The research, conducted by experts at QR Code Generator, used the Spotify tool Playlist Miner to find the top 1,000 playlists containing ‘love songs’ in the title. The playlists were then analysed to find the most occurring songs.
The study revealed that Ed Sheeran’s ‘Perfect’ takes the top spot, with 2.7 billion streams worldwide and occurring in 129 times in playlists. The song also appears in the top 100 songs in “wedding playlists”, with Sheeran’s song claiming the second most popular song in wedding playlists.