Spotify Reveals First-Ever Most Streamed Artists, Songs and Albums List: Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and The Weeknd Are Tops

It was 20 years ago today that Spotify began to play. And to mark the streaming service’s big anniversary, for the first time ever on Thursday (April 23) Spotify shared its list of the most streamed artists, songs, albums, podcasts and audiobooks in its history.

Some of the artists at the top of the music categories won’t surprise anyone. You would expect Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Drake, the Weeknd and Ed Sheeran to feature prominently given their domination during the streaming era. There are, of course, plenty of veteran acts in the mix on the most-streamed of all time list as well — Rihanna, Eminem, Coldplay, Kanye West — but the real interesting mix is on the top 20 most streamed albums tally.

That’s where Benito’s smash 2022 album, Un Verano Sin Ti, with a record 22 billion total streams to date, is No. 1, followed by The Weeknd’s 2016 album Starboy, Ed Sheeran’s ≠ (Deluxe), Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour and another one by The Weeknd, After Hours. Abel is tops on the most-streamed songs tally as well, with “Blinding Lights” coming in at No. 1, followed by Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” The Neighbourhood’s “Sweater Weather,” the Weeknd and Daft Punk’s “Starboy” and Harry Styles’ “As It Was.”

Check out the full lists below.

Most-streamed artists of all time on Spotify:

1. Taylor Swift

2. Bad Bunny

3. Drake

4. The Weeknd

5. Ariana Grande

6. Ed Sheeran

7. Justin Bieber

8. Billie Eilish

9. Eminem

10. Kanye West

11. Travis Scott

12. BTS

13. Post Malone

14. Bruno Mars

15. J Balvin

16. Rihanna

17. Coldplay

18. Kendrick Lamar

19. Future

20. Juice WRLD

Most-streamed albums of all time on Spotify:

1. Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny

2. Starboy by The Weeknd

3. ÷ (Deluxe) by Ed Sheeran

4. Sour by Olivia Rodrigo

5. After Hours by The Weeknd

6. SOS by SZA

7. Hollywood’s Bleeding by Post Malone

8. Lover by Taylor Swift

9. AM by Arctic Monkeys

10. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? by Billie Eilish

11. Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa

12. Beerbongs & Bentleys by Post Malone

13. ? by XXXTentacion

14. Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season) By Karol G

15. YHLQMDLG by Bad Bunny

16. Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Bruno Mars

17. Views by Drake

18. Midnights by Taylor Swift

19. Scorpion by Drake

20. Beauty Behind the Madness by the Weeknd

Most-streamed songs of all time on Spotify:

1. “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd

2. “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran

3. “Sweater Weather” by The Neighbourhood

4. “Starboy” by The Weeknd and Daft Punk

5. “As It Was” by Harry Styles

6. “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi

7. “Sunflower (from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) by Post Malone and Swae Lee

8. “One Dance” by Drake, Wizkid and Kyla

9. “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran

10. “Stay” by the Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber

11. “Believer” by Imagine Dragons

12. “I Wanna Be Yours” by Arctic Monkeys

13. “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals

14. “Lovely (with Khalid)” by Billie Eilish and Khalid

15. “Yellow” by Coldplay

16. “The Night We Met” by Lord Huron

17. “Closer” by the Chainsmokers and Halsey

18. “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish

19. “Riptide” by Vance Joy

20. “Die With a Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

Most-streamed podcasts of all time:

1. The Joe Rogan Experience

2. Gemischtes Hack

3. Crime Junkie

4. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

5. Last Podcast On The Left

6. The Daily

7. Fest & Flauschig

8. Morbid

9. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

10. Relatos de la Noche

11. Call Her Daddy

12. Não Inviabilize

13. Pardon My Take

14. Distractible

15. La Cotorrisa

16. Dateline NBC

17. Mordlust

18. Baywatch Berlin

19. Hobbylos

20. Killer Stories with Harvey Guillén

Most-streamed audiobooks in premium of all time on Spotify:

1. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

2. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

3. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

4. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

5. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

6. Lights Out by Ted Koppel

7. A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

8. The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

9. The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

10. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

11. The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

12. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

13. Icebreaker by Hannah Grace

14. It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

15. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

16. A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

17. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

18. The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden

19. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

20. Funny Story by Emily Henry

This article was first published by Billboard U.S.