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To celebrate the 70th birthday of the UK's Official Singles Chart, we're publishing a very special new countdown of the UK's Official Top 200 most-streamed songs.

Streaming has emerged in the last decade as the dominant form of consuming music - and it's proved to be the greatest leveller in the music industry for an entire generation, if not longer.

Today sees Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi leapfrog his mate Ed Sheeran to officially claim the UK's most-streamed song of all time with his blockbuster Number 1 hit, Someone You Loved.

Climbing the seemingly insurmountable cliff-face of the success of Ed Sheeran's Shape Of You, Someone You Loved reaches the summit with over 561 million plays to its name, made up of 480m audio streams and 81 million video streams.

To date, 132 singles have been streamed more than 200 million times in the UK. As well as huge contemporary hits from the likes of Capaldi, Ed Sheeran, George Ezra, Lil Nas X and Billie Eilish, we see viral hits like Glass Animals' Heat Wave, Baby Shark by Pinkfong, Savage Love by Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo and Olivia Rodrigo's Drivers License.

A range of blockbusting earlier classics make the cut too, having transcended their original formats to find success in the streaming age, including The Killers’ Mr Brightside, Oasis’ Wonderwall and festive classics from the likes of Mariah Carey and Wham!.

The UK's Top 200 most-streamed songs of all time
POS TITLE ARTIST YEAR PEAK
1 SOMEONE YOU LOVED LEWIS CAPALDI 2018 1
2 SHAPE OF YOU ED SHEERAN 2017 1
3 PERFECT ED SHEERAN 2017 1
4 SHOTGUN GEORGE EZRA 2018 1
5 DANCE MONKEY TONES & I 2019 1
6 BLINDING LIGHTS WEEKND 2019 1
7 MR BRIGHTSIDE KILLERS 2004 10
8 BABY SHARK PINKFONG 2017 6
9 DESPACITO (REMIX) LUIS FONSI/DADDY YANKEE/BIEBER 2017 1
10 SHALLOW LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER 2018 1
11 OLD TOWN ROAD LIL NAS X 2019 1
12 SAY YOU WON'T LET GO JAMES ARTHUR 2016 1
13 THINKING OUT LOUD ED SHEERAN 2014 1
14 BAD HABITS ED SHEERAN 2021 1
15 ONE DANCE DRAKE FT WIZKID & KYLA 2016 1
16 UNFORGETTABLE FRENCH MONTANA FT SWAE LEE 2017 2
17 SUNFLOWER POST MALONE FT SWAE LEE 2018 3
18 CASTLE ON THE HILL ED SHEERAN 2017 2
19 ONE KISS CALVIN HARRIS & DUA LIPA 2018 1
20 BAD GUY BILLIE EILISH 2019 2
21 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU MARIAH CAREY 1994 1 (2020)
22 I DON'T CARE ED SHEERAN & JUSTIN BIEBER 2019 1
23 NEW RULES DUA LIPA 2017 1
24 RIPTIDE VANCE JOY 2013 10
25 HEAD & HEART JOEL CORRY FT MNEK 2020 1
26 GIRLS LIKE YOU MAROON 5 FT CARDI B 2017 7
27 SWEET BUT PSYCHO AVA MAX 2018 1
28 WONDERWALL OASIS 1995 2
29 THIS IS ME SETTLE/GREATEST SHOWMAN ENS 2017 3
30 BRUISES LEWIS CAPALDI 2017 6
31 LAST CHRISTMAS WHAM 1984 1 (2021)
32 THESE DAYS RUDIMENTAL/GLYNNE/MACKLEMORE 2018 1
33 LOCATION DAVE FT BURNA BOY 2019 6
34 EASTSIDE BENNY BLANCO/HALSEY/KHALID 2018 1
35 GOD'S PLAN DRAKE 2018 1
36 ALL OF ME JOHN LEGEND 2014 2
37 CHEAP THRILLS SIA 2015 2
38 ROCKSTAR POST MALONE FT 21 SAVAGE 2017 1
39 UPTOWN FUNK MARK RONSON FT BRUNO MARS 2014 1
40 DON'T START NOW DUA LIPA 2019 2
41 HAVANA CAMILA CABELLO FT YOUNG THUG 2017 1
42 BEFORE YOU GO LEWIS CAPALDI 2019 1
43 LUCID DREAMS JUICE WRLD 2018 10
44 TAKE ME TO CHURCH HOZIER 2013 2
45 CAN'T STOP THE FEELING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE 2016 2
46 VOSSI BOP STORMZY 2019 1
47 PHOTOGRAPH ED SHEERAN 2014 15
48 SORRY JUSTIN BIEBER 2015 1
49 CLOSER CHAINSMOKERS FT HALSEY 2016 1
50 DO I WANNA KNOW ARCTIC MONKEYS 2013 11
51 GALWAY GIRL ED SHEERAN 2017 2
52 2002 ANNE-MARIE 2018 3
53 HEAT WAVES GLASS ANIMALS 2020 5
54 BUDAPEST GEORGE EZRA 2013 3
55 7 YEARS LUKAS GRAHAM 2015 1
56 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY QUEEN 1975 1 (1975 & 1991)
57 POMPEII BASTILLE 2013 2
58 SOMETHING JUST LIKE THIS CHAINSMOKERS & COLDPLAY 2017 2
59 LOVE YOURSELF JUSTIN BIEBER 2015 1
60 SHUT UP & DANCE WALK THE MOON 2014 4
61 BELIEVER IMAGINE DRAGONS 2017 42
62 HAPPIER MARSHMELLO FT BASTILLE 2018 2
63 DANCING ON MY OWN CALUM SCOTT 2016 2
64 SENORITA SHAWN MENDES/CAMILA CABELLO 2019 1
65 LET HER GO PASSENGER 2012 2
66 HOLD ME WHILE YOU WAIT LEWIS CAPALDI 2019 4
67 HIGH HOPES PANIC AT THE DISCO 2018 12
68 HUMAN RAG'N'BONE MAN 2016 2
69 SYMPHONY CLEAN BANDIT FT ZARA LARSSON 2017 1
70 DON'T CALL ME UP MABEL 2019 3
71 STARBOY WEEKND FT DAFT PUNK 2016 2
72 LADBROKE GROVE AJ TRACEY 2019 3
73 WATERMELON SUGAR HARRY STYLES 2019 4
74 ROSES SAINT JHN 2019 1
75 LET IT GO JAMES BAY 2014 10
76 BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE ED SHEERAN FT KHALID 2019 1
77 LEVITATING DUA LIPA 2020 5
78 PARADISE GEORGE EZRA 2018 2
79 SOMEONE LIKE YOU ADELE 2011 1
80 GIANT CALVIN HARRIS & RAG'N'BONE MAN 2019 2
81 PROMISES CALVIN HARRIS & SAM SMITH 2018 1
82 GOOD 4 U OLIVIA RODRIGO 2021 1
83 TAKE ME BACK TO LONDON ED SHEERAN FT STORMZY 2019 1
84 BODY LOUD LUXURY FT BRANDO 2017 4
85 LEAVE A LIGHT ON TOM WALKER 2017 7
86 AFRICA TOTO 1983 3
87 ROCKSTAR DABABY FT RODDY RICCH 2020 1
88 DON'T STOP ME NOW QUEEN 1979 9
89 STITCHES SHAWN MENDES 2015 1
90 SAVE YOUR TEARS WEEKND 2020 2
91 YOUNGBLOOD 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER 2018 4
92 THANK U NEXT ARIANA GRANDE 2018 1
93 STAY WITH ME SAM SMITH 2014 1
94 I TOOK A PILL IN IBIZA MIKE POSNER 2015 1
95 OWN IT STORMZY/ED SHEERAN/BURNA BOY 2019 1
96 FUNKY FRIDAY DAVE FT FREDO 2018 1
97 CHANDELIER SIA 2014 6
98 DREAMS FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 24
99 SHIVERS ED SHEERAN 2021 1
100 ROCKABYE CLEAN BANDIT 2016 1
101 CHEERLEADER (FELIX JAEHN REMIX) OMI 2014 1
102 JUST YOU AND I TOM WALKER 2016 3
103 TASTE TYGA FT OFFSET 2018 5
104 NICE FOR WHAT DRAKE 2018 1
105 DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER OASIS 1996 1
106 FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK POGUES FT KIRSTY MACCOLL 1987 2
107 EVERYWHERE FLEETWOOD MAC 1988 4
108 WHAT DO YOU MEAN JUSTIN BIEBER 2015 1
109 LUSH LIFE ZARA LARSSON 2015 3
110 COUNTING STARS ONEREPUBLIC 2013 1
111 NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY ARIANA GRANDE 2018 2
112 BETTER NOW POST MALONE 2018 6
113 DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' JOURNEY 1982 6 (2010)
114 WAKE ME UP AVICII 2013 1
115 HELLO ADELE 2015 1
116 LEAN ON MAJOR LAZER FT MO & DJ SNAKE 2015 2
117 TOO GOOD AT GOODBYES SAM SMITH 2017 1
118 ANOTHER LOVE TOM ODELL 2012 10
119 SHOUT OUT TO MY EX LITTLE MIX 2016 1
120 SICKO MODE TRAVIS SCOTT 2018 9
121 I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY WHITNEY HOUSTON 1987 1
122 CAN'T HOLD US MACKLEMORE/RYAN LEWIS/DALTON 2013 3
123 FEEL IT STILL PORTUGAL THE MAN 2017 3
124 NAIVE KOOKS 2006 5
125 DID YOU SEE J HUS 2017 9
126 HIGHER LOVE KYGO & WHITNEY HOUSTON 2019 2
127 THE HILLS WEEKND 2015 3
128 THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR CALVIN HARRIS FT RIHANNA 2016 2
129 7 RINGS ARIANA GRANDE 2019 1
130 MOOD 24KGOLDN FT IANN DIOR 2020 1
131 A THOUSAND YEARS CHRISTINA PERRI 2011 11
132 STAY KID LAROI & JUSTIN BIEBER 2021 2
133 RATHER BE CLEAN BANDIT FT JESS GLYNNE 2014 1
134 STRESSED OUT TWENTY ONE PILOTS 2015 12
135 RIDE IT REGARD 2019 2
136 CHASING CARS SNOW PATROL 2006 6
137 DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT TOPLOADER 2000 7
138 THE CHAIN FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 81
139 DON'T LET ME DOWN CHAINSMOKERS FT DAYA 2016 2
140 SEE YOU AGAIN WIZ KHALIFA FT CHARLIE PUTH 2015 1
141 SILENCE MARSHMELLO FT KHALID 2017 3
142 THE A TEAM ED SHEERAN 2011 3
143 MR BLUE SKY ELO 1978 6
144 ONE LAST TIME ARIANA GRANDE 2014 2
145 PIECE OF YOUR HEART MEDUZA FT GOODBOYS 2019 2
146 IRIS GOO GOO DOLLS 1998 3
147 FADED ALAN WALKER 2015 7
148 BLACK MAGIC LITTLE MIX 2015 1
149 THE GREATEST SHOW JACKMAN/SETTLE/EFRON/ZENDAYA 2017 20
150 LOVELY BILLIE EILISH & KHALID 2018 47
151 SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT NIRVANA 1991 7
152 WILD THOUGHTS DJ KHALED FT RIHANNA/TILLER 2017 1
153 DRIVERS LICENSE OLIVIA RODRIGO 2021 1
154 WITHOUT ME HALSEY 2018 3
155 HAPPY PHARRELL WILLIAMS 2013 1
156 IDGAF DUA LIPA 2017 3
157 I LIKE IT CARDI B/BAD BUNNY/J BALVIN 2018 8
158 SUMMER OF '69 BRYAN ADAMS 1985 42
159 FRIENDS MARSHMELLO & ANNE-MARIE 2018 4
160 YELLOW COLDPLAY 2000 4
161 TAKE ON ME A-HA 1985 2
162 THERE'S NOTHING HOLDIN' ME BACK SHAWN MENDES 2017 4
163 LOSE YOURSELF EMINEM 2002 1
164 LOST WITHOUT YOU FREYA RIDINGS 2017 9
165 SOLO CLEAN BANDIT FT DEMI LOVATO 2018 1
166 SWEET CHILD O' MINE GUNS N' ROSES 1988 6
167 RADIOACTIVE IMAGINE DRAGONS 2012 12
168 WAVES MR PROBZ 2013 1
169 YOU ARE THE REASON CALUM SCOTT 2017 43
170 EASY ON ME ADELE 2021 1
171 WOW. POST MALONE 2018 3
172 3 NIGHTS DOMINIC FIKE 2018 3
173 CIRCLES POST MALONE 2019 3
174 I'M YOURS JASON MRAZ 2008 11
175 MEMORIES MAROON 5 2019 5
176 TREAT YOU BETTER SHAWN MENDES 2016 6
177 HYMN FOR THE WEEKEND COLDPLAY 2015 6
178 THUNDER IMAGINE DRAGONS 2017 20
179 I'LL BE THERE JESS GLYNNE 2018 1
180 SAVAGE LOVE (LAXED - SIREN BEAT) JAWSH 685 & JASON DERULO 2020 1
181 LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE EMINEM FT RIHANNA 2010 2
182 SAD XXXTENTACION 2018 5
183 HOLD BACK THE RIVER JAMES BAY 2014 2
184 SEPTEMBER EARTH WIND & FIRE 1978 3
185 WITHOUT ME EMINEM 2002 1
186 GO YOUR OWN WAY FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 38
187 COLD HEART ELTON JOHN & DUA LIPA 2021 1
188 BE ALRIGHT DEAN LEWIS 2018 11
189 DANCING WITH A STRANGER SAM SMITH & NORMANI 2019 3
190 WORK RIHANNA FT DRAKE 2016 2
191 YOU'RE WELCOME DWAYNE JOHNSON 2016 122
192 SHAKE IT OFF TAYLOR SWIFT 2014 2
193 HAPPIER ED SHEERAN 2017 6
194 LIFE IS GOOD FUTURE FT DRAKE 2020 3
195 IN MY FEELINGS DRAKE 2018 1
196 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE CALVIN HARRIS & DISCIPLES 2015 2
197 PUMPED UP KICKS FOSTER THE PEOPLE 2010 18
198 VIVA LA VIDA COLDPLAY 2008 1
199 SEVEN NATION ARMY WHITE STRIPES 2003 7
200 SEX ON FIRE KINGS OF LEON 2008 1
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Lewis Capaldi has dethroned Ed Sheeran to claim the most streamed song in the UK of all time with "Someone You Loved" it was a no. 1 in 2019 for 7 weeks and has spent 178 weeks and counting in the top 100.