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Rihanna is the most streamed female artist in the world

  • March 8, 2013
  • Darren Sharp

Rihanna'Love With Tragedy/Mother Mary' chanteuse Rihanna was streamed more than any female artist in the past six months according to stat­ist­ics compiled by Spotify in honour of International Women's Day.

NME reports that Rihanna beat out a slew of artists including Britney Spears and Taylor Swift, who rounded out the top three.

Results in the UK were slightly different, with Taylor topping the list, followed by Rihanna and your friend and ours Florence Welch.

Both lists can be found below if you've got a moment.

Global List

Rihanna
Britney Spears
Taylor Swift
Ke$ha
Carly Rae Jepsen
Florence Welch
Nicki Minaj
P!nk
Loreen
Alicia Keys

UK List

Taylor Swift
Rihanna
Florence Welch
Emeli Sandé
Britney Spears
Ellie Goulding
Ke$ha
Gabrielle Aplin
Nicki Minaj
P!nk

Poor Gabriella Cilmi.

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