Five years ago on this day, Google rebranded the Android Market and launched Google Play — its one-stop hub for all your digital needs like books, movies, apps, games, and more. In its celebration post, Google notes that Google Play now has more than 1 billion active users from over 190 countries. It also houses over 40 million songs and 5 million books, though it did not provide any figures for the number of apps and games that the Play Store hosts. To celebrate the occasion, Google revealed the top 5 apps, books, movies, songs, albums, and more on the Play Store in the United States since its launch. The list of apps and games contain some extremely popular names like Facebook, Temple Run 2, and Snapchat, with Adele’s terrific 25 taking the top spot in the Album category. The full list is as follows: TOP INSTALLED GAMES
Candy Crush Saga Subway Surfers Temple Run 2 Despicable Me Clash of Clans
TOP INSTALLED APPS
Facebook Facebook Messenger Pandora Radio Instagram Snapchat
TOP SELLING SONGS
Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud Lorde – Royals Taylor Swift – Blank Space Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk Pharrell Williams – Happy
TOP SELLING ALBUMS
Adele – 25 Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Deluxe) Taylor Swift – 1989 Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
TOP SELLING MOVIES
The Interview Frozen Deadpool Star Wars: The Force Awakens Guardians of the Galaxy
TOP SELLING BOOKS
Fifty Shades of Grey, by E L James The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins A Game of Thrones, by George RR Martin The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
