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The new hit list

Rewriting the music chart based on Spotify stats

31 March 2016

  • Who’s No 1? Clockwise from top left, Metallica, Ed Sheeran, Whitney Houston, Sia, Adele and Kurt Cobain

    The new hit list
    The bestselling albums of all-time – reranked by streaming stats

    Who’s bigger: Adele or the Beatles? We rewrote the record books using Spotify figures and found that the bangers top the chart

30 March 2016

  • clockwise from top left: Mariah Carey, Major Lazer, Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Ellie Goulding and Wiz Khalifa

    The new hit list
    The bestselling singles of all-time – reranked by streaming stats

    How do Elvis, Bing Crosby and Mariah fare if you take Spotify’s data into consideration? We’ve rewritten the record books to take account of modern listening habits
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