Rather Be (feat Jess Glynne) – Clean Banditġ0. The only artists not duplicated are Iggy Azalea and Pharrell Williams both are included in Spotify’s top five most-streamed albums in the UK but neither make the iTunes album list. ![]() While iTunes’ charts measure what an audience bought, Spotify tracks what an audience actually listened to however, there is little divergence if you compare iTunes’ list to recent data provided by the streaming service. The distinction between the two music services is interesting if you take into account streaming’s ever-increasing worth in the music industry. The list of iTunes’ bestselling songs was topped by Pharrell’s phenomenon Happy, while classical-pop crossover act Clean Bandit follow behind with their track Rather Be – a song also crowned the year’s most-streamed single on Spotify. His rivals in the album of the year category are Beyoncé’s self-titled album, Pharrell Williams’s Girl, Beck’s Morning Phase and Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour, and he is also tipped in the best pop vocal album category. News of his recent triumphs round off a significant year for the singer, who has announced three nights at Wembley Stadium for 2015, and has been nominated for two Grammys. ![]() Sheeran – who said he was “absolutely buzzing” to hear of his iTunes success – has already been named the most-streamed artist globally on Spotify in 2014, and currently holds the No 1 single in the UK with Thinking Out Loud.
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