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the usa is obsessed with iggy azalea

and spotify proves it.

Need some interesting facts to throw into a conversation with cool new strangers at all the holiday parties you're going to this year? Lucky for you, we've just gotten our hands on some pretty awesome ones. Spotify has announced their top streamed music of 2014, and we can't say we're completely surprised at the category winners, except for maybe the fact that Ed Sheeran was the most streamed artist in the entire world this year.

Read on to see more fun musical facts, featuring our girls Iggy Azalea and Katy Perry. Plus, you can get the entire scoop from Spotify here and see your own year in music—which comes with a totally awesome custom playlist—here. (Stream ours below!)

Turn it up!

THE MOST STREAMED TRACK IN THE WORLD

"Happy" - Pharrell Williams

Fun Fact: The track sawmore than 260 million plays this year.

THE MOST STREAMED TRACK IN THE US

"Fancy" - Iggy Azalea

THE MOST STREAMED FEMALE ARTIST

Katy Perry

Fun Fact: "Dark Horse" spent 11 weeks at #1 on Spotify’s US Top 50 chart, the longest run in the top spot of 2014.

THE MOST STREAMED ARTIST IN THE US

Eminem

THE MOST VIRAL TRACK

"Take Me to Church" - Hozier

THE MOST STREAMED GROUP

Coldplay

THE MOST STREAMED ARTIST IN THE WORLD

Ed Sheeran

Fun Fact: Ed had this to say about being The Most Streamed Artist in the World on Spotify, "It’s a great thing to be above so many amazing artists who I’d assume would be streamed more than me!"