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.
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
