Taylor Swift is the most listened to artist in the history of Spotify, with Bad Bunny as number two, according to a statement made public this Thursday by the company. While Blinding Lightsde The Weeknd, y A Summer Without You, by Bad Bunny, lead the song and album charts, respectively. It is the first time that the platform streaming most popular musical — with more than 700 million users — brings together lists of the most listened to artists, songs, albums, podcasts and audiobooks since its founding, on April 23, 2006, in Stockholm (Sweden).
Both Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny have monopolized the top spots in the top 5 on Spotify in recent years. But the crown (for now) goes to the American as she tops the ranking. He is followed by the Puerto Rican, Drake, The Weekend and Ariana Grande. Completing the top 10 are Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish, Eminem and Kanye West, with J Balvin in 15th place.
In the songs section, the most listened to song is Blinding Lightsfollowed by hits like Shape of Youby Ed Sheeran; Sweater Weatherde The Neighbourhood; Starboyde The Weeknd y Daft Punk y As It Wasby Harry Styles. the song Die With A Smile, by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars, closes number 20 on a list in which there is no song in Spanish. Something that is surprising due to the “rising trend and continuous dominance of Spanish-speaking artists for many years now,” as Spotify’s Music Director for Southern and Eastern Europe, Melanie Parejo, recently mentioned in an interview with this newspaper.
As for albums, A Summer Without You by Bad Bunny leads the ranking, accompanied by titles like Starboy de The Weeknd, o ÷ (Deluxe)by Sheeran, evidencing a combination of styles in the last decade in which pop, reggaeton and hip-hop set the pace. The work Sourby Olivia Rodrigo, and After Hours by The Weeknd, complete the top 5 of a list of 20 that includes Loverde Swift (8); Future Nostalgiaby Dua Lipa (11); Tomorrow will be nice (Bichota Season)de Karol G,o YHLQMDLGde Bad Bunny (15).
The report also highlights the consolidation of the podcast format within the platform. The most listened to program is The Joe Rogan Experiencefollowed by Mixed mince y Crime Junkie. Two Mexican podcasts are among the most listened to in history: in tenth place is Stories of the night of horror stories and in 15th place the comedy program The Cotorrisa. The Brazilian Don’t make it impossible occupies position number 12.
On the other hand, audiobooks are experiencing a significant boom, with best-selling titles such as A Court of Thorns and Rosesby Sarah J. Maas o the lord of the rings: lthe fellowship of the ringby JRR Tolkien. While in position nine it is The Housemaid (To the nurse), by Freida McFadden; at 11 Britney Spears with her autobiography The woman in me (The woman that I am); in the 12th A Game of Thrones (game of thrones), by George RR Martin, and in 18, Sapiensde Yuval Noah Harari.
According to the company, these lists have been compiled from data accumulated over years of listening to hundreds of millions of users around the world. And they bring together content that “not only succeeded at the time, but has endured over time to become part of the daily lives of millions of people.”