Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist of 2020
‘Tis the season for top 10 lists, so nearly every streaming service or content-hosting website will release its “best of” roundups between now and the end of the month. Spotify is one of the regulars, and as part of its annual Wrapped festivities, the company has revealed its top charts for the year. For 2020, Bad Bunny is the most-streamed artist on the platform globally with over 8.3 billion streams, followed by Drake, J Balvin, Juice WRLD and The Weeknd — in that order. Billie Eilish is the most popular female artist for a second straight year with Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa and Halsey rounding out the top 5.
The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is the most-streamed song globally with almost 1.6 billion streams this year, while Bad Bunny’s YHLQMDLG is the top album — amassing over 3.3 billion streams. Other popular albums, in order of global rank, include The Weeknd’s After Hours, Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding, Harry Styles’ Fine Line and Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia. When it comes to the rest of the top-five singles, “Dance Monkey” by Tones and I, “The Box” by Roddy Ricch, “Roses – Imanbek Remix” by Imanbek and SAINt JHN and “Don’t Start Now” by Dua Lipa finish up that list.
In 2019, Spotify bet big on podcasts and it continued to do so in 2020. This year, future Spotify exclusive show The Joe Rogan Experience is the most popular podcast globally. That’s a pretty impressive feat considering it just debuted on Spotify in September. And of course, that’s a great sign considering the podcast will become exclusive to the service at the end of the year and reports indicate the agreement is worth over $100 million. Interestingly, Rogan’s show falls to number two on the US chart, with NPR News Now eclipsing it for the top spot in the States. TED Talks Daily, The New York Times’ The Daily, The Michelle Obama Podcast and Barstool Sports’ Call Her Daddy also make up Spotify’s year-end top five. As far as podcast genres are concerned, Society & Culture is number one, followed by Comedy, Lifestyle & Health, Arts & Entertainment and Education.
In typical Spotify fashion, the company also noted some trends for 2020. Unsurprisingly, the service saw 1,400+ percent increase in work-from-home-themed (WFH) playlists between April and May. What’s more, the company says about 65,000 playlists were created by users with the title “Black Lives Matter” or “BLM.” Perhaps as a coping mechanism, Spotify users contributed to a 180 percent increase in health and wellness podcast listening in 2020. And overall, the most popular time to listen to a podcast this year on the platform was between 6AM-9AM.
While the US top charts stack up similarly to the global lists, there are some interesting changes. The full collection of top-five charts for the US are as follows:
US Most Streamed Artists:
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Juice WRLD
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Drake
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Lil Uzi Vert
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Post Malone
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Taylor Swift
US Most Streamed Female Artists:
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Taylor Swift
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Billie Eilish
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Ariana Grande
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Halsey
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Megan Thee Stallion
US Most Streamed Songs:
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“The Box” by Roddy Ricch
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“Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd
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“Blueberry Faygo” by Lil Mosey
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“ROCKSTAR (feat Roddy Ricch)” by DaBaby, Roddy Ricch
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“Life Is Good (feat Drake)” by Drake, Future
US Most Streamed Albums:
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Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD
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Eternal Atake (Deluxe) – LUV vs. The World 2, Lil Uzi Vert
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Hollywood’s Bleeding, Post Malone
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After Hours, The Weeknd
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Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, Roddy Ricch
US Most Popular Podcasts:
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NPR News Now
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The Joe Rogan Experience
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The Daily
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Call Her Daddy
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The Michelle Obama Podcast
US Most Popular Podcast Genres:
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Comedy
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Society & Culture
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Lifestyle & Health
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News
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Education
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