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  • Hymns Drop Off Top 10 Funeral Music Choices in Favour of Ed Sheeran [UK]

    05/07/2019 5:13:40 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 53 replies
    The Guardian (UK) ^ | 5/1/19 | Rebecca Smithers
    Traditional favourites are squeezed out as mourners opt for more personalised tributesHymns have been completely squeezed out of the top ten musical choices at funerals, with mourners instead opting for contemporary songs such as Ed Sheeran’s Supermarket Flowers, a new entry to the list. Frank Sinatra’s My Way again topped the latest chart drawn up by the UK’s biggest chain of funeral directors, but for the first time since the biennial exercise began in 2002 not a single traditional hymn made it into the top ten. Data from Co-op Funeralcare, whose funeral directors arrange up to 100,000 ceremonies a year,...