Ed Sheeran takes Drake's crown to become Spotify’s most streamed artist of 2017

My god, Ed Sheeran is highly inoffensive and very, very popular.

Spotify released its annual Year in Music list, and Britain’s all-around nice guy is the most streamed artist on Spotify with 45 million monthly listeners around the world.

With 6.3 billion streams this year alone, Sheeran snatched the streaming crown from Drake, who was the most streamed artist in 2015 and 2016, but came in second place in 2017. It’s been a popular year for The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar and The Chainsmokers too, who rounded out the top five.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Ed Sheeran takes Drake's crown to become Spotify’s most streamed artist of 2017