively.
His latest album, x, which hit the million sales mark in the UK this week, was played 430 million times.
Katy Perry was the year's most streamed female artist, with Ariana Grande second and Lana Del Rey third.
The Dark Horse singer took the top spot from Rihanna, who held the position for the previous two years,
Spotify said that more than 50 million users listened to 7 billion hours of music in the whole of 2014.
Katy Perry was 2014's most streamed female artist on Spotify
The service's most listened-to track was Happy by Pharrell Williams, which had more than 260 million plays.
British act Clean Bandit were in second position for their song Rather Be while DJ Calvin Harris' came third, with Summer.
Here are some of Spotify's most-streamed charts
Most-played artists Ed Sheeran Eminem Coldplay Calvin Harris Katy Perry
Most-played groups Coldplay Imagine Dragons Maroon 5 OneRepublic One Direction
Most-played songs Happy - Pharrell Williams Rather Be - Clean Bandit (feat. Jess Glynne) Summer - Calvin Harris Dark Horse - Katy Perry All of Me - John Legend
Male artist Ed Sheeran Eminem Calvin Harris Avicii David Guetta
Female artist Katy Perry Ariana Grande Lana Del Rey Beyonce Lorde
Most-played albums x - Ed Sheeran In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith The New Classic - Iggy Azalea G I R L - Pharrell Williams My Everything - Ariana Grande
Most-played artists (UK) Ed Sheeran Arctic Monkeys Eminem Sam Smith Coldplay
Most-played songs (UK) Rather Be - Clean Bandit (feat. Jess Glynne) Happy - Pharrell Williams Waves - Mr Probz All of Me - John Legend Stay With Me - Sam Smith
Most-played albums (UK) x - Ed Sheeran In The Lonely Hour - Sam Smith Wanted On Voyage - George Ezra The New Classic - Iggy Azalea G I R L - Pharrell Williams
