ED Sheeran has made history by becoming the first musician to claim a double accolade in two different years.
Sheeran, 31, was the most played artist of 2021 in the UK, and also had the year’s most played single with Bad Habits.
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The pop superstar previously did the double in 2017 with the release of his album Divide and hit single Shape Of You.
Adele is the only other artist to have also done the double, in 2011.
Tom Grennan claimed the second and third most played tracks.
And the second most played artist was David Guetta, with Dua Lipa third.
Little Mix, who recently went on hiatus, claimed fourth place after consistently appearing in the top 10 for the past five years.
Coldplay were the fifth most-played.
The annual charts are compiled by music licensing company Phonographic Performance Limited from music usage and airplay data.
