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New Zealand’s 2017 music streaming habits revealed

We knew that Ed Sheeran loves New Zealand - we just didn't know New Zealand loves him even more.
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Someone call Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, tell her to give Ed Sheeran the Kiwi citizenship he keeps asking for, because it looks like we are already paying his salary.

The ginger Brit is sitting at the top of Apple Music’s lists of New Zealand’s top songs and top albums. He has three songs and two albums in our top 20 charts.

The man may not be part of our population yet, but he is definitely already a part of our playlists.

Watch our video to see what other strange news 2017’s listening stats turned out.

Top songs:

1 Shape of You, Ed Sheeran

2 Despacito (Remix) [feat. Justin Bieber], Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee

3 Castle on the Hill, Ed Sheeran

4 Rockabye (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie), Clean Bandit

5 Human, Rag’n’Bone Man

6 24K Magic, Bruno Mars

7 How Far I’ll Go, Alessia

8 Green Light, Lorde

9 Something Just Like This, The Chainsmokers & Coldplay

10 Thunder, Imagine Dragons

11 Say You Won’t Let Go, James Arthur

12 I Don’t Wanna Live Forever (Fifty Shades Darker), ZAYN & Taylor Swift

13 I Feel It Coming (feat. Daft Punk), The Weeknd

14 That’s What I Like, Bruno Mars

15 Starboy (feat. Daft Punk), The Weeknd

16 CAN’T STOP THE FEELING! (Original Song From DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls), Justin Timberlake

17 Galway Girl, Ed Sheeran

18 Sign of the Times, Harry Styles

19 Dancing on My Own, Calum Scott

20 It Ain’t Me, Kygo & Selena Gomez

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Top albums:

1 ÷, Ed Sheeran

2 25, Adele

3 Melodrama, Lorde

4 24K Magic, Bruno Mars

5 Moana, Various Artists

6 reputation, Taylor Swift

7 DAMN., Kendrick Lamar

8 Starboy, The Weeknd

9 More Life, Drake

10 Human, Rag’n’Bone Man

11 x, Ed Sheeran

12 Blurryface, twenty one pilots

13 Harry Styles, Harry Styles

14 21, Adele

15 4 Your Eyez Only, J. Cole

16 Trolls (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Various Artists

17 Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac

18 Christmas (Deluxe Special Edition), Michael Bublé

19 Purpose, Justin Bieber

20 Evolve, Imagine Dragons

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