Question: Who is the #1 listened to artist on spotify?

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context: This list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of January 2020, Ed Sheeran has the most monthly listeners and followers on Spotify. Since 2013, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Drake a record three times (2015, 2016, and 2018).
question: Who is the #1 listened to artist on spotify from February 2017 to February 2018?
short_answers: Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE

Ed Sheeran

Edward Christopher Sheeran
wikipage: List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

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question: Who is the #1 listened to artist on spotify from December 2016 to January 2017?
short_answers: The Weeknd

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye

context: This list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of January 2020, Ed Sheeran has the most monthly listeners and followers on Spotify. Since 2013, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Drake a record three times (2015, 2016, and 2018).
question: Who is the #1 listened to artist on spotify from May 2016 to November 2016?
short_answers: Drake

Aubrey Drake Graham
wikipage: List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

Long answers:
knowledge: content: As of August 2021, Justin Bieber has the most monthly listeners on Spotify for a male artist, and Dua Lipa has the most monthly listeners on Spotify for a female artist. Ed Sheeran is the most-followed male artist, and Ariana Grande is the most-followed female artist.
wikipage: List of most-streamed artists on Spotify

content: Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd (pronounced "weekend"), is a Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer. Born in Toronto and raised in Scarborough, Tesfaye began his recording career in 2009 by anonymously uploading his song "Do It" to YouTube.
wikipage: The Weeknd

content: Edward Christopher Sheeran MBE (/ˈʃɪərən/; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actor. Sheeran has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists.
wikipage: Ed Sheeran

content: Since 2013, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Drake a record three times (2015, 2016 and 2018).
wikipage: List of most-streamed artists on Spotify
long_answer: As of August 2021, Justin Bieber has the most monthly listeners on Spotify for a male artist, and Dua Lipa has the most monthly listeners on Spotify for a female artist, while Ed Sheeran is the most-followed male artist, and Ariana Grande is the most-followed female artist. The #1 listened to artist on Spotify from May 2016 to November 2016 was Drake, who has topped Spotify's chart a record of 3 times. The #1 listened to artist on Spotify from December 2016 to January 2017 was The Weeknd, also known as Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, who is a Canadian singer, song writer and record producer. The #1 listened to artist on Spotify from February 2017 to February 2018 was English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who has sold more than 150 million records worldwide.