With it being the first show of December, reminding us we are coming to the end of the year, tonight’s playlist was all about the most streamed artists and songs of 2015.
With records being broken by Justin Bieber for the most streams in a day, Drake takes the title for most streamed artist in the world while Ed Sheeran is the most streamed in the UK.
Although the males might be sitting at the top, the females of the music industry had their own list of the top five streamed in the UK and Globally.
Below is the full list:
Top Five Artists in the UK
1) Ed Sheeran
With more than 3 billion streams to date, Sheeran had 59 million listeners this year.
2) The Weeknd
3) Drake
4) Sam Smith
5) Kanye West
Top Five Females in the UK
1) Rihanna
Even though she hasn’t released an album ‘Anti’ yet (due for a supporting tour next year) Rihanna has had over one billion streams and 57 million listeners this year, making her the most streamed not only in the UK but in the world too!
2) Beyoncé
3) Ellie Goulding
4) Nicki Minaj
5) Sia
Top Five Tracks in the UK
1) ‘Cheerleader’ (Felix Jaehn Remix) – OMI
2) ‘Uptown Funk’ – Mark Ronson
3) ‘Lean On’ (ft. MØ & DJ Snake) – Major Lazer
4) ‘Take Me To Church’ – Hozier
5) ‘See You Again’ (ft. Charlie Puth) – Wiz Khalifa
Top Five Albums in the UK
1) Beauty Behind The Madness- The Weeknd
This album had 60 million listeners.
2) Chaos And The Calm- James Bay
3) Communion- Years & Years
4) Peace Is The Mission– Major Lazer
5) Me 4 U– OMI
Top Five Global Artists (also Top Five Global Male Artists)
1) Drake
Drake had over 1.8 billion streams this year.
2)Ed Sheeran
3) The Weeknd
4) Maroon 5
5)Kanye West
Top Five Global Female Artists
1) Rihanna
2) Ariana Grande
3) Nicki Minaj
4) Beyoncé
5) Ellie Goulding
Top Five Global Tracks
1) ‘Lean On’ (feat. MØ & DJ Snake) – Major Lazer
Being streamed over 540 million times across the world Major Lazer’s collaboration is the most streamed song of the year and of Spotify’s entire history!
2) ‘Cheerleader’ – Felix Jaehn Remix Radio Edit – OMI
3) ‘Uptown Funk’ – Mark Ronson
4) ‘See You Again’ (ft. Charlie Puth) – Wiz Khalifa
5) ‘Love Me Like You Do’ – Ellie Goulding
Top Five Global Albums
1) Beauty Behind The Madness- The Weeknd
2) If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late- Drake
3) Peace Is The Mission- Major Lazer
4) Stories- Avicii
5) Title- Meghan Trainor
Justin Bieber set a record for not only the year but of all time for the most streams in one day. His new album ‘Purpose’ got 36 million streams on 13th November alone.. And the streams kept coming that week as he then had over 205million streams, setting the record for the most album streams in a single week.
The Phoenix FM Club Guide
Date: 4th December 2015
Time: Open until 3.30am
Event: Sweet Female Attitude
Location: Citizen, Chelmsford
Details: Sweet Female Attitude performs her hit track ‘Flowers’ live while resident DJ’s Liam Bone and Sam Lashmar are on the decks.
Admission entry: Free before 11pm
Website: www.twitter.com/ctznbar
Date: 4th December 2015
Time: Open until 4am
Event: Missoula Fridays
Location: Missoula, Chelmsford
Details: With guest DJ Neev and resident DJ Ollie Weeks on the decks.
Admission entry: Free before 10.30pm
Website: www.missoulachelmsford.co.uk
Date: 4th December 2015
Time: Open until 1am
Event:
Location: The Teriss Bar, Brentwood
Details: With resident DJ Shane Challenger
Admission entry: Free
Website: www.theterissbar.co.uk
Date: 4th December 2015
Time: 10pm – 4am
Event: Entourage
Location: Fiction, Romford
Details: Hear the freshest R’n’B and House delivered by resident DJ’s Craig B, Chris Vibes, Brad James and DJ Kicker.
Admission entry: £3 before midnight, £7 after
Website: www.fictionclub.co.uk/romford
Date: 4th December 2015
Time: 10pm – 4am
Event: Luck & Neat
Location: Circuit, Romford
Details: MC Luck and DJ Neat bringing some Garage, Commercial House and R&B live!
Admission entry: £5 online, £8 on the door
Website: www.circuitessex.com
Date: 5th December 2015
Time: 9pm – 3am
Event: DJ SkyHigh
Location: Sugar Hut, Brentwood
Details: Four Rooms playing the best in Commercial, Dance, RnB and Club Classics.
Admission entry: £10
Website: www.sugarhutbrentwood.com
Date: 5th December 2015
Time: 9.30pm – 4am
Event: The Chicago’s Experience
Location: Evoke, Chelmsford
Details: Chicago’s DJs, playing 80s / 90s and 00s & all your party favourites with the current top 40 and trending tracks in the Ice Bar.
Admission entry: £6 online
Website: www.evokenightclub.com/chelmsford
Date: 5th December 2015
Time: 10pm – 4am
Event: Tempted
Location: Miya, Chelmsford
Details: With resident DJ’s Nick Christoforou and Remedy playing R&B, House, hip Hop and Classics.
Admission entry: £4 before 11pm, £6 after
Website: www.miyanightclub.com
Date: 5th December 2015
Time: Open until 3am
Event: Did Someone Say
Location: Kosho, Romford
Details: With DJ’s Danny Bailey Tom Short and Wade Kadir.
Admission entry: Free before 10.30pm
Website: www.koshobar.co.uk
Date: 5th December 2015
Time: 8pm – 3am
Event: The Only Way Is Yates
Location: Yates, Romford
Details: DJ Darren Heath spinning the best anthems all night.
Admission entry:
Website: www.weareyates.co.uk/romford
Date: 5th December 2015
Time: 9pm – 3am
Event: Hat Club
Location: Missoula, Romford
Details: DJ Battle between Damien Stone and Dave Lee. Free hats to everyone!
Admission entry: Free before 10pm
Website: www.missoulabars.co.uk/missoularomford
