Official Charts Company reveal UK's most streamed song

[davieG]

The Official Charts Company has revealed the most streamed song of the last twelve months was 'We Are Young' by Fun ft Janelle Monae.

It's exactly a year since figures for the UK's Official Streaming Chart started being compiled.

A total of 4.4 billion tracks were streamed in the last twelve months from sites including Spotify, We7, Zune, Napster and Deezer.

'Call Me Maybe' by Carly Rae Jepsen was the second most streamed song.

Top 10 Most Streamed Tracks

1. 'We Are Young'

Fun ft Janelle Monae

2. 'Call Me Maybe'

Carly Rae Jepsen

3. 'Ho Hey'

Lumineers

4. 'Don't You Worry Child'

Swedish House Mafia

5. 'Diamonds'

Rihanna

6. 'Somebody That I Used To Know'

Gotye

7. 'Gangnam Style'

Psy

8. 'Too Close'

Alex Clare

9. 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together'

Taylor Swift

10. 'Hall of Fame'

Script ft Will.I.Am

Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' was the second most streamed

Kevin Brown, from Spotify said "The huge number of streams that have been delivered in the first year of the Official Streaming Chart is proof positive of the huge and growing popularity of music streaming".

Top 20 Most Streamed Tracks

11. 'Beneath You're Beautiful'

Labrinth ft Emeli Sande

12. 'Payphone'

Maroon 5

13. 'Feel The Love'

Rudimental ft John Newman

14. 'Locked Out Of Heaven'

Bruno Mars

15. 'Spectrum'

Florence & The Machine

16. 'Thrift Shop'

Macklemore

17. 'Drive By'

Train

18. 'Sweet Nothing'

Calvin Harris ft Florence Welch

19. 'Pompeii'

Bastille

20. 'Whistle'

Flo Rida

Mark Foster, managing director of Deezer UK & Ireland said "These figures show just how significant streaming now is in the UK" adding "it's now an essential way of consuming music."

The Top 100 most listened to tracks account for less than 10% of the overall number of songs being listened to.

The figures relate to the 12 months between May 2012 and the May 2013.

The Official Streaming Chart is different to the UK Official Chart on Radio 1, which is compiled using sales figures.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/22577304

[indierich06]

Can't stand that 'We Are Young' song, gets right on my ****ing nerves. In fact, apart from a couple of exceptions, that whole list is garbage.

[purpleronnie]

I'm going to sound like an idiot but what is streaming?

[Adster]

With the exception of Pompeii, what a list of utter rubbish. 

[The Doctor]

If any further proof was needed that joe public is a moron, here it is. 

[Dan LCFC]

Majority are shite

[MC Prussian]

Mankind is going down the drains (music-wise).

 

Is this a mirror image of the demise of the collective intelligence when more and more people are downloading and listening to sh*t producers' pop?

[Trav Le Bleu]

I'm going to sound like an idiot but what is streaming?

 

It is watching or listening to a film/tv programme/song without downloading it to your device. Like watching a youtube video.

 

The list is just as naff as chart music in general.

[Guest]

Kids don't understand music do they? It needs a renaissance.

 

Got to be over 40 for the golden years of music.

[purpleronnie]

I is watching or listening to a film/tv programme/song without downloading it to your device. Like watching a youtube video.

 

The list is just as naff as chart music in general.

 

Thanks.

[Samilktray]

I could care less what the masses listen too. Don't know why anyone is that bothered.

[Trav Le Bleu]

I could care less what the masses listen too. Don't know why anyone is that bothered.

 

Yep - there is always enough new music that anyone could love, regardless of preference, being made all the time. I've never bought this "they don't make music like they used to" line. It's just people can't be arsed to look for it.