Spotify is a registered Swedish audio streaming and media services provider. It was found on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the leading music streaming service providers, with over 456 million monthly active users, including 195 million paying subscribers, as of September 2022.
Spotify is relatively a new application. It was launched in
Europe in 2008 and ultimately moved into the American market in 2011. Since
then, the Stockholm-based company has become the world’s most popular audio
streaming service with users across 183 markets.
With such a vast user base, many famous artists on Spotify
have seen their biggest hit songs engage millions of streams. In July 2021, Spotify
formed the Billions Club, which is a playlist that comprises of every song to
reach the 1 billion milestone.
The Top 10 Artists at Spotify:
The list below comprises of the top 10 artists, who are
ranked by their number of songs with over 1 billion streams. The list actually
includes 11 artists because Shawn Mendes, Bruno Mars, and Coldplay are tied
with 5 songs in the Billions Club.
|
Rank |
Artist |
Artist's Monthly Listens |
Songs With 1 Billion+ Streams |
|
1 |
Ed Sheeran |
76M |
11 |
|
2 |
Post Malone |
51M |
9 |
|
2 |
The Weeknd |
79M |
9 |
|
4 |
XXXTENTACION |
34M |
8 |
|
5 |
Ariana Grande |
56M |
7 |
|
5 |
Maroon 5 |
50M |
7 |
|
7 |
Drake |
68M |
6 |
|
7 |
Eminem |
59M |
6 |
|
9 |
Shawn Mendes |
43M |
5 |
|
9 |
Bruno Mars |
51M |
5 |
|
9 |
Coldplay |
59M |
5 |
It is quite surprising to notice that Ariana Grande is the
only female artist present in the top 10 list. Her best performing song on
Spotify is “7 rings”, which was incorporated in her fifth studio album “thank
u, next”. The track has accrued 1.8 billion streams since February 8, 2019.
Female superstars who lost the top 10 list by slight numbers
include Adele, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Olivia Rodrigo, who all have four
songs in the Billions Club.
Most of these artists are relatively fresh, so it is rational
to assume that they will be breaking into the top 10 soon. Olivia Rodrigo, for
example, just released her debut album “SOUR” in 2021.
Which artist in the top 10 has been around for the longest
time?
Tenure is measured in the context of time that has passed
since the debut album of the artist was released. In this case, the winner
would be Eminem, who released Infinite in November 1996.
The 11-track album was released on cassette and vinyl, and
according to the Eminem Fandom wiki, only sold around 1,000 copies. The title
track, Infinite, is the only song from the album that is available on Spotify,
and it currently has 33 million plays.
As the holiday season is about to start, there is a lot of
Christmas music to be played in the coming weeks, whether it is at home, at the
mall, or in a cafe.
There are high Chances that Mariah Carey’s: “All I Want for
Christmas Is You” is going to be one of the songs. Not only is this song a
holiday staple, it’s also the only Christmas song with over 1 billion streams
on Spotify.
This song was released in October 1994 with Carey’s first
holiday album, Merry Christmas and is till date a massive success. In 2021, it
became the first and only Christmas song to receive Diamond certification by
the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).
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