Think you’ve got your finger on the pulse as to who’s been receiving the most music streams over the last few years? Well, Spotify have crunched the numbers. The stats are in, and these are the most played artists from the past decade.
Ranking in as the most-streamed artist is, of course, Drake, also taking out the 2nd spot for the most-streamed song with One Dance at almost 2 billion streams alone.
Eminem, Ed Sheeran, Post Malone, and Arianna Grande followed pretty closely behind as the top five most streamed.
It’s important to note that these stats only pertain to the music being streamed from the Spotify platform and does not take into account the music being played elsewhere and on other streaming services such as Tidal or Sonos.
This would change the outcome of the releases which were exclusive to those platforms only, such as Jay Z and Beyoncé’s more recent work which was only available through Tidal.
See the full list of Spotify’s most-streamed songs and artists below 2019:
Most-Streamed Artists
Post Malone
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Ed Sheeran
Bad Bunny
Most-Streamed Female Artists
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Taylor Swift
Camila Cabello
Halsey
Most-Streamed Male Artists
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran
Bad Bunny
Khalid
J Balvin
Most-Streamed Tracks
‘Señorita’ – Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes
‘bad guy’ – Billie Eilish
‘Sunflower’ – Post Malone, Swae Lee
‘7 Rings’ – Ariana Grande
‘Old Town Road – Remix’ – Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus
Most-Streamed Albums
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? – Billie Eilish
Hollywood’s Bleeding – Post Malone
thank u, next – Ariana Grande
No.6 Collaborations Project – Ed Sheeran
Shawn Mendes – Shawn Mendes
Most-Streamed Podcasts
The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory & Mal
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Gemischtes Hack
Fest & Flauschig
The Misfits Podcast
Most-Streamed Spotify Original Podcasts
The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory & Ma
Gemischtes Hack
Fest & Flauschig
Serial Killers
Herrengedeck – Der Podcast
“A Decade Wrapped” Spotify’s Top Lists 2010–2019
Most-Streamed Artists of the Decade (Global)
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Post Malone
Ariana Grande
Eminem
Most-Streamed Female Artists of the Decade (Global)
Ariana Grande
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Sia
Beyoncé
Most-Streamed Male Artists of the Decade (Global)
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Post Malone
Eminem
The Weeknd
Most-Streamed Tracks of the Decade (Global)
‘Shape of You’ – Ed Sheeran
‘One Dance’ – Drake, Kyla, WizKid
‘rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)’ – 21 Savage, Post Malone
‘Closer’ – Halsey, The Chainsmokers
‘Thinking out Loud’ – Ed Sheeran
