Sheeran tops 2017 yearend lists
2017 is undoubtedly the year of Ed Sheeran. The British singer and songwriter, who is set to perform at the Mall of Asia Arena on an still undisclosed date in April 2018, leads the hit list with Shape Of You. AP Photo
Lists, even the most inane, are always fun. And thanks to evolving technology, music hit lists have become more interesting. No longer are hits measured by record sales alone. There is streaming, downloading, hits on Pandora or Amazon, tweets, etc. etc. Now with 2017 coming to a close in only a few days, music platforms have come up with their lists of the biggest sellers and of the best. Here are some of them.
From Billboard Magazine, still the acknowledged bible of the music industry, the publication that has chronicled the coming and the going of hit songs and the people behind them for over 60 years, here are the Top 20 titles in the Year-End Hot 100 Songs chart. The tabulation is based on record sales, downloads, streams and airplay, all platforms that contribute to a record’s earnings and popularity.
2017 is undoubtedly the year of Ed Sheeran. The British singer and songwriter, who is set to perform at the Mall of Asia Arena on an still undisclosed date in April 2018, leads the hit list with Shape Of You. He also does well in the Year-End Top Billboard 200 Albums listing with his ¸ Divide which is at No. 4. The No. 1 seller here is hip-hop star Kendrick Lamar with DAMN!
The others of the Top 20 of the Hot 100 are: Despacito by Luis Ponsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber; That’s What I Like by Bruno Mars, who will be at the MOA on May 3 and 4, 2018; Humble by Kendrick Lamar; Something Just Like This by The Chainsmokers and Coldplay; Bad And Boujee by Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert; Closer by The Chainsmokers feat. Halsey; Body Like A Brick Road by Sam Hunt; Believer by Imagine Dragons; Congratulations by Post Malone feat. Quavo.
Say You Won’t Let Go by James Arthur; I’m The One by DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne; XO TOUR Llif3 by Lil Uzi Vert; Mask Off by Future; Unforgettable by French Montana feat. Swae Lee; 24K Magic by Bruno Mars; Stay by Zedd and Alessia Cara; Wild Thoughts by DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller; Black Beatles by Roe Sremmurd feat. Gucci Mane; and Starboy by The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk.
The rest of the top selling albums are: 24K Magic by Bruno Mars; Starboy by The Weeknd; ¸ Divide by Ed Sheeran; More Life by Drake; Moana, the movie soundtrack; Stoney by Post Malone; Culture by Migos; Hamilton: An American Musical by the original Broadway cast; 4 Your Eyez Only by J. Cole.
Trolls, the movie soundtrack; Hardwired…To Self-Destruct by Metallica; Views by Drake; American Teen by Khalid; FUTURE by Future; A Pentatonix Christmas by Pentatonix; Blurryface by twenty one pilots; Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight by Birds in the Trap; Traveller by Chris Stapleton; and I Decided by Big Sean.
Sheeran also topped Spotify’s list of the Most Streamed Artists of the Year with an unprecedented 6.3 billion streams, 1.4 billion of which are for Shape of You. His ¸ Divide is the most streamed album of the year at Spotify with a total of 3.1 billion streams.
Here is Spotify’s Global Year in Music 2017.
Most Streamed Artists: Ed Sheeran, Drake, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar and The Chainsmokers.
Most Streamed Songs: Ed Sheeran, Shape Of You; Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, Despacito; Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, Despacito; The Chainsmokers and Coldplay, Something Just Like This; DJ Khaled with Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne, I’m The One.
Most Streamed Albums: Ed Sheeran, Divide; Drake, More Life; Kendrick Lamar, DAMN; The Weeknd, Starboy; and Post Malone, Stoney.
Next is a list of the Best Songs of 2017 as selected by The Rolling Stone Magazine. I believe that the choices were based on artistic merit and audience appeal, not sales. As per RS, the best song of the year is Sign Of The Times by Harry Styles. Great choice and we will bet the chance to watch Harry perform it live at the MOA on May 1, 2018.
The rest of the Top 10 in the RS Best Song listing are: Lorde, Homemade Dynamite; Kendrick, Lamar Humble; Cardi B, Bodak Yellow; U2, Lights Of Home; Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert, Bad & Boujee; Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, Despacito; Portugal The Man, Feel It Still; Lana del Rey, Lust For Life feat. The Weeknd; Future, Mask Off.
So there you have them, the biggest tunes by which we will always remember 2017. Give a big round of applause for the artists who created them.
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