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Listed below are Nielsen's 10 most popular artists of 2018, ranked by total album-equivalent consumption: 10. Taylor Swift Total album-equivalent consumption: 1,068,000 Album sales: 285,000 Digital songs: 986,000 Streaming on-demand audio: 1,027,226,000 9. Eminem Total album-equivalent consumption: 1,081,000 Album sales: 302,000 Digital songs: 917,000 Streaming on-demand audio: 1,031,565,000  8. The Weeknd Total album-equivalent consumption: 1,104,000 Album sales: 178,000 Digital songs: 500,000 Streaming on-demand audio: 1,314,121,000 7. Kendrick Lamar Total album-equivalent consumption: 1,264,000 Album sales: 228,000 Digital songs: 864,000 Streaming on-demand audio: 1,424,425,000 6. Ed Sheeran Total album-equivalent consumption: 1,267,000 Album sales: 338,000 Digital songs: 1,926,000 Streaming on-demand audio: 1,103,995,000 5. J. Cole Total album-equivalent consumption: 1,339,000 Album sales: 288,000 Digital songs: 303,000

Global pop culture icon Beyonc é Giselle Knowles-Carter, more commonly known as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and actress. She was the lead-singer of the R&B girl-group Destiny's Child. Beyoncé's solo career began in 2006 following the break-up of Destiny's Child. The iconic pop star has solved more than 100 million records worldwide, and is one of the world's best-selling music artists. She is the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards with 24 awards, and is the most nominated woman in the history of the Grammy awards. She has won 22 Grammy awards in her illustrious musical career. She married rapper Jay-Z in 2008 and they share three children: Her net worth is currently estimated at US $355 million. She is the fifth-most followed woman on Instagram, and overall, the eighth most followed person. See our Top 50 empowering Beyoncé quotes below: 1. “If everything was perfect, you would never learn and you wou

41-year-old Colombian superstar and hitmaker Shakira and her 31-year-old soccer star Gerard Pique, were  seen arriving at Barcelona airport on Sunday, December 23, for a lavish trip to Finland. The couple brought along their two children, and the children's grandparents. The pop star looked happy, relaxed and stylish, sporting black fitted trousers, a blue denim jacket, a pair of dark sunglasses and a burgundy bobble hat atop her golden locks. Pique, casually dressed wore a grey hoodie, dark jeans and a pair of black Nike trainers. See the photos below.

Real Madrid defender and captain Sergio Ramos, was targeted by Abu Dhabi fans during Saturday's Club World Cup final, for his role in Mohamed Salah's injury and exit during last season's Champions League final. Real Madrid had a comfortable 4-1 win over locals, Al Ain. Real Madrid's prolific midfielder Luka Modric, opened scoring early in the first half, then Marcos Lorente, Sergio Ramos and Yahia Nader sealed Madrid's victory. A late goal from Al Ain left-back Tsukaa Shiotani could not see the locals through. Real Madrid's victory comes as their third consecutive triumph at the Club World Cup final. Ramos' robust tackle on Salah during the last Champions League final caused Salah a dislocated shoulder but Ramos has severally denied hurting Salah on purpose. Nonetheless, he has suffered from hate and has been painted a pantomime villain since then. When reporters asked him if he was aware of the jeers, he said, "I got that. "The whist

Luis Campos, a former director of Monaco who saw Mbappe's burst onto the scene, believes Kylian Mbappe is destined to join Real Madrid and win more Ballons D'or than Cristiano Ronaldo. He told Telefoot, "Kylian represents champagne football, which we like to see and as a high level footballer I see him wearing the Real Madrid jersey because it is a club made to his measure, where the great players want to go. “In the future, I imagine myself attending a match at the Santiago Bernabeu and enjoying the show that Mbappe can offer. “Nowadays, he is more decisive than Neymar and considering his age, he'll be much better than Cristiano Ronaldo. I see him winning more Ballons d’Or.” The 20-year-old wonderkid has achieved what many players only achieve over the course of an entire career. Mbappe is a two-time Ligue 1 tittle champion, winner of the inaugural Kopa Trophee - which is bestowed upon the best young player in the world, and a World Cup winner. Also,

Belgium national team manager Roberto Martinez recently claimed Chelsea star Eden Hazard is the most decisive player in the world after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The talismanic Stamford Bridge figure starred for Chelsea and Belgium in 2018, positioning himself at the top of the Premier League ranks. Martinez told  The Times ,  “At international level, I have only seen a player playing at the very top consistently. “If you take Ronaldo and Messi away, I don’t think you can find another player as decisive.  “Eden has won the league at Lille, a team that didn’t have the right to win it. “And he has won the league at Chelsea in two different projects.  “The consistency is there, and he is at the best moment of his career right now.” Hazard has scored eight goals and made nine assists for Chelsea this season. Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson believes Hazard is much more able than his peers at Manchester United, given his ability to single-handedly carry Chelsea.