Ed Sheeran outshines The Weeknd as world’s most played artist

Acclaimed English singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran has surpassed The Weeknd as he crowned the title of world’s most-played artist on the radio.

The Shape Of You singer managed to secure 100,000 more plays than his second-place fellow artist, Dua Lipa who got 4.2 million plays in a year.

According to the net music platform Viberate, as many as 24000 radio stations in 150 countries were observed to collect the data. It was analysed that pop music has been the most-listened genre. Around 14 million plays were related to pop music while rock remained as the second most popular genre with almost 80 million spins.

The Weeknd secured the third spot on the list with three million plays, followed by Queen with 2.9 million. Maroon 5 landed on the fifth spot with 2.8 million spins. Queen drummer, Roger Taylor told The Sun, “I take great joy in the fact there’s an awful lot of love for us still. It constantly surprises me.”

In a recent podcast interview, Ed Sheeran revealed that he has not had a cell phone since 2015. “I got really, really overwhelmed and sad with a phone. I just spent my whole time just in a very low place,” Sheeran responded. “I got rid of it, and it was like a veil just lifted.”