SPOTIFY CELEBRATES ITS FIRST DECADE
Spotify is celebrating its 10th birthday this month with a Decade of Discovery campaign that takes a decade-long look at insights, discoveries and hits. They've even created a playlist. (See inside).
Spotify is celebrating its 10th birthday this month with a Decade of Discovery campaign that takes a decade-long look at insights, discoveries and hits. They've even created a playlist. (See below).
Currently, Spotify reports that it has 180m monthly active listeners across 65 countries; 40m songs and podcasts; and more than 3b user-created playlists. They also note they have paid $11.5b to rights holders.
Here are a few of the streaming service’s Top 10s.
Most Globally Streamed Artist of all Time
- Drake
- Ed Sheeran
- Eminem
- The Weeknd
- Rihanna
- Kanye West
- Coldplay
- Justin Bieber
- Calvin Harris
- Ariana Grande
Most Globally Streamed Albums
- Ed Sheeran – ÷
- Justin Bieber – Purpose
- Drake – Views
- Ed Sheeran – x
- Post Malone – beerbongs & bentleys
- The Weeknd – Starboy
- Scorpion – Drake
- The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness
- Post Malone – Stoney
- Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
Most Globally Streamed Female Artists
- Rihanna
- Ariana Grande
- Sia
- Beyoncé
- Nicki Minaj
- Adele
- Taylor Swift
- Selena Gomez
- Katy Perry
- Shakira
Top Globally Streamed Song by Year Since Spotify Launch
- 2008: The Killers - “Human”
- 2009: The Black Eyed Peas - “I Gotta Feeling”
- 2010: Eminem, Rihanna - “Love The Way You Lie”
- 2011: Don Omar - “Danza Kuduro”
- 2012: Gotye - “Somebody That I Used To Know” (feat. Kimbra)
- 2013: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis “Can't Hold Us” (feat. Ray Dalton)
- 2014: Pharrell Williams - “Happy” - From "Despicable Me 2"
- 2015: Major Lazer - “Lean On” (feat. MØ & DJ Snake)
- 2016: Drake - “One Dance”
- 2017: Ed Sheeran - “Shape of You”
First 10 Artists to Reach 1 Billion Streams
- Rihanna (2013)
- David Guetta (2013)
- Eminem (2013)
- Kanye West (2014)
- Avicii (2014)
- Coldplay (2014)
- Jay-Z (2014)
- Katy Perry (2014)
- Drake (2014)
- Pitbull (2014)