Taylor Swift dethroned Bad Bunny as the most-streamed artist, Miley Cyrus has the No. 1 song, and other global data
Bad Bunny performs at the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 14, 2023 in Indio, California FRAZER HARRISON/GETTY IMAGES FOR COACHELLA
Spotify Wrapped is here — and with the platform’s analysis of users’ personal listening habits also comes a breakdown of the top-played music of the year globally.
Taylor Swift earned the crown of the most-streamed artist this year, dethroning Bad Bunny, who had the most streams for three consecutive years. Benito’s success, however, continued on the albums chart, where his LP Un Verano Sin Ti earned the No. 1 slot for top albums globally for the second year in a row.
On the list of most-streamed artists, Swift, Bad Bunny, The Weeknd, Drake, and corridos star Peso Pluma landed in the Top 5, in that order. The Top 10 also sees Feid, Travis Scott, SZA, Karol G, and Lana Del Rey.
Globally, Verano Sin Ti earned more than 4.5 billion streams this year, according to Spotify data. Taylor Swift’s Midnights landed at No. 2, SZA’s SOS ranked third, The Weeknd’s 2016 LP Starboy earned the fourth slot, while Karol G’s Mañana Será Bonito rounded out the list at No. 5.
Interestingly, Starboy ranked No. 4 most-streamed in 2017, the year after it dropped. Meanwhile, Midnights ranked No. 4 on the top albums list last year.
As for the top songs, Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” ranked first globally, garnering 1.6 billion streams. “Kill Bill” by SZA earned the No. 2 slot, followed by “As It Was” by Harry Styles, “Seven” by Jung Kook feat. Latto, and “Ella Baila Sola” by Eslabón Armado and Peso Pluma, respectively. “As It Was” was the only song to return to the Top 5, after it ranked as the No. 1 song last year.
See all of Spotify’s global music data and rankings below:
Most-Streamed Artists Globally
Most-Streamed Albums Globally
Most-Streamed Songs Globally
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