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20th May 2016

Justin Bieber has been overtaken as Spotify’s most-streamed artist

Carl Kinsella

Bye bye Bieber.

Justin Bieber, the marmite of the music world, has been knocked from the top of Spotify’s most-streamed artist list by his compatriot Drake, whose new album Views has been streamed 245 million times in the US alone after arriving on Spotify just last week.

Drake’s recent surge has put him on 3.2 billion global streams on Spotify, just pipping the Biebz – who’s got 3.17 billion.

The rest of the top 10 is made up of Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd, Ariana Grande, Calvin Harris, Sam Smith, Avicii, Rihanna and Ellie Goulding.

Drake recently had his first number one single with One Dance, and Views has plenty more bangers to come. Let’s just say young Justin will have his work cut out for him getting back to the top.