With physical copies of music becoming rare with each passing day, the various music streaming websites are becoming increasingly popular. Even though there are different places to stream music but the most popular one out of them all is Spotify. Spotify is the largest music streaming website that entertains a massive count of followers.
With a strong paying follower base of 113 million, Spotify is unarguably one of the biggest music streaming platforms out there.
Over the years, several big artists have emerged as the most-streamed and most successful ones on Spotify. Thanks to its credibility and huge base, an artist’s music are never complete unless it attains a successful rating on Spotify.
The year 2020 has been life-changing in various aspects. And, there’s no doubt that many artists have emerged on the scene during the COVID-19 pandemic, making their way to the top Spotify charts. Now, this is a dynamic list!
The list of the most-streamed artists on Spotify is a long one but to make it short, there are 5 best artists of all who have consistently maintained their standards in Spotify.
The top 5 most-played Spotify artists in 2021 are:
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Ed Sheeran
Guess you had already figured this one out. Even though many people still haven’t heard a song by the ginger-haired boy but he has an enormous follower count across all the music streaming platforms. Ed Sheeran is a very popular name amongst the music fans who became the most-streamed artist in 2017 in a span of 11 and 12 months, and also for the first two months of 2018.
Almost two weeks after Ed Sheeran released his two record-breaking comeback songs, Sheeran signed to Atlantic and established a massive follower count of 42.18m monthly listeners on the Swedish platform. This count equals almost a third of its total users count.
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Drake
Next in the line is another popular name, Drake. As per the latest reports, Drake has been named as the most-streamed artist of the decade on Spotify! Yes, that’s true. The artist has a whopping 28 billion streams on Spotify. The guy who became famous for his acting on Degrassi in Canada has now become the most-streamed artist on Spotify.
Toronto’s most famous rapper might not be in the top five lists in terms of streams per month, but he was certainly the most-streamed artist in the 2010s. Additionally, Drake was also the most-streamed musician in three different years during that decade. The amount of feat enjoyed by this famous rapper is not surprising at all. He has racked up almost 1.675 billion streams to become the first-ever musician to surpass the bar of 50 billion combined streams on Spotify.
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Justin Bieber
Is this name even surprising anymore? Well, certainly not. Those who have been following this guy for some years now must be familiar with his evolving music graph. Bieber has successfully climbed up the top music charts for his fan-popular songs. In 2020, he was the most popular artist on Spotify for seven months! This is nothing new, isn’t it?
The Canadian singer has been around the corner for a very long time now. The famous singer had first hit the top of the ranking charts back in 2015. Over the years Bieber has been through a lot both professionally and personally, but the Beliebers have been by his side the whole span.
Justin Bieber boasts the most count of monthly Spotify listeners and scores the highest number in the platform’s 15-year history. After the release of his sixth studio album named ‘Justice’, Bieber broke the internet with his popularity. He is Spotify’s all-time most-listened-to artist and enjoys a total count of over 83.3 monthly listeners.
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The Weeknd
Not having a song on the soundtrack for the popular film ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ could der4ail The Weeknd’s music career. Much similar to Eminem, The Weeknd’s compositions are sometimes controversial but people and his fans certainly do not mind!
The Weeknd was the most-streamed artist for at least one month back in 2015, 2016, and also 2017. And, surprisingly, he continues to be amongst the most popular musicians on Spotify. His song ‘Blinding Lights; achieved the top spot for being the most popular song that garnered over 1.6 billion plays. The song went on to become the most popular dance track throughout the year.
After the rapper dropped one of the most anticipated albums of the year in Starboy, the team at Island continues to celebrate the week as The Weeknd as he broke the Spotify record for escalating the highest count of streams in a single day. Presently, The Weeknd is the most-streamed artist in the world with a massive listener’s count of 36.6 monthly listeners.
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Dua Lipa
Surpassing the whooping count of eight billion followers, Dua Lipa is surely the most-streamed female artist in Spotify’s history. The British singer is also the most-listened artist on the platform. After being the most played artist of 2020, she was presented with Grammys. Dua Lipa’s songs are surely more popular than anyone else is in the UK. After she bagged several awards for her winning album named Future Nostalgia, her popularity shot up the charts, especially during the lockdown period.
The 25-year-old famous singer achieved fame in 2017 with her popular song New Rules and has since then remained at the top of all charts for her stellar performances. Her disco-pop records have helped her received critical acclaim, and also Brit and Grammy Awards.
It seems that Dua Lipa has significantly ended the reign of Ed Sheeran to some extent and has managed to hold the title of being the UK’s most-listened artist since 2017.
So, this is a timeline of the Top 5 most-streamed artists on Spotify who are not just ruling the charts but also the hearts of their music fans.