This Week In ‘Drake Can’t Stop Winning’: Drake Is Spotify’s Most Streamed Artist Of 2016
Scientists have been hard at work trying to figure out 2016’s biggest question. You know the one. No, not why Chris Brown called Zara Larsson a “stinky butt” that time. Or why a Canadian Police Force is trying to deter drink-drivers via the power of a Nickelback CD.
No, they’re trying to solve the very, very serious and very important question that we all need an answer to: can Aubrey Graham, better known as Drake, lose?Like, is he physically capable of not winning everything? Can Drake actually be anything less than the best, ever? The answer: no, he definitely can’t.
In a year of unprecedented and quite frankly 'intimidating' success, including a mammoth 15-week run at the top of the UK Singles Chart with ‘One Dance’, Drake has now been crowned as Spotify’s most streamed artist 2016. Congratulations Drizzy!
“Drake has been unstoppable this year - he’s a true global superstar,” said Stefan Blom, Spotify’s Chief Content & Chief Strategy Officer; “With the top album and the top song this year, as well as his successful Summer Sixteen tour, Drake continues to engage his fans in a way that only Drake can; it’s no surprise he is dominating the music industry.”
Rihanna, who was the third most streamed artist on UK Spotify behind Justin Bieber and Drake, was announced as the most streamed female artist in 2016. She’s put in a lot of ‘Work’ this year, that Rihanna.
2016’s most streamed artists in the UK on Spotify
1. Drake
2. Justin Bieber
3. Rihanna
4. Kanye West
5. Coldplay
2016’s most streamed female artists in the UK on Spotify
1. Rihanna
2. Sia
3. Adele
4. Ariana Grande
5. Beyoncé
2016’s most streamed male artists in the UK on Spotify
1. Drake
2. Justin Bieber
3. Kanye West
4. Coldplay
5. Twenty One Pilots
In other news, Drake sangalong to Taylor Swift’s ‘Bad Blood’ in the latest Apple Music ad, and he also released a new video for ‘Sneakin’’.
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