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Ed Sheeran named UK’s most played artist of the year for seventh time
Seven out of top 10 most played acts, encompassing radio, broadcast and public places, are British
Britons rule the airwaves in the UK, with Ed Sheeran taking the most played spot and homegrown artists dominating the top 10 in a chart compiled by the music licensing company PPL. For Yorkshire-born and Suffolk-raised Sheeran, 33, it is the seventh time in nine years he has topped the list of music used across UK radio, TV and in public places. In fourth is the Scottish DJ and record producer Calvin Harris, whose songs include We Found Love with Rihanna, Sweet Nothing with Florence Welch and Miracle with Ellie Goulding.
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