The year 2017 brought a lot of impressive artists who came up with captivating new albums and hit singles. But the top music artists of 2017 also churned up some interesting changes to the rankings, with international pop stars dropping out of the top 10, and some newcomers and returning members proving real potential. But who finally ended up in the coveted top spots, who is new to the top 10 and who managed to hold onto a spot despite the newcomers? Click here to read the full article: https://goo.gl/Pctwk4

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New albums, new
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Ed Sheeran
Music Artists
Major Lazer
6,354,000
5,541,000
Drake
5,490,000
Metallica
4,921,000
Kendrick Lamar
4,685,000
Most popular
in:
Kendrick Lamar
released "Damn" in
April 2017
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#7
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Armin van Buuren
Pink Floyd
4,620,000
4,581,000
The Weeknd
4,318,000
Coldplay
4,313,000
3,950,000
Former top spot
holder lost one rank
and landed in spot 2
ISPs used in the U.S.:
Comcast Cable
Time Warner Cable
Verizon Wireless
Most of The Weeknd's
fans, 15%, come from the
United States
Coldplay remains
strong within the
top 10 chart
The most fans in
Spain are coming from
Madrid, Barcelona and
Valencia
The most active fans came
from:
#1 Moscow
#2 Saint Petersburg
#3 Shanghai
Due to tragic news in
July, Linkin Park
realized a huge
perfomance boost in 2017
Ranking
vs. 2016
Things to
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NEW!
Linkin Park
Leads the top music
artist chart of March,
June, September and
October 2017
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NEW!
Almost 22% of worldwide
Armin van Buuren fans
come from China
NEW!
NEW!
NEW!
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