Ed Sheeran is officially the most played artist on radio in the world, beating Dua Lipa and The Weeknd to the top spot with a massive 4.3million spins in a year! 

The 30-year-old beat fellow UK artist, 26-year-old Dua Lipa, who came in second, and 31-year-old Canadian singer, The Weeknd, who came in third to round off the top three positions.

Lipa received  4.2million plays, 100,000 less than Ed, with The Weeknd racking up three million plays. In fourth place was the iconic rock group Queen, and in fifth place, US band Maroon 5.

And in case you were wondering, these figures come from a music platform called Viberate, which analyzed 24,000 radio stations in 150 countries across the globe to arrive at these figures.

Ed Sheeran is revealed as the world's most-played artist on the radio at 4.3 million plays... beating Dua Lipa AND The Weeknd to the top spot https://t.co/4WAmER8zir

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) February 1, 2022

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