Songs from Clean Bandit, Pharrell Williams and Katy Perry are among
the UK’s most streamed tracks of 2014 so far. Plus, Magic! and George
Ezra revealed as some of the most streamed singles of the third quarter.
Clean Bandit’s
Rather Be is the most streamed song of 2014 so far, the
Official Charts Company can reveal. The song, which features rising star
Jess Glynne, has been streamed more than 32 million times on services such as
Spotify,
Deezer,
Napster and
O2 Tracks.
The figure means that
Rather Be is now the second most streamed song ever behind
Bastille’s
Pompeii, which was revealed as the most streamed in June this year when it was announced that audio streams would count towards the
Official Chart.
Rather Be – released in January this year – served
as the classical-pop quartet’s breakthrough hit after spending four
weeks at Number 1 on the
Official Singles Chart.
Meanwhile, Canadian rockers
Magic! proved the most
popular streamed song during the quarter, which runs between July and
September. The reggae-pop anthem garnered in excess of 13 million
streams during that period, while
George Ezra’s
Budapest took second place on 12 million. The Top 10 most streamed songs of the third quarter appear below:
| 1 |
RUDE |
MAGIC |
| 2 |
BUDAPEST |
GEORGE EZRA |
| 3 |
SING |
ED SHEERAN |
| 4 |
STAY WITH ME |
SAM SMITH |
| 5 |
PROBLEM |
ARIANA GRANDE FT IGGY AZALEA |
| 6 |
GHOST |
ELLA HENDERSON |
| 7 |
WAVES |
MR PROBZ |
| 8 |
AM I WRONG |
NICO & VINZ |
| 9 |
DON'T |
ED SHEERAN |
| 10 |
ALL OF ME |
JOHN LEGEND |
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Back on the overall chart,
Pharrell Williams holds at Number 2 on the year to date chart with
Happy, which sits close behind
Clean Bandit on 30 million streams so far this year.
John Legend’s
All Of Me continues to prove popular well into 2014, climbing to third place on the Official Most Streamed Top 40 on 26 million, and
Pitbull’s
Timber FT Kesha completes the Top 5 with 21 million streams.
Outside the Top 10,
Iggy Azalea climbs 13 places with her
Charli XCX collaboration
Fancy (18 million streams), and
Ed Sheeran is a new entry at 13 with
Sing (16 million streams). The song is taken from Ed’s second album
X, which is currently the Biggest Selling Artist Album of 2014 so far.
Music fans in the UK have streamed a massive 10.2 billion tracks so
far this year, almost double the amount recorded at the same time in
2013 when the tally stood at 5.4 billion. Those using streaming services
such as
Spotify and
Deezer are now
playing tracks over 300 million times every week and the Official Audio
Streaming Chart Number 1 accounts for over 1 million of those.
The Official Top 40 Most Streamed Songs of 2014 so far
| 1 |
RATHER BE |
CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE |
| 2 |
HAPPY |
PHARRELL WILLIAMS |
| 3 |
ALL OF ME |
JOHN LEGEND |
| 4 |
WAVES |
MR PROBZ |
| 5 |
TIMBER |
PITBULL FT KESHA |
| 6 |
DARK HORSE |
KATY PERRY FT JUICY J |
| 7 |
MONEY ON MY MIND |
SAM SMITH |
| 8 |
FANCY |
IGGY AZALEA FT CHARLI XCX |
| 9 |
POMPEII |
BASTILLE |
| 10 |
STAY WITH ME |
SAM SMITH |
| 11 |
SUMMER |
CALVIN HARRIS |
| 12 |
HIDEAWAY |
KIESZA |
| 13 |
SING |
ED SHEERAN |
| 14 |
LET IT GO |
IDINA MENZEL |
| 15 |
COUNTING STARS |
ONEREPUBLIC |
| 16 |
RIPTIDE |
VANCE JOY |
| 17 |
MY LOVE |
ROUTE 94 FT JESS GLYNNE |
| 18 |
BUDAPEST |
GEORGE EZRA |
| 19 |
HEY BROTHER |
AVICII |
| 20 |
GHOST |
ELLA HENDERSON |
| 21 |
DRUNK IN LOVE |
BEYONCE FT JAY-Z |
| 22 |
RUDE |
MAGIC |
| 23 |
DO I WANNA KNOW |
ARCTIC MONKEYS |
| 24 |
I GOT U |
DUKE DUMONT FT JAX JONES |
| 25 |
MAGIC |
COLDPLAY |
| 26 |
WAKE ME UP |
AVICII |
| 27 |
AM I WRONG |
NICO & VINZ |
| 28 |
ROYALS |
LORDE |
| 29 |
DEMONS |
IMAGINE DRAGONS |
| 30 |
THE MONSTER |
EMINEM FT RIHANNA |
| 31 |
LET HER GO |
PASSENGER |
| 32 |
NOBODY TO LOVE |
SIGMA |
| 33 |
PROBLEM |
ARIANA GRANDE FT IGGY AZALEA |
| 34 |
DON'T |
ED SHEERAN |
| 35 |
THE MAN |
ALOE BLACC |
| 36 |
A SKY FULL OF STARS |
COLDPLAY |
| 37 |
FEELIN' MYSELF |
WILL I AM/CYRUS/KHALIFA |
| 38 |
RADIOACTIVE |
IMAGINE DRAGONS |
| 39 |
TRUMPETS |
JASON DERULO |
| 40 |
I SEE FIRE |
ED SHEERAN |
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Cr : Rob Copsey / Official Charts Company
