Spotify shares its 10 most popular 'love,' 'sex,' and 'anti-Valentine's' songs for Valentine's Day

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Spotify shares its 10 most popular 'love,' 'sex,' and 'anti-Valentine's' songs for Valentine's Day

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  • Spotify has shared four Valentine's Day-themed lists of popular songs in categories it labeled "love," "sex," "heartache," and "anti-Valentine's."
  • The Weeknd and Ed Sheeran each made multiple appearances on different lists.

Depending on the state of your personal life, Valentine's Day can either be a celebration, a source of anguish, or a total non-event.

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To cover all of those bases, Spotify has shared lists of its 10 most popular songs in four Valentine's Day-themed categories - "love," "sex," "heartache," and, for the rancorous, "anti-Valentine's."

Spotify's release called Ed Sheeran the "the king of modern day love songs" for having three songs on its "love" list, while Canadian R&B star The Weeknd had three songs appear on the "sex" list.

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The service counted streaming figures and playlist appearances on its platform to come up with the following global lists:

Top Global Love Songs

  1. Ed Sheeran - Perfect
  2. James Arthur - Say You Won't Let Go
  3. Ed Sheeran - Photograph
  4. John Legend - All of Me
  5. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud
  6. Bazzi - Mine
  7. Christina Perri - A Thousand Years
  8. Sam Smith - Stay With Me
  9. Kendrick Lamar - LOVE. FEAT. ZACARI.
  10. G-Eazy - Him & I (with Halsey)

Top Global Sex Songs

  1. The Weeknd - Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
  2. Jeremih - Birthday Sex
  3. The Weeknd - Often
  4. Jeremih - All The Time
  5. Ginuwine - Pony
  6. SoMo - Ride
  7. Rihanna - Sex With Me
  8. Trey Songz - Slow Motion
  9. Ty Dolla $ign - Or Nah (feat. The Weeknd, Wiz Khalifa and DJ Mustard) - Remix
  10. The Weeknd - The Hills

Top Global Heartache Songs

  1. Sam Smith - Too Good At Goodbyes
  2. Adele - Someone Like You
  3. Passenger - Let Her Go
  4. A Great Big World - Say Something
  5. Gnash - i hate u, i love u (feat. olivia o'brien)
  6. Birdy - Skinny Love
  7. Post Malone - I Fall Apart
  8. Ed Sheeran - Happier
  9. Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts
  10. Sam Smith - Stay With Me

Top Global Anti-Valentine's Songs

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  1. TLC - No Scrubs
  2. Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
  3. Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
  4. CeeLo Green - Fuck You
  5. Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
  6. Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
  7. Justin Bieber - Love Yourself
  8. Cherish - Unappreciated
  9. Kanye West - Heartless
  10. Destiny's Child - Survivor