Dua Lipa becomes UK’s most-streamed female artist of 2018

Dua Lipa is the UK’s most-streamed female artist of 2018, following the publication of streaming figures from Apple Music and Spotify.

‘One Kiss’, her summer hit with Calvin Harris, was the year’s second most-streamed track of the year, pipped by Drake’s ‘God’s Plan’. Meanwhile her self-titled debut album was the third most-streamed record in the UK – fourth globally, on Spotify.

‘God’s Plan’, plus his fifth album ‘Scorpion’, helped Drake become the most-streamed male, clocking up 8.2 billion streams on Spotify (Apple do not disclose their streaming numbers).

Ed Sheeran, who reigned supreme in 2017, dropped to fifth place this year (a strong feat seeing as he didn’t release any new material). Globally, Ariana Grande was the most popular female artist, whilst George Ezra’s recent ‘Staying At Tamara’s’ was the fifth most-streamed record globally and on home turf.

Check the data below:

Most streamed songs (UK)
Apple Music // Spotify
1) God’s Plan – Drake // God’s Plan – Drake
2) One Kiss – Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa // One Kiss – Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa
3) Nice For What – Drake // Nice For What – Drake
4) This Is Me – Kelela // Shotgun – George Ezra
5) Rockstar – Post Malone ft 21 Savage // These Days – Rudimental

Most streamed songs (global)
Apple Music // Spotify
1) God’s Plan – Drake // God’s Plan – Drake
2) Nice For What – Drake // Sad! – XXXTentacion
3) Rockstar – Post Malone ft 21 Savage // Rockstar – Post Malone ft 21 Savage
4) In My Feelings – Drake // Psycho – Post Malone ft Ty Dolla $ign
5) Psycho – Post Malone ft Ty Dolla $ign // In My Feelings – Drake

Most streamed albums (UK)
Apple Music // Spotify
1) Scorpion – Drake // Scorpion – Drake
2) Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone // Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone
3) Invasion of Privacy – Cardi B // ? – XXXTentacion
4) ? – XXXTentacion // Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
5) Astroworld – Travis Scott // Divide (Deluxe) – Ed Sheeran
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Most streamed albums (global)
Apple Music // Spotify
1) The Greatest Showman – Various Artists // Scorpion – Drake
2) Scorpion – Drake // Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone
3) Divide (Deluxe) – Ed Sheeran // Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
4) Beerbongs & Bentleys – Post Malone // Divide (Deluxe) – Ed Sheeran
5) Staying At Tamara’s – George Ezra // Staying At Tamara’s – George Ezra