Ed Sheeran takes crown as UK’S most-played artist

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June 21, 2022

Ed Sherran performed ‘bad habits’ at the 2022 Brit awards and now the catchy tune has become the most-played song of the year

The pop sensation has also been awarded the UK’s most-played artist for 2021.

It’s a title he has claimed every year since 2018, except for 2020, when Dua Lipa briefly replaced him.

It’s the fourth time in five years that Sheeran has been named the UK’s most-played artist, calculated by plays on radio, TV, pubs, clubs and shops.

But Bedford-born singer Tom Grennan could coming for Sheeran’s crown.

The singer, who was recently hospitalised after being attacked in New York, had the second and third most-played songs of 2021.

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