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Jay Chou most streamed artiste in S’pore on Spotify

SINGAPORE — For the third year running, Mandopop titan Jay Chou reigns supreme as Singapore’s most streamed artiste, according to online streaming service Spotify’s Global Year in Music 2016.

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SINGAPORE — For the third year running, Mandopop titan Jay Chou reigns supreme as Singapore’s most streamed artiste, according to online streaming service Spotify’s Global Year in Music 2016.

The annual list tracks the top artiste, songs, albums and playlists on Spotify.

Chou was also the Republic’s most streamed male artiste, while Ariana Grande was the most streamed female artiste.

Spotify also named former One Direction member Zayn Malik as its top breakout artiste of the year.

According to the online streaming service, users here also listened to American DJ duo The Chainsmokers’ Don’t Let Me Down the most in the past year.

Globally, Canadian R&B artist Drake became the world’s most streamed artiste for the second year running, said Spotify. His songs garnered over 4.7 billion streams this year, more than doubling his record of 1.8 billion streams last year.

Drake was also the world’s most streamed male artiste and Spotify’s most streamed artiste of all time (with a collected total of more than 8.7 billion streams).

Rihanna was the world’s most streamed female artiste, with 2.5 billion streams.

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