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Scottish Sun
2 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
Huge British popstar lands most streamed song EVER as they beat The Weeknd and Drake – can you guess who it is?
Scroll on to see the top 50 in full top star Huge British popstar lands most streamed song EVER as they beat The Weeknd and Drake – can you guess who it is? Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A HUGE British popstar has landed the most streamed song EVER on Apple Music blowing out competition from many heavy-hitters in the US. The music streaming service has released a list of the 500 most streamed songs on the app in celebration of its 10th anniversary. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 6 A British popstar has ranked ahead of The Weeknd for the most streamed song ever Credit: Getty 6 Drake appears the most on the top 500 list - with 27 total entries Credit: Getty 6 Billie Eilish is the only woman to hit the top ten as a lead artist Credit: Getty Apple Music has famously never disclosed the number of times a song is streamed publicly but now for the first time, they have released a list of who is topping the streaming charts. While the site did not reveal the exact numbers, it was confirmed that a Brit superstar had been lucky enough to bag the top position. Whilst crooner The Weeknd and hip-hop hunk Drake found themselves in second and third position, they were unable to know the British chart-topper from the global number one spot. But can you guess who it is? It is of course, Ed Sheeran. The singer's track, Shape Of You, has been confirmed to be Apple Music's most streamed song ever. The track went to number one across the globe and will come as no surprise to music fanatics that it is the most played track ever on the streaming service. Blinding Lights by The Weeknd fell into second place whilst Drake's track, God's Plan, rounded out the top three. Hip-hop music largely dominated the top ten with Post Malone bagging the fourth and fifth spots. His Swae Lee collaboration, Sunflower, was the fourth most streamed track, whilst his hit, Rockstar, came in fifth. Ed Sheeran teams up with school pals AND 00s rock legend for epic performance Drake made his second appearance at number six with One Dance followed by fellow rapper, Travis Scott, in seventh with his monster hit, Sicko Mode. Brit star Ed was back in the top ten with his ballad, Perfect, at number eight, followed by R&B legend Chris Brown's duet with Drake, No Guidance, at position nine. Billie Eilish closed out the top ten with her track - Bad Guy. This meant that Billie was the only woman to place in the top 10 of the list. Rapper Drake appears on the top 500 more than any other artist with a total of 27 entries. Apple Music's Top 50 Most Streamed Songs Apple Music has released its 500 most played songs of all time. The entire list can be found on the streaming site for fans to listen too in full but here are the top 50 tracks that have dominated music over the last 10 years. Shape of You, Ed Sheeran Blinding Lights, The Weeknd God's Plan, Drake Sunflower, Post Malone, Swae Lee rockstar (feat. 21 Savage), Post Malone One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla), Drake SICKO MODE, Travis Scott Perfect, Ed Sheeran No Guidance (feat. Drake), Chris Brown bad guy, Billie Eilish Closer (feat. Halsey), The Chainsmokers Starboy (feat. Daft Punk), The Weeknd goosebumps, Travis Scott STAY, The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber HUMBLE., Kendrick Lamar Dance Monkey, Tones And I Freestyle, Lil Baby The Box, Roddy Ricch 7 rings, Ariana Grande Someone You Loved, Lewis Capaldi Nice For What, Drake thank u, next, Ariana Grande Drip Too Hard, Lil Baby, Gunna Unforgettable (feat. Swae Lee), French Montana In My Feelings, Drake Nonstop, Drake No Role Modelz, J. Cole Circles, Post Malone Lucid Dreams, Juice WRLD I Like It, Cardi B, Bad Bunny, J Balvin XO TOUR Llif3, Lil Uzi Vert Going Bad (feat. Drake), Meek Mill HIGHEST IN THE ROOM, Travis Scott Dynamite, BTS Better Now, Post Malone Congratulations (feat. Quavo), Post Malone Mask Off, Future For The Night (feat. Lil Baby & DaBaby), Pop Smoke Yes Indeed, Lil Baby, Drake Sum 2 Prove, Lil Baby Passionfruit, Drake WAIT FOR U (feat. Drake & Tems), Future Believer, Imagine Dragons Work (feat. Drake), Rihanna Don't, Bryson Tiller New Rules, Dua Lipa Wow., Post Malone Havana (feat. Young Thug), Camila Cabello Life Is Good (feat. Drake), Future lovely, Billie Eilish, Khalid 6 Ed Sheeran has the most streamed song EVER Credit: Getty 6 His song Shape of You gained the top honour Credit: Getty
The Independent
4 hours ago
- The Independent
Sean 'Diddy' Combs gets standing ovation from inmates after court victory, his lawyer says
Sean 'Diddy' Combs got a standing ovation from fellow inmates when the music mogul returned to jail after winning acquittals on potential life-in-prison charges, providing what his lawyer says might have been the best thing he could do for Black incarcerated men in America. 'They all said: 'We never get to see anyone who beats the government,'' attorney Marc Agnifilo said in a weekend interview days after a jury acquitted Combs of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. Combs, 55, remains jailed after his Wednesday conviction on prostitution-related charges and could still face several years in prison at an upcoming sentencing after being credited for 10 months already served. After federal agents raided his homes in Los Angeles and Miami in March 2024, the lawyer said he told Combs to expect arrest on sex trafficking charges. 'I said: 'Maybe it's your fate in life to be the guy who wins,'' he recalled during a telephone interview briefly interrupted by a jailhouse call from Combs. 'They need to see that someone can win. I think he took that to heart.' Blunt trial strategy works The verdict came after a veteran team of eight defense lawyers led by Agnifilo executed a trial strategy that resonated with jurors. Combs passed lawyers notes during effective cross examinations of nearly three dozen witnesses over two months, including Combs' ex-employees. The lawyers told jurors Combs was a jealous domestic abuser with a drug problem who participated in the swinger lifestyle through threesomes involving Combs, his girlfriends and another man. 'You may think to yourself, wow, he is a really bad boyfriend,' Combs' lawyer Teny Geragos told jurors in her May opening statement. But that, she said, 'is simply not sex trafficking.' Agnifilo said the blunt talk was a 'no brainer." 'The violence was so clear and up front and we knew the government was going to try to confuse the jury into thinking it was part of a sex trafficking effort. So we had to tell the jury what it was so they wouldn't think it was something it wasn't,' he said. Combs and his lawyers seemed deflated Tuesday when jurors said they were deadlocked on the racketeering count but reached a verdict on sex trafficking and lesser prostitution-related charges. A judge ordered them back to deliberate Wednesday. 'No one knows what to think,' Agnifilo said. Then he slept on it. Morning surprise awakes lawyer 'I wake up at three in the morning and I text Teny and say: 'We have to get a bail application together," he recalled. 'It's going to be a good verdict for us but I think he went down on the prostitution counts so let's try to get him out.' He said he 'kind of whipped everybody into feeling better' after concluding jurors would have convicted him of racketeering if they had convicted him of sex trafficking because trafficking was an alleged component of racketeering. Agnifilo met with Combs before court and Combs entered the courtroom rejuvenated. Smiling, the onetime Catholic schoolboy prayed with family. In less than an hour, the jury matched Agnifilo's prediction. The seemingly chastened Combs mouthed 'thank you' to jurors and smiled as family and supporters applauded. After he was escorted from the room, spectators cheered the defense team, a few chanting: 'Dream Team! Dream Team!' Several lawyers, including Geragos, cried. 'This was a major victory for the defense and a major loss for the prosecution,' said Mitchell Epner, a lawyer who worked with Agnifilo as a federal prosecutor in New Jersey over two decades ago. He credited 'a dream team of defense lawyers' against prosecutors who almost always win. Agnifilo showcased what would become his trial strategy — belittling the charges and mocking the investigation that led to them — last September in arguing unsuccessfully for bail. The case against Combs was what happens when the 'federal government comes into our bedrooms,' he said. Lawyers gently questioned most witnesses During an eight-week trial, Combs' lawyers picked apart the prosecution case with mostly gentle but firm cross-examinations. Combs never testified and his lawyers called no witnesses. Sarah Krissoff, a federal prosecutor in Manhattan from 2008 to 2021, said Combs' defense team 'had a narrative from the beginning and they did all of it without putting on any witnesses. That's masterful.' Ironically, Agnifilo expanded the use of racketeering laws as a federal prosecutor on an organized crime task force in New Jersey two decades ago, using them often to indict street gangs in violence-torn cities. 'I knew the weak points in the statute,' he said. 'The statute is very mechanical. If you know how the car works, you know where the fail points are.' He said prosecutors had 'dozens of fail points.' 'They didn't have a conspiracy, they just didn't,' he said. 'They basically had Combs' personal life and tried to build racketeering around personal assistants.' Some personal assistants, even after viewing videos of Combs beating his longtime girlfriend, Casandra 'Cassie' Ventura, had glowing things to say about Combs on cross examination. Once freed, Combs likely to re-enter domestic abusers program For Combs, Agnifilo sees a long road ahead once he is freed as he works on personal demons, likely re-entering a program for domestic batterers that he had just started before his arrest. 'He's doing OK,' said Agnifilo, who speaks with him four or five times daily. He said Combs genuinely desires improvement and 'realizes he has flaws like everyone else that he never worked on.' 'He burns hot in all matters. I think what he has come to see is that he has these flaws and there's no amount of fame and no amount of fortune' that can erase them," he said. 'You can't cover them up." For Agnifilo, a final surprise awaited him after Combs' bail was rejected when a man collapsed into violent seizures at the elevators outside the courtroom. 'I'm like: 'What the hell?'' recalled the lawyer schooled in treating seizures. Agnifilo straddled him, pulling him onto his side and using a foot to prevent him from rolling backward while a law partner, Jacob Kaplan, put a backpack under the man's head and Agnifilo's daughter took his pulse. 'We made sure he didn't choke on vomit. It was crazy. I was worried about him,' he said. The man was eventually taken away conscious by rescue workers, leaving Agnifilo to ponder a tumultuous day. 'It was like I was getting punked by God,' he said.
Daily Mail
5 hours ago
- Daily Mail
My Kitchen Rules stars Hannah Campbell and Lawrence Murphy become engaged at gender reveal just two weeks after announcing they are expecting their first child
Hannah Campbell and Lawrence Murphy are engaged. The My Kitchen Rules stars, who featured on the 14th season of the cooking show in 2024, made the happy announced at their baby's gender reveal party. The two had shared the good news that they are expecting their first child just two weeks ago, and now they are also set to wed. In a post to Instagram on Sunday, the couple shared a glimpse at the romantic beach proposal. 'THE EASIEST YES OF MY LIFE' Hannah wrote excitedly in her caption, alongside images that also showed her impressive diamond engagement ring. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the Hannah said that the pair were planning to shoot their baby's gender reveal when Lawrence got down on one knee. Hannah said that the pair were planning to shoot their baby's gender reveal when Lawrence got down on one knee. 'Lawrence told me we were filming our gender reveal and then he proposed instead. Here's to forever with my best friend. I'm the luckiest girl in the world' she explained. The two announced that they are expecting a baby in an Instagram post made last month. What's more, the couple revealed a sweet detail about their baby's due date that melted fans' hearts. 'A little darling is on the way, due on a day that already holds so much love - @iamlawrencemurphy mum's anniversary,' Hannah captioned the post. In the post, Lawrence could be seen leaning down and kissing Hannah's pregnant belly as they posed on a beach in Perth. Hannah wore a white textured top and pants combo while her partner opted for white jeans and a laid-back black T-shirt. Friends, fans and family flooded the comments section with well wishes for the parents-to-be. MKR judge and chef Colin Fassnidge hilariously quipped: 'Not sure if that's just from eating dinner? But if a baby congratulations.' 'These photos are more adorable than I even imagined. So much love for the three of you! I can't wait!!!!' penned 2022 Celebrity Apprentice star Beck Zemek. 'Oh, magic. Congrats you epic humans,' podcaster Heidi Anderson chimed in. Big Brother star Sarah McDougal wrote: 'Omg, my heart. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!' Teaming up on the Aussie cooking show last year, Hannah and Lawrence's dynamic partnership quickly made them standouts in the competition. But when it comes to gracing the screen, it wasn't the couple's first rodeo. The couple both have TV backgrounds, with Lawrence appearing in the second season of the popular BINGE series The Twelve, and Hannah previously featuring on Channel Seven's Big Brother in 2020. During her stint in the Big Brother house, Hannah proved to be a formidable player. She was nominated for eviction only twice — during her first and last rounds. After spending 27 days in the house, she secured 10th position in the competition, leaving a lasting impression on viewers.
