The music licensing company produced the Top 15 chart of the most-played Scottish artists of the 21st century on UK radio and TV, in celebration of Scotland’s contribution to the UK music industry.
Completing the top five alongside the Grammy award-winning and multi-platinum artist are Texas, Emeli Sandé, Lulu and Travis.
According to findings by PPL’s specialist repertoire team, the top three most-played tracks by Harris are We Found Love (Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris), This is What You Came For (featuring Rihanna) and How Deep is Your Love (Calvin Harris and Disciples).
We Found Love has been played on UK TV and radio for 5,000 hours in total since its release in 2011, while on average, a recording by or featuring Calvin Harris is broadcast every six minutes in the UK.
Commenting on the achievement, Harris said: 'It’s an incredible honour to be named the most played Scottish artist of the 21st century alongside so many great acts.'
Peter Leathem, chief executive at PPL added: 'The Scottish chart that we have produced shows an incredible and diverse array of talent spanning several decades. Calvin Harris deserves great credit for his music proving so popular and being played so extensively throughout the UK.
'Scotland has been an important area of focus for PPL for many years and this is why we continue to support events such as Wide Days and the annual SAY Award. Creatively, Scotland is well-known for musical talent and this is demonstrated by the gravitas of some of the names included in our most-played chart. Many congratulations to Calvin Harris for being named number one.'
PPL created the chart based on its data from UK radio and TV broadcasters covering the period from 2000 to 2017. The chart focuses on Scottish solo artists or groups with significant Scottish heritage, with both the number of plays and total played duration used to rank the tracks.
The most-played Scottish artists of the 21st century
1.) Calvin Harris
2.) Texas
3.) Emeli Sandé
4.) Lulu
5.) Travis
6.) Wet Wet Wet
7.) Deacon Blue
8.) KT Tunstall
9.) Paolo Nutini
10.) Primal Scream
11.) Simple Minds
12.) Annie Lennox
13.) The Fratellis
14.) Franz Ferdinand
15.) Biffy Clyro
