Hector Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 More British artists than ever found streaming success in 2022 - 200 artists achieved over 200 million global streams A new report from the BPI revealed record success for UK acts at home and abroad. By George Griffiths More British artists than ever are taking advantage of the worldwide streaming boom, a new report from the BPI suggests, with 200 UK acts achieving over 200 million global streams in 2022. The new report, drawing on Official Charts Company data from the UK, as well as global streaming data from Luminate, reveals the Top 20 biggest streaming stars from the UK last year. The UK's biggest musical exports have made a big impact abroad, with Ed Sheeran topping the list and big hitters like Harry Styles and Dua Lipa also featuring - but it was also great news this year for acts who have not had their time to shine on the UK charts. This includes North Yorkshire rock band Asking Alexandria, who have yet to secure a Top 10 album in the UK but have achieved success Stateside with a trilogy of Top 10's on the Billboard 200 albums chart, while British-American singer-songwriter Bishop Briggs also claimed 200 million global streams last year, achieving a Top 3 US Alternative Rock single with River. “Streaming has changed the face of music – enabling artists to connect with fans at home and around the world in ways never possible before, and with consumers also able to enjoy unprecedented choice and affordability" Sophie Jones, BPI Chief Strategy Officer and Interim Chief Executive comments, "it is heartening to see this new research showing so many artists achieving such huge success in streaming, encompassing many less well-known names as well as global superstars. "With record labels delivering improvements in areas such as transparency and deal terms, as the market continues to adapt and evolve, their biggest contribution remains essential investment to develop and support artists." Harry Styles' blockbuster single As It Was netted 180.9 million streams overall in the UK. It topped the Official Singles Chart for a total of 10 weeks and was named the biggest song of 2022 in the UK, with its parent album Harry's House also being named the year's biggest LP. Harry's success translated into this year's BRITs ceremony too, where he was the night's big winner - taking home four awards in total, as well as the three biggest gongs of the night, Album of the Year for Harry's House, Best British Artist and British Song of the Year for As It Was. See the Top 20 most-streamed British artists of the year below. The Top 10 - which includes Dua Lipa, D-Block Europe and Central Cee - all reached nearly 400 million streams each. The biggest UK streaming stars of 2022 POS ARTIST 1 ED SHEERAN 2 HARRY STYLES 3 D-BLOCK EUROPE 4 ARCTIC MONKEYS 5 DAVE 6 ADELE 7 COLDPLAY 8 ELTON JOHN 9 DUA LIPA 10 QUEEN 11 THE BEATLES 12 GEORGE EZRA 13 OASIS 14 SAM FENDER 15 FLEETWOOD MAC* 16 LITTLE MIX 17 CENTRAL CEE 18 CALVIN HARRIS 19 SAM SMITH 20 BECKY HILL ©2023 Official Charts Company. All rights reserved. *Dual nationality https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/more-british-artists-than-ever-found-streaming-success-in-2022-200-artists-achieved-over-200-million-global-streams__38991/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cain Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Dua queen of the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shyboi Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 where's the list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockatoo Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 The saddest thing about this is several of these artists are just pulling in recurrent streams. There's barely any new big UK acts Also even out of the current acts, lots of these people didn't even release an album last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev8 Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Elton above Dua Thank you Britney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yog Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Sam making it despite being on Hiatus during the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happylittlepunk Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 (edited) Congrats to all these amazing talented artist. If it wasn’t for UK artist I feel the talent overal in western English speaking music would be on the floor. In the last 5 years. Edited April 6, 2023 by Happylittlepunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WERKER Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Legend Mix in the top 20 without even releasing a single song or album in 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATRL Moderator khalyan Posted April 6, 2023 ATRL Moderator Share Posted April 6, 2023 Some people use dark mode on this site we can’t read this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleFreak Posted April 6, 2023 Share Posted April 6, 2023 Ed and Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gustavothehuman Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Coldplay, Elton and Queen serving LONGEVITY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiritboy Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Ed, Harry, Coldplay, Adele, Dua Lipa and Sam Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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