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The latest single by the former One Direction singer has been named this year's most streamed song by the streaming giant as new year 2023 is coming closer.

• Dec 1, 2022

AceShowbiz - Harry Styles' hit "As It Was" has become named Spotify's most streamed song of 2022. The former One Direction star is ranked the top of the streaming platform's rankings for listeners around the world, with his huge hit hitting close to 1.6 billion global streams.

While unveiling its 2022 Wrapped campaign, Spotify has revealed its own stats for the top artists, songs, albums and podcasts.

Besides topping the songs list, Harry found himself seventh in the rankings for top artists globally, with Bad Bunny ruling the roost for a record breaking the third year in a row with more than 18 billion streams. Bad Bunny's album "Un Verano Sin Ti" tops the albums list just ahead of "Harry's House" while the former has three tracks in the songs list.

Meanwhile, "Anti-Hero" hitmaker Taylor Swift is in second place for the global artist list while she's topping the charts for listeners in the UK. Her new album "Midnights" - which dropped last month - helped propel her to 805 million streams in the UK alone, with Drake, Ed Sheeran, Harry, and Kanye West making up the rest of the UK's top 5 artists.

Globally, Bad Bunny and Taylor are followed by Drake, The Weeknd, and BTS, with Ed Sheeran and Harry just missing out in sixth and seventh place. There are also plenty of love for new releases, with the UK's top five albums all current releases while Olivia Rodrigo's "Sour" the only one over 18 months old.

For even more on the top lists of 2022, check out Spotify's For the Record blog which will be live today at 1 P.M. GMT while users can now access their own personalised 2022 Wrapped experience via the Spotify mobile app.

Top Artists in the UK:

1. Taylor Swift
2. Drake
3. Ed Sheeran
4. Harry Styles
5. Kanye West
6. The Weeknd
7. Dave
8. Eminem
9. Arctic Monkeys
10. D-Block Europe

Top Songs in the UK:

1. "As It Was" - Harry Styles
2. "Heat Waves" - Glass Animals
3. "Starlight" - Dave
4. "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" - Kate Bush
5. "Seventeen Going Under" - Sam Fender
6. "Where Are You Now" - Lost Frequencies
7. "Afraid to Feel" - LF System
8. "Shivers" - Ed Sheeran
9. "Bad Habits" - Ed Sheeran
10. "Baby" (feat. Ashanti) - Aitch

Top Albums in the UK:

1. "Harry's House" - Harry Styles
2. "=" - Ed Sheeran
3. "Encanto" - Lin-Manuel Miranda
4. "Sour" - Olivia Rodrigo
5. "Midnights" - Taylor Swift

Top Artists Globally:

1. Bad Bunny
2. Taylor Swift
3. Drake
4. The Weeknd
5. BTS
6. Ed Sheeran
7. Harry Styles
8. Justin Bieber
9. Kanye West
10. Eminem

Top UK Artists Globally:

1. Ed Sheeran
2. Harry Styles
3. Dua Lipa
4. Coldplay
5. Adele
6. Arctic Monkeys
7. Queen
8. One Direction
9. Calvin Harris
10. Elton John

Top Tracks Globally:

1. "As It Was" - Harry Styles
2. "Heat Waves" - Glass Animals
3. "Stay" (with Justin Bieber) - The Kid Laroi
4. "Me Porto Bonito" - Bad Bunny
5. "Titi Me Pregunto" - Bad Bunny
6. "Cold Heart (Pnau Remix)" - Elton John and Dua Lipa
7. "Quevedo, Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52" - Bizarrap
8. "Enemy" (with JID) - Imagine Dragons
9. "Ojitos Lindos" - Bad Bunny
10. "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" - Kate Bush

Top Albums Globally:

1. "Un Verano Sin Ti" - Bad Bunny
2. "Harry's House" - Harry Styles
3. "Sour" - Olivia Rodrigo
4. "=" - Ed Sheeran
5. "Planet Her" - Doja Cat