The BPI - the voice of independent and major record labels across the UK - has revealed the first artists to receive its prestigious BRIT Billion award.
The newly-launched award celebrates those artists to have surpassed the milestone of one billion UK streams across their career, calculated by the Official Charts Company.
Ed Sheeran, ABBA, Mariah Carey, AJ Tracey and Headie One are among the first to be recognised with the BRIT Billion award; joining RAYE, Rita Ora, Sam Smith, Lewis Capaldi and George Ezra.
Recognising an artist's combined success across multiple projects, the introduction of the BRIT Billion award reflects the impact of streaming; which now makes up more than 85% of the UK's recorded music consumption.
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