Top 10 Most-streamed Artists on Spotify
Spotify is a service that offers digital music from record labels such as Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group, and Universal. Spotify is one of the biggest music ... read more...streaming giants in the world, currently, the application owns more than 100 million users with more than 35 million songs. The music-loving community around the world can officially experience this application on both computers and smartphones. The number of people listening to music is increasing, and artists are gradually taking over the charts. Recently, Spotify announced the list of the top artists of the year - the ranking of the most streamed artists. The artists appearing at the top of this chart also prove to some extent their charm, so let's find out who "they" are!
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The rapper from Puerto Rico - Bad Bunny has received the most Spotify streams as of right now. The 1994 musician, who was previously an unrecognized part-time worker at a supermarket, is now well-known owing to his top-charting tunes and the many likes they have received. It is well known that Bad Bunny has amassed the most streams worldwide for the second year in a row.
The album "Un Verano Sin Ti" makes Bad Bunny the most streamed artist ever on a single day in Spotify history with 183 million streams. Drake previously held the record with a total of 176.8 million streams. In addition, Bad Bunny is also the leading artist in terms of streaming volume on Spotify globally in 2020 and 2021.
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After releasing his latest album on March 18, "More Life", singer Drake became the first artist to reach 10 billion streams on Spotify. According to Forbes, about 20% of that number came from the previous album "Views". The single "One Dance" earned Drake more than a billion hits, and "Hotline Blings" also reached over 600 million views. In addition to setting a new record on both Spotify and Apple Music, the album "More Life" also reached number one on the Billboard 200.
More Life, which dethroned Divide album by Ed Sheeran with 56.7 streams, surpassed 61.3 million streams globally on the first day of its release on Spotify and more than 600 million streams within a week of its release. Ed Sheeran, who had previously held the record with 68.7 million streams on March 3, fell to second place after Drake broke his previous record of 76.4 million streams on March 19. It had approximately 90 million hits on Apple Music in the first 24 hours as well, setting a new record for an Apple Music debut.
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With these songs that have received 3 billion listens on Spotify, Ed Sheeran was just recognized as the platform's most streamed artist. That song is "Shape of You" - a hit by the male artist that peaked in popularity in 2017. Ed Sheeran acknowledged his happiness and thanked the audience as soon as the information was posted. Not to stop with that, the British singer shocked the crowd by saying he didn't even plan on including this song on the record (Divide).
The shape of You was regarded as a big success as soon as it debuted. The song has spent 59 weeks overall on the Billboard Hot 100 list, with 12 non-consecutive weeks at the top. This song goes further than that, as it also topped the charts in 30 other countries, including the UK, Australia, and Canada,... Along with Shape of you, Castle on the Hill, and Perfect, the album ÷ (Divide) Ed Sheeran became the second longest charting album on the Billboard 200, with a total of 250 weeks.
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The Weeknd's recent years are regarded as successful years because he has produced a large number of excellent music goods that have received high ratings. All of these songs have reached a "terrible" listening rate, and this number is still high. Particularly, "Save Your Tears" recently assisted The Weeknd in making a name for himself by spending 54 weeks straight on the Spotify Hot 100 chart. Few singers have been able to do this in the last year, unlike The Weeknd, therefore it is thought to be a success.
The Weeknd came in first place for "Most Favorite Singer of the Month" according to data from the global music streaming service Spotify. The Weeknd's song "Sacrifice" released on January 8 not only became Spotify's Top Trending but also ranked high on prestigious music charts such as iTunes, Apple Music Chart, Billboard Hot 100, etc. This result has helped The Weeknd surpass many other famous names, including male singer Justin Bieber (ranked 2nd in the chart with 82.4 million views). In the near future, The Weeknd will continue continues to release a new MV, which, according to the male singer, will definitely make the audience excited by the vibrant melody, and the carefully-invested filming image.
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Taylor Swift who has 8 billion streams, is in the fifth position. Taylor Swift has outperformed other female musicians as a result of her attempts to cease dominating the music business this year with the releases Evermore, Fearless, and Red (Taylor's Version). Taylor Swift has now officially become the first female artist in Spotify history to exceed 8 billion streams in a single year with this feat of 8 billion streams. The fact that Taylor Swift is now breaking and re-breaking new records on listening platforms such as Stream Queen music. It may have made people forget that there was once a brief spat between her and the music streaming business.
The number of 3 billion streams, which is almost twice as high as this place in the chart, proves the attraction of Taylor Swift. Referring to the most influential music in the world, no one can fail to mention this country singer. During her 15 years of artistic activities, she devoted herself to music and audiences. Although still "silent" in 2022, many fans are eagerly waiting for her comeback product.
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Along with charts and YouTube views, Spotify streams are now used to gauge an artist's performance, especially the fact that Spotify has an impact on the US-UK music industry. The song "Stay" by Justin Bieber has passed the quickest 1 billion stream mark on Spotify, the biggest music streaming service in the world.
With only days since the song of Justin's release, it has exceeded the hit songs to earn this record. Additionally, this is not Justin Bieber's first time receiving billions of views. On this site, nine of the male singer's tracks have received over 1 billion views. Right at the time of release, his song of him quickly attracted the attention of US-UK fans. To date, the MV of these songs has also reached more than 310 million views on YouTube and more than 6.6 million likes. Currently, Justin Bieber's fans are extremely excited about this record and they also hope that the singer will soon release a new song by Christmas this year.
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Dubbed as one of the "streaming kings" in the current 9x generation, Post Malone is increasingly proving its musical appeal to young people when continuously leading the achievement charts. Post Malone's 2nd studio album Beerbongs & Bentley is currently ranked second in terms of total streams when it has received 7.4 billion streams after nearly 2 years of release.
Over the years, Post Malone has established itself as one of the most successful artists and a reliable hit-maker. This has been proven through the male singer's songs. With the best-selling albums, Post Malone is really the king of online music platforms. Post Malone is also incredibly close to hitting two billion streams with his song RockStar, which currently has 1.818 billion streams. In terms of the power of "streaming" and the influence of music, Post is currently the most powerful artist in the world right now.
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With 7.8 billion streams, the group BTS is the only representative of the Korean entertainment sector to rank among the top most played artists globally on Spotify, outperforming numerous well-known figures in the US and UK music industries. Even though it didn't win first place, this accomplishment made the Kpop fandom proud, especially because the previous years were marked by BTS's great performances.
BTS surpassed all other artists in terms of Spotify streams as of April 2022, with roughly 16.3 billion streams (Coldplay group had previously held this record). BTS is now one of the most successful groups in history, having won a record-breaking 23 trophies, according to the Guinness World Records. BTS made history earlier this year as a Korean pop artist to receive a Grammy for the first time. -
Olivia Rodrigo has a stunning look, an uncommon deep voice, and the capacity to write her own music, which causes her songs to gain a lot of attention rapidly. Olivia Rodrigo ranks among the top 10 most-streamed female artists on Spotify, and her name is well-known in the global music scene. Her talented inner voice earned her the title of "little diva". It's difficult to resist the attraction of Olivia Rodrigo. Olivia Rodrigo has not concentrated on releasing many items since 2021, yet her name and songs have always been recognized because of the captivating melody and lyrics.
The success of Olivia Rodrigo's album Sour, which has officially achieved 2 billion streams on a well-known digital music platform, has received praise from the US-UK internet community. Olivia Rodrigo, a 2003-born "rookie" currently occupies the top spot with the popular "national hit" Drivers license. With more than 460 million streams in the US market alone and more than 966 million streams overall, Olivia's song "Drivers License" was named the greatest rookie of 2021.
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The last place in this chart belongs to Billie Eilish - the musical phenomenon that opened the 10x generation era. With her rebellion and special personality, the female singer quickly received the love of many netizens around the world. In 2021, Billie Eilish released the first 5 singles in her new album, including My Future, Therefore I Am, Your Power, Lost Cause, and NDA. The first three songs have reached the top 10 of the Spotify Hot 100 chart. To promote her album, Billie will be doing her tour in 2022.
Although Billie grew up in the golden age of online music, the fact that she reached 1 billion streams before the release of the full album is still truly remarkable. From the influence of artists with such different musical ideas, Billie also wanted to create her own musical universe. Before the official album project was released, Billie Eilish also released many singles with distinctly different musical colors.