Most Pirated Artist near you?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19601653

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lol

Pitbull, shared on average 15 times per month in Hoxton. That does not seem many.

Billy Van seems pretty popular around the world atm. Is he the new Skrillex?

Ed Sheeran, so pretty normal. Does note that people in my area share Gary Barlow an unusually high number of times. :(

Bob Marley and the Wailers, shared 61 times a month.

LOL, Sarf London-paws.

Frank Ocean. Although its not actually where I live, must be the nearest place they have figures.

The best part is the Share 'Artist' a lot compared to the UK average. What did you all get for that?

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People here also share Tulisa a lot compared to the UK average...

Ed Sheeran and Ben Howard are top down here, which is totally unsurprising as the South West loves "quirky" twats with acoustic guitars.

Ha, people in Oxford pirate Yes more than other places.

My previous town (population 7,000) doesn't feature, but if I type it in by postcode it brings up the even smaller town 6 miles away (pop 2,000) where everyone is pirating Hot Chip, and the denizens of Didcot, Oxfordshire are apparently mad for John Fogerty filesharing.

Kidlington is pretty lol

Didcot and Swamp Rock go together like... power stations and poor air quality!

Brighton, Ipswich, Newcastle upon Tyne, Southampton. Everywhere I've ever lived seems to love pirating Ed Sheeran. Might explain why people kept shouting his name at me until I got my hair cut short last month.

is there anywhere you can search zip codes for this?

Ed Sheeran
shared on average 56 times per month in Guildford

People here also share B.B. King a lot compared to the UK average

pitbull! faith in east london restored <3

Wait, no, Chewbs, you have not got your hair cut short, have you?

::wails and gnashes teeth::

Big Sean. I wouldn't have expected that at all.

This is just bizarre:

The most illegally shared artist near you is
The Cars
shared on average 57 times per month in Surbiton

south-east "london" is the A$$-end of the capital after all

have never knowingly heard Ed Sheeran. maybe i should pirate some and find out what he sounds like?

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The most illegally shared artist near you is
Ed Sheeran
shared on average 237 times per month in Reading

People here also share Coldplay a lot compared to the UK average

AMBER???

(also: Alice???)

It seems people share Yes a lot more than the national average in Oxford.

2nd biggest pirating hotspot in the UK!

The most illegally shared artist near you is
Ed Sheeran
shared on average 812 times per month in Nottingham

People here also share J. Cole a lot compared to the UK average

Uuuuhhh... I just noticed that they had Streatham as being in Kent? Not in about 200 years!

Ed Sheeran tops in my area with Jim Reeves shared a lot as well!!

Jim Reeves!

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The most illegally shared artist near you is
The Internet
shared on average 11 times per month in Wotton-under-edge
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well i never.

Golf Wang!

How do they get this information?

Neil Young was the winner in my sleepy rural North Norfolk hometown, which was nice. Ed Sheeran won it here in London.

Well, my hair is short-ish. I'm one of those twice-a-year haircutters, so for the last few years have got it short on the sides and back to get "value" between cuts.

Ed Sheeran. hopefully his nationwide piracy popularity means he's earning no money and will quit soon.

Perhaps surprisingly, the BPI's annoyance does not appear to be shared by a person you'd perhaps expect to be concerned.

Speaking before the release of the report, Ed Sheeran told the BBC that he did not let piracy anger him.

"I sell a lot of tickets," the songwriter said after his performance at Radio 1's Hackney Weekend.

"I've sold 1.2 million albums, and the stat is that there's 8 million downloads of that as well illegally.

"Nine million people have my record, in England, which is quite a nice feeling.

"I'm still selling albums, but I'm selling tickets at the same time. My gig tickets are like £18, and my albums £8, so ... it's all relative."

What are the results for the whitest places in London?

I did this just for nakh since he hasn't seen it yet

The most illegally shared artist near you is Ed Sheeran

shared on average 469 times per month in Stoke-on-Trent

People here also share Katy Perry a lot compared to the UK average