The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify . As of February 2024, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist,[ 2] and Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed male artist in Spotify's history.[ a] Since 2012, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Drake and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny a record three times, with Bad Bunny being the only artist to do so in consecutive years (2020–2022). Swift is the only female artist to have topped the list (2023).
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's history.
Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed male artist in Spotify's history.
South Korean boy band BTS is the most-streamed group in Spotify's history.[ 1]
Most-streamed artists
By year
Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.
By decade
Number of streams are listed in parentheses, where available.
First 10 years
The most streamed artists in the first 10 years of the existence of Spotify.
Most monthly listeners
As of November 2024, American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is the artist with the most monthly listeners. He is followed by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd , who was the first artist in history to surpass 100 million monthly listeners, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was the first female artist and second overall.[ 17] American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish was the third and youngest artist to achieve the feat.[ 18] British band Coldplay hold the record for groups at 93 million monthly listeners and are the first in their category to reach the 60, 70, 80 and 90 million marks.[ 19]
Most-followed artists
Indian playback singer Arijit Singh is the most-followed artist on Spotify.
As of October 2024, Indian playback singer Arijit Singh is the most-followed artist and Taylor Swift is the most-followed female artist on Spotify.[ 70]
Timeline of peak monthly listeners
Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd is the artist with the highest recorded number of monthly listeners.
This is a timeline of artists who had the most monthly listeners on Spotify since September 2015, when the feature was made public.[ 123]
Indicates most streamed artist of the year
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Indicates peak of most monthly listeners in Spotify history
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2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
See also
Notes
^ Only lead streams are counted and features are excluded, as per Billboard [ 2] and Digital Music News .[ 3]
^ From 2019 to 2022, the most streamed artist of the year didn't top the monthly listeners list.
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^ "Sia" . Spotify. Retrieved 5 November 2024 .
^ "One Direction" . Spotify. Retrieved 5 November 2024 .
^ "KAROL G" . Spotify. Retrieved 5 November 2024 .
^ "Marshmello" . Spotify. Retrieved 5 November 2024 .
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^ "Miley Cyrus" . Spotify. Retrieved 5 November 2024 .
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^ "Michael Jackson" . Spotify. Retrieved 5 November 2024 .
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^ "Arctic Monkeys" . Spotify. Retrieved 5 November 2024 .
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^ "Ariana Grande" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
^ "Billie Eilish" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
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^ "Bad Bunny" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
^ "Justin Bieber" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
^ "BTS" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
^ "Rihanna" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
^ "Bruno Mars" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
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^ "Imagine Dragons" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
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^ "A.R. Rahman" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
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^ "Blackpink" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
^ "Karol G" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
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^ "Neha Kakkar" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
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^ "Alan Walker" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
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^ "Anuel AA" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
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^ "Juice Wrld" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
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^ "Sidhu Moosewala" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
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^ "Marília Mendonça" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
^ "Maluma" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
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^ "Anirudh Ravichander" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
^ "Harry Styles" . Spotify. Retrieved 26 July 2024 .
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