Ed Sheeran’s Bad Habits named most played radio song at Global

The winners of The Global Awards 2022 were revealed this morning on-air with Ed Sheeran picking three of the 14 awards.

Ed was named Best Male and Best British Artist, with ‘Bad Habits’ revealed as the Most Played Song across Global’s radio stations in 2021.

Also celebrating wins are Anne-Marie, who was named Best Female, Dave who was awarded Best Hip Hop or R&B and Sam Fender who won Best Indie. Coldplay was honoured with the Best Group prize.

Mimi Webb was named Rising Star, following in the footsteps of previous winners Joel Corry, Mabel, Aitch and Halsey, in recognition of her success.

John Williams was awarded Best Classical Artist while Vogue Williams and Joanne McNally’s chart-topping My Therapist Ghosted Me was named Best Podcast.

American artist Lil Nas X, whose debut album, ‘Montero’, arrived last September and who recently teased new music on Twitter, was given a special award for creativity.

Justin Bieber was named Best Pop, Elton John was celebrated in the Mass Appeal category, and Diplo was crowned Best Dance Act.

Commenting on his triple Global Award win, Ed Sheeran said: “Thank you so much for my Best Male Award, this is really cool, thank you Global for all the support, thank you Ashley it’s been a long journey and thank you from day one for being so supportive.

“And then also Best British Act, I’m very honoured to be part of the British music industry, it’s a very incredible landscape to be part of at the moment, and it has been for the last ten years, but it’s very, very exciting at the moment.

“Lots of new and up and coming acts that are very exciting as well. And Most Played for ‘Bad Habits’, thanks to my radio team, and Global for smashing it and to the listeners at home who haven’t complained about it yet!”

Now in its fifth year, The Global Awards brings together Global’s radio stations; Capital, Heart, Smooth, Classic FM, Radio X, Capital XTRA, Capital Dance and Gold, as well as Global Player, to honour the biggest stars of music, podcasting and entertainment.

THE GLOBAL AWARDS 2022 WINNERS

MOST PLAYED SONG 2021

Ed Sheeran – Bad Habits

BEST GROUP

Coldplay

BEST FEMALE

Anne-Marie

BEST MALE

Ed Sheeran

BEST BRITISH ACT

Ed Sheeran

RISING STAR

Mimi Webb

BEST CLASSICAL ARTIST

John Williams

MASS APPEAL

Elton John

BEST PODCAST

My Therapist Ghosted Me

BEST HIP HOP OR R&B

Dave

BEST INDIE ACT

Sam Fender

BEST POP ACT

Justin Bieber

BEST DANCE ACT

Diplo

SPECIAL AWARD

Lil Nas X – For Creativity