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Drake Was Spotify's Most Streamed Artist in Canada in 2025
Spotify Wrapped's year-end data also reveals Canada's most-streamed albums and songs of the year. The streaming service has also released lists of the top Franco-Quebec music, which features Charlotte Cardin, Les Cowboys Fringants and more.
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This year’s Spotify Wrapped has arrived.
As the streaming service’s popular marketing campaign takes over social media, the platform is unveiling new data about its Canadian artists.
Spotify shared the top artists streamed in Canada, with rapper Drake taking the top spot, followed by Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen. Scarborough native The Weeknd comes in at No. 4, while Drake's rival Kendrick Lamar ranks at No. 5. Two spots down at No. 7 is Canadian pop singer Tate McRae.
Despite Drizzy accusing the streaming service of contributing to an illegal “scheme” involving bots, payola and other methods to push Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us,” the Toronto rapper has maintained a spot at the top of listeners’ playlists. While Drake has only released three solo singles this year — rumoured to be a part of his forthcoming Iceman project — the trio of tracks have all hit the Billboard Canadian Hot 100, including “What Did I Miss” at No. 2, “Which One?” featuring U.K. rapper Central Cee at No. 4 and “Dog House” featuring recent Billboard Canada Woman of the Year Global Rising Star honouree Julia Wolf, at No. 86.
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As always, The Weeknd has fared well on Spotify, reclaiming the No. 1 spot of top monthly listeners, which was followed by his hit “Blinding Lights” surpassing five billion streams on the platform. At the beginning of the year, the Canadian superstar released Hurry Up Tomorrow, the third and final installment of his After Hours/Dawn FM trilogy — the album hit No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart after its release.
Pop it-girl McRae has become a Spotify darling after being tapped as the platform’s list of the most-streamed homegrown artists in the world back in the summer. At 22, she’s reaching new highs for Canadian women, performing sold-out arena shows and hitting No. 1 in her home country for the first time earlier this year with So Close to What. Even today, McRae has maintained her place on the charts with hits like “Sports Car,” “Tit For Tat” and “Just Keep Watching,” from the F1 movie, which nabbed the superstar her first-ever Grammy nomination.
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While it’s a celebration for mainstream Canadian artists, other niche-leaning musicians have left the platform, including indie singer Sarah Harmer, post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, singer-songwriter Chad VanGaalen and more, citing then-CEO Daniel Ek's investment in an AI weapons company. Ek stepped down from the streamer in mid-September.
Canada’s Top Artists of 2025
Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping I’m The Problem was the most-streamed album in Canada, followed by the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack and SZA’s lengthy SOS Deluxe: LANA.
The top album by a Canadian was Tate McRae’s So Close to What, which arrives at No. 4, while Drizzy’s team-up with fellow Canadian PARTYNEXTDOOR, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, ranks at No. 7. The album hit No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, maintaining its position for three non-consecutive weeks. Despite releasing in October, Taylor Swift's chart-topping album, The Life of a Showgirl, comes in at No. 10.
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Canada’s Top Albums of 2025
- “I’m The Problem” by Morgan Wallen
- “KPop Demon Hunters” by KPop Demon Hunters Cast
- “SOS Deluxe: LANA” by SZA
- “So Close To What” by Tate McRae
- “You'll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1)” by Alex Warren
- “Short n' Sweet” by Sabrina Carpenter
- “$ome $exy $ongs 4 U” by PARTYNEXTDOOR, Drake
- “One Thing At A Time” by Morgan Wallen
- “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan
- “The Life of a Showgirl” by Taylor Swift
Alex Warren almost set a record on the Canadian Hot 100 with “Ordinary,” which spent 25 weeks at the top before being dethroned by Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia.” The song is Canada's most-streamed song on Spotify in 2025.
Two Bruno Mars collaborations follow in succession — “Die With a Smile” with Lady Gaga and “APT.,” with Rosé.
Shaboozey's record-setting "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" — last year’s most-streamed song — maintains a spot at No. 5, while the viral Gracie Abrams hit “That’s So True,” which earned the singer her first No. 1 Canadian Hot 100 hit north of the border last November, arrives at No. 9.
Canada’s Top Songs of 2025
- “Ordinary” by Alex Warren
- “Die With A Smile” by Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars
- “APT.” by ROSÉ, Bruno Mars
- “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone
- “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey
- “Haegeum” by Agust D
- “Golden” by HUNTR/X, REY NUNA, EJAE, KPop Demon Hunters Cast, REI AMI
- “luther (with sza)” by Kendrick Lamar, SZA
- “That’s So True” by Gracie Abrams
- “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan
As the country’s Francophone music scene continues to grow, Spotify is sharing the top-streamed Franco-Québécois artists in Canada. Rock group Les Cowboys Fringants is the reigning artist for the second year in a row. While the group hasn’t released any new albums this year, it seems they’re maintaining the momentum of 2024’s Pub Royal, which debuted at No. 3 on the Canadian Albums chart. The band’s guitarist, JF Pauzé, has struck a chord on his own, releasing a solo project, Les Amours De Seconde Main, which debuted in the top 10 on Canadian Albums.
They’re followed by rapper Souldia and singer-songwriter Jay Scøtt. Last year’s inaugural Billboard Canada Woman of the Year, Charlotte Cardin, ranks at No. 9. Cardin has continued to export her work, making waves in Europe and the U.S. Earlier this year, she released Billboard Canada Airplay chart hit “Tant pis pour elle,” her return to francophone singing since her 2023 EP, Une semaine à Paris.
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Quebec’s Top Franco-Quebecois Artists of 2025
- Les Cowboys Fringants
- Souldia
- Jay Scøtt
- Enima
- Fredz
- Les Trois Accords
- Québec Redneck Bluegrass Project
- Lost
- Charlotte Cardin
- FouKi
Cardin tops Spotify's Franco-Quebecois songs list with “Feel Good,” a bilingual hit that blends English and French — it debuted at No. 94 on the Canadian Hot 100. Additionally, Les Cowboys Fringants appear multiple times in the top 10, which also features the first French-language song to reach a billion streams — Patrick Watson’s “Je te laisserai des mots” — and R&B singer Fredz.
Quebec’s Top Franco-Quebecois Songs of 2025
- “Feel Good” by Charlotte Cardin
- “L'Amérique pleure” by Les Cowboys Fringants
- “Je te laisserai des mots” by Patrick Watson
- “Les étoiles filantes” by Les Cowboys Fringants
- “Le stade” by Fredz
- “Sur mon épaule” by Les Cowboys Fringants
- “Copilote” by FouKi, Jay Scøtt
- “Ça va” by Émile Bilodeau
- “Toune d'automne” by Les Cowboys Fringants
- “Woodstock” by Jay Scøtt
Outside of Canada, the Weeknd and Drake have taken their chart dominance beyond their home country, notching positions at No. 3 and No. 4 on Spotify’s global top artists list.
Recent Billboard cover star Bad Bunny ranks at No. 1 in the world, followed by pop singer Taylor Swift.
Kendrick Lamar sits at No. 6, while international stars including Indian singer and composer Arjit Singh and regional Mexican band Fuerza Regida close out the top 10.
Global Top Artists of 2025
- Bad Bunny
- Taylor Swift
- The Weeknd
- Drake
- Billie Eilish
- Kendrick Lamar
- Bruno Mars
- Ariana Grande
- Arijit Singh
- Fuerza Regida
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