Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist of all time on Spotify, the streaming service said on Thursday, as Spotify released new charts tracking its top all-time artists, albums and songs to commemorate the service officially turning 20 years old. Bad Bunny has Spotify’s most-streamed album of all time with 2022’s Un Verano Sin Ti, and The Weeknd has the most-streamed song with “Blinding Lights.”
Bad Bunny comes in second behind Swift on the artist chart, while Drake came in third, The Weeknd in fourth and Ariana Grande rounding out the Top 5. Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish, Eminem and Kanye West take up slots six through 10. Some of those featured in the rest of the top 20 include Travis Scott, BTS, Bruno Mars, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar and Future.
On the album side, below Un Verano Sin Ti, The Weeknd had two in the top five with Starboy and After Hours, which came in at second and fifth, respectively. Ed Sheeran’s ÷ came in third, while Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour came in fourth. On the whole top 20, The Weeknd had the most selections with three (Beauty Behind the Madness came in at 20th), while Drake, Swift, Post Malone and Bad Bunny all had two albums on the chart. Swift’s Lover was her top album, coming in at eighth.
And on the songs chart, Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” The Neighbourhood’s “Sweater Weather,” The Weeknd’s “Starboy” and Harry Styles’ “As It Was” made up the remainder of the top-5 after “Blinding Lights.”
While the numbers behind the charts account for 20 years of data, they for the most part reflect the most popular music from the late 2010s onward, appropriate given that’s when streaming became music’s dominant listening form. There were a couple of outliers, though, particularly on the songs chart. Despite coming out 26 years ago, Coldplay’s “Yellow” came in at 15th on the songs chart, by far the oldest song there. On the other end of the spectrum, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ “Die With a Smile,” which is less than two years old, is already the 20th most-streamed song of all time on the platform.
Outside of music, Spotify also shared lists for audiobooks and podcasts, with A Court of Thorns and Roses and The Joe Rogan Experience topping those charts.
