Spotify reveals list of most popular musicians people listen to while falling asleep

Music streaming service Spotify has confirmed that Ed Sheeran is the artist most people tend to listen to while they're preparing for sleep.

After analyzing more than 2.8 million “sleep-themed” playlists, Spotify discovered that the British singer-songwriter is the most popular musician people listen to while falling asleep. He features on the list 7 times and hitmaker Sam Smith was also a popular choice with 4 of his songs getting a mention.

Other tracks named in the results include Passenger's 'Let Her Go', John Legend's romantic ballad 'All Of Me' and Birdy's rendition of 'Skinny Love'. The list can be seen in full below.

1. Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
2. Stay With Me – Sam Smith
3. Love Me Like You Do (from 'Fifty Shades of Grey') – Ellie Goulding
4. I See Fire – Ed Sheeran
5. I’m Not the Only One – Sam Smith
6. Rain for Sleep – Rain Sounds
7. All of Me – John Legend
8. Earned It (from 'Fifty Shades of Grey') – The Weeknd
9. Let Her Go – Passenger
10. Skinny Love – Birdy
11. Say Something – A Great Big World, Christina Aguilera
12. FourFiveSeconds – Rihanna, Paul McCartney, Kanye West
13. The A Team – Ed Sheeran
14. Tenerife Sea – Ed Sheeran
15. Give Me Love – Ed Sheeran
16. Lay Me Down – Sam Smith
17. Fix You – Coldplay
18. Photograph – Ed Sheeran
19. Kiss Me – Ed Sheeran
20. Latch (Acoustic) – Sam Smith