Australia’s most listened to music in 2014

According to global music streaming service Rdio, Pharrell Williams’, “Happy” was the most listened to song in Australia this year, with Ed Sheeran’s x the #1 album. Ed Sheeran was also ranked as the #1 artist of 2014 according to listener preferences in Australia.

2014 was a major year for Australian music, and Rdio captured the pulse of what local listeners were enjoying the most with charts ranking top album and track streams both in Australia and globally. Several Australian artists broke through on the local charts including Peking Duk, Sia, 5 Seconds of Summer, Chet Faker and Iggy Azalea who also received top nods for The New Classic as the most listened to album globally in 2014, and the 8th most listened to track for “Fancy”.

The top charts, including breakdown by countries and genres, along with Rdio Covers 2014 and the “Best of 2014: Rdio Recommends” playlists are available at www.rdio.com/2014. The site also features Rdio staff picks of personal favourites from the past year.

2014 Top 10 Album’s in Australia

1. ‘x’ by Ed Sheeran
2. ‘100 Hot Songs Of Today’ by Various Artists
3. ‘Built On Glass’ by Chet Faker
4. ‘In The Lonely Hour’ by Sam Smith
5. ‘The New Classic’ by Iggy Azalea
6. ‘G I R L’ by Pharrell Williams
7. ‘MKTO’ by MKTO
8. ‘5 Seconds Of Summer’ by 5 Seconds Of Summer
9. ‘1000 Forms Of Fear’ by Sia
10. ‘This Is All Yours’ by alt J

2014 Top 10 Tracks in Australia

1. ‘Happy’ – Pharrell Williams
2. ‘Chandelier’ – Sia
3. ‘Stolen Dance’ – Milky Chance
4. ‘Rather Be’ – Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
5. ‘Problem’ – Ariana Grande
6. ‘Free’ – Rudimental feat. Ariana Grande
7. ‘Am I Wrong’ – Nico & Vince
8. ‘Addicted To You’ – Avicii
9. ‘Trumpets’ – Jason Derulo
10. ‘High’ – Peking Duk

Top 10 Global Albums for 2014

1. Iggy Azalea – The New Classic
2. Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour
3. Rick Ross – Mastermind
4. Jason Derulo – Tattoos
5. Ed Sheeran – x
6. Schoolboy Q – Oxymoron
7. Childish Gambino – Because The Internet
8. Jorge and Mateus – Live In London at the Royal Albert Hall
9. Ariana Grande – Yours Truly
10. Lana Del Ray – Ultraviolence

Top 10 Global Tracks for 2014

1. Beyoncé, “Drunk in Love”
2. Ariana Grande, “Problem”
3. Idina Menzel, “Let It Go”
4. Katy Perry, “Dark Horse”
5. Pharrell Williams, Happy (From “Despicable Me 2”)
6. John Legend, “All of Me”
7. Magic!, “Rude”
8. Iggy Azalea, “Fancy”
9. DJ Snake, Lil Jon, “Turn Down for What”
10. Jason DeRulo, “Wiggle (feat. Snoop Dogg)