Drake is Spotify’s most streamed artist of 2016

Canadian star tops Spotify’s most streamed charts in the year his hit One Dance became ubiquitous

Drake is Spotify’s most streamed artist of 2016. In a year in which the Canadian rapper and singer broke records with his track One Dance, the artist has topped many of the music streaming service’s end of year lists.

Thanks to the success of his album Views, Drake accrued more than 4.7bn streams this year, more than doubling his record of 1.8bn streams in 2015.

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