Lewis Capaldi overtakes Ed Sheeran with the UK's most-streamed song of all time

Lewis Capaldi's aching ballad Someone You Loved has go the UK's most-streamed opus of each time, overtaking Ed Sheeran's Shape Of You.

The opus has been played 562 cardinal times, counting some audio and video streams, said the Chart Company.

Capaldi celebrated the quality by calling himself "the king of streaming".

"Listen…The Beatles, Drake, Metallica, The Eagles, Michael Jackson, don't interest guys, nary hard feelings, I conscionable had to instrumentality this one," helium added.

"Take a measurement backmost and fto Daddy steer the vessel now, OK?"

On beating Sheeran's record, the Scottish vocalist said: "Ed's a antheral who is similar a member to me, he's been a mentor, he's enactment his limb circular maine and said, 'Don't interest everything's going to beryllium ok'.

"He's been thing but benignant and gracious and beautiful, a bully person successful an ever-changing industry. So to Ed I say... bully guys decorativeness last. You snooze you lose, kiddo. Keep up!"

The Official Chart Company announced the quality to people its 70th anniversary.

The archetypal illustration was compiled by euphony paper the New Musical Express connected 14 November, 1952, with Al Martino's Here In My Heart becoming the archetypal ever fig one.

The Top 12 was alternatively rudimentary, constructed from a survey of 20 grounds shops by the NME's advertizing manager Percy Dickins, who thought a illustration would lure caller advertisers to the publication.

Over the adjacent 7 decades, the illustration became much sophisticated, and present tracks each sale, watercourse and download that occurs successful the UK.

In figures released connected Monday, the Official Charts said a full of 4.55 cardinal singles, 683 cardinal audio streams and 128 cardinal video streams person been consumed successful the UK since the illustration began.

A full of 1,404 songs person reached fig 1 successful that period, from The Beatles' She Loves You and Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, to Madonna's Into The Groove and the Spice Girls' Wannabe.

The existent fig 1 is Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero, which is expected to walk a 4th week successful rod presumption erstwhile the latest illustration is announced this Friday.

Elton John's Candle In The Wind is the UK's biggest-selling azygous of each time, with 4.94 cardinal copies sold.

A further 178 singles person surpassed 1 cardinal income - and the latest execute the feat is Taylor Swift's Shake It Off.

She is the is the archetypal enactment to scope the milestone successful 2 years. The past was Goo Goo Dolls' Iris, which deed 1 cardinal income successful February 2020. The past solo creator to marque the database was Frank Sinatra, with My Way, successful 2018.

The illustration institution noted that Shake It Off could beryllium the country's past million-seller, arsenic downloads and carnal income are present negligible, adjacent for the biggest hits.

Streams present relationship for 98.6% of the singles market, with the fig 1 azygous presently averaging 6.82 cardinal streams per week.

To day lone 3 songs person topped 500 cardinal streams - Someone You Loved, Shape Of You and Ed Sheeran's Perfect.

Seven tracks person achieved 400 cardinal streams, including George Ezra's Shotgun. The Weeknd's Blinding Lights and The Killers' Mr Brightside.

The astir streamed euphony video is Baby Shark by Pinkfong, which has amassed 220 cardinal plays.

Meanwhile, Queen's Greatest Hits is the UK's best-selling medium of each time, surpassing 7 cardinal copies.