We listened to more Ed Sheeran than any other artist in 2017, but hip-hop and R&B still dominated

Ed Sheeran’s album “÷” was the most-consumed album of 2017 in the U.S., logging total equivalent sales of 2.76 million copies, a figure that melds sales and streaming data, according to final year-end music consumption data compiled by Nielsen Music.

It was one of just two albums, along with Taylor...