Mariah Carey, Lewis Capaldi and more receive the first BRIT Billion awards

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The BPI has introduced a new award for the artist who reaches a billion streams in the UK.

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This would include "tracks featuring an artist as a lead artist or a featured artist."

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ABBA, AJ Tracey and Heidi Van are among the other honorees along with Rita Ora, Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding, Anne-Marie and George Ezra.

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For example, Swedish pop legends have sold 400 million albums worldwide,

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In addition, there have been 17 No. 1 hits and over 50 million weekly global streams.

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Her Most Streamed Hits: 'Dancing Queen', 'Gimme! give it to me! give it to me! and 'Mamma Mia'.

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Lewis's mega-hit 'Someone You Loved' was the single of 2019 her most streamed single in the UK with over 600 million streams.

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