Ed Sheeran has capped off a remarkably successful year by over taking Eminem as Spotify's most streamed artist of all time.
The singer-songwriter's worldwide popularity has seen him notch up more than three billion plays, and over 59 million listeners, since the service started in 2008.
Eminem drops to second spot on the Spotify's all time list, with Drake, David Guetta and Rihanna making up the rest of the top five most played artists.
Sheeran lost the title of the year's most streamed artist of the year and came second behind Canadian rapper Drake, who notched up more than 1.8 billion streams and 46 million listeners over the past 12 months. Completing the top five for 2015 were The Weeknd, Maroon 5 and Kanye West.
Rihanna was the most streamed female of the year, worldwide with more than one billion plays and 57 million listeners this year, where she beat singers such as Ellie Goulding, Ariana Grande, Beyonce and Nicki Minaj.
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber, who has three singles this week in the Irish top Ten - including the Ed Sheeran penned, Love Yourself - smashed the record for the most listens in a single day of all time with 36 million streams on November 13, when he unveiled his fourth album, Purpose.
The Weeknd's third album, Beauty Behind The Madness, stole the title for the most streamed album of 2015. He said today:
"It's been an insane year working with some really talented people. Thank you to the fans on Spotify for making Beauty Behind The Madness the most streamed album of 2015."
