List of most-streamed songs on Spotify
This list contains the top 100 songs with the most streams on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of June 2020, Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" is ranked in the top position,[1] as the only song with more than 2 billion streams.[2][3] As many as 91 songs have exceeded 1 billion streams.
Prior to February 2014, Spotify's most-streamed song was "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons;[4] it was overtaken by Avicii's "Wake Me Up", which became the first song to hit 200 million streams on 27 February 2014.[5] "Wake Me Up" held the streaming record for over a year before being surpassed on 22 May 2015 by Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud",[6] which became the first song to hit 500 million streams on 12 October 2015.[7] A month later, however, it was surpassed by Major Lazer and DJ Snake's "Lean On", featuring MØ,[8] which held the streaming record for 11 months until Drake's "One Dance", featuring Wizkid and Kyla, overtook it on 18 October 2016.[9] "One Dance" became the first song to hit 1 billion streams 12 December 2016,[10] and held the streaming record for almost a year before being surpassed by "Shape of You" on 21 September 2017.[1]
The artists with the most singles in the top 100 are Justin Bieber with a total of 8 (4 as a lead artist and 4 as a featured artist) and Post Malone with 7 (all lead). The albums with the most songs in the top 100 are Bieber's Purpose, Post Malone's Beerbongs & Bentleys and Dua Lipa's Dua Lipa with 3 entries each.
100 most-streamed songs
The following table lists the top 100 most-streamed songs on Spotify, with streams rounded to the nearest million, as well as the artist(s), the album it is currently published to Spotify on, and the date it was originally published on Spotify.
Artists with the most songs in the top 100
This is a list of artists with the most songs in the top 100. It includes an artist's solo and featured songs (where the artist is officially credited).
Rank | Artist | Total songs | Top 10 | Top 100 | 1 bil+ songs | 2 bil+ songs | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lead | Feat. | Lead | Feat. | Lead | Feat. | Lead | Feat. | |||
1 | Justin Bieber | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ||||
2 | Post Malone | 7 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |||||
3 | Ed Sheeran | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||||
4 | The Weeknd | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Imagine Dragons | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
5 | The Chainsmokers | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
Drake | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
DJ Snake | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Shawn Mendes | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
XXXTentacion | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
Twenty One Pilots | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
Dua Lipa | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
Halsey | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Charlie Puth | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Selena Gomez | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Cardi B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
As of 26 June 2020 |
Historical most-streamed songs
The following table lists the last six songs to become Spotify's most-streamed song, from 2013 to the present.
Song | Artist | Streams (millions) |
Date published | Date achieved | Days held | Ref(s) | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
"Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | 1,318 | 6 January 2017 | 21 September 2017 | 1,012 | [1] | |
"One Dance" | Drake | 882 | 5 April 2016 | 18 October 2016 | 338 | [9] | |
"Lean On" | Major Lazer | 526 | 2 March 2015 | 11 November 2015 | 342 | [8] | |
"Thinking Out Loud" | Ed Sheeran | 355 | 21 June 2014 | 22 May 2015 | 173 | [6] | |
"Wake Me Up" | Avicii | 178 | 17 June 2013 | January 2014 | 506 | [4][5] | [upper-alpha 1] |
"Radioactive" | Imagine Dragons | – | 14 February 2012 | 2013 | – | [4] | [upper-alpha 2] |
As of 29 June 2020 |
Milestones and achievements for songs
Weekly number-one songs
The following table lists the songs that reached the No. 1 position on Spotify's weekly most-played chart. The table only records No. 1 songs from late September 2013, as the data from before that is not available.[12] "Rockstar" by DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch is the current number-one song on the Spotify Global Top 200 for the week ending 25 June 2020. [13]
Song | Artist(s) | Weeks at No. 1 | Average streams (millions) |
Date published | Date achieved | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
"Rockstar" | DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch | 3 | 37.8 | 24 April 2020 | 4 June 2020 | [14] |
"Rain on Me" | Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande | 1 | 41.6 | 22 May 2020 | 28 May 2020 | [15] |
"The Scotts" | Travis Scott and Kid Cudi | 1 | 48.4 | 23 April 2020 | 30 April 2020 | [16] |
"Blinding Lights" | The Weeknd | 13[upper-alpha 3] | 42.0 | 29 November 2019 | 27 February 2020 | [17] |
"The Box" | Roddy Ricch | 1 | 46.2 | 6 December 2019 | 13 February 2020 | [18] |
"Lose You to Love Me" | Selena Gomez | 1 | 47.2 | 23 October 2019 | 31 October 2019 | [19] |
"Dance Monkey" | Tones and I | 17[upper-alpha 4] | 46.2 | 10 May 2019 | 17 October 2019 | [20] |
"Highest in the Room" | Travis Scott | 1 | 48.2 | 4 October 2019 | 10 October 2019 | [21] |
"Circles" | Post Malone | 1 | 43.4 | 30 August 2019 | 12 September 2019 | [22] |
"Señorita" | Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello | 14[upper-alpha 5] | 53.0 | 21 June 2019 | 27 June 2019 | [23] |
"I Don't Care" | Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber | 6[upper-alpha 6] | 44.0 | 10 May 2019 | 16 May 2019 | [24] |
"Bad Guy" | Billie Eilish | 6[upper-alpha 7] | 42.6 | 29 March 2019 | 4 April 2019 | [25] |
"7 Rings" | Ariana Grande | 10 | 47.9 | 18 January 2019 | 24 January 2019 | [26] |
"Sunflower" | Post Malone and Swae Lee | 2 | 33.6 | 18 October 2018 | 17 January 2019 | [27] |
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | 1 | 39.6 | 1 November 1994 | 27 December 2018 | [28] |
"Thank U, Next" | Ariana Grande | 8[upper-alpha 8] | 44.2 | 3 November 2018 | 8 November 2018 | [29] |
"Mia" | Bad Bunny featuring Drake | 1 | 39.6 | 12 October 2018 | 18 October 2018 | [30] |
"Taki Taki" | DJ Snake, Selena Gomez, Ozuna and Cardi B | 4[upper-alpha 9] | 35.9 | 28 September 2018 | 4 October 2018 | [31] |
"I Love It" | Kanye West and Lil Pump | 3 | 32.9 | 7 September 2018 | 13 September 2018 | [32] |
"Lucky You" | Eminem featuring Joyner Lucas | 1 | 34.9 | 31 August 2018 | 6 September 2018 | [33] |
"In My Feelings" | Drake | 8 | 51.5 | 29 June 2018 | 12 July 2018 | [34] |
"Nonstop" | 1 | 43.7 | 5 July 2018 | [35] | ||
"Sad!" | XXXTentacion | 2 | 35.8 | 2 March 2018 | 21 June 2018 | [36] |
"This Is America" | Childish Gambino | 1 | 34.9 | 5 May 2018 | 21 May 2018 | [37] |
"Better Now" | Post Malone | 6[upper-alpha 10] | 32.9 | 27 April 2018 | 3 May 2018 | [38] |
"Nice for What" | Drake | 2 | 40.7 | 6 April 2018 | 19 April 2018 | [39] |
"Call Out My Name" | The Weeknd | 1 | 40.6 | 30 March 2018 | 5 April 2018 | [40] |
"God's Plan" | Drake | 11[upper-alpha 11] | 47.8 | 19 January 2018 | 25 January 2018 | [41] |
"Havana" | Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug | 1 | 30.9 | 3 August 2017 | 18 January 2018 | [42] |
"Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | 17 | 38.6 | 15 September 2017 | 21 September 2017 | [43] |
"Too Good at Goodbyes" | Sam Smith | 1 | 30.7 | 8 September 2017 | 14 September 2017 | [44] |
"Look What You Made Me Do" | Taylor Swift | 2 | 39.8 | 24 August 2017 | 31 August 2017 | [45] |
"Mi Gente" | J Balvin and Willy William | 4 | 32.1 | 30 June 2017 | 3 August 2017 | [46] |
"Despacito (Remix)" | Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | 14 | 45.9 | 17 April 2017 | 27 April 2017 | [47] |
"Humble" | Kendrick Lamar | 1 | 41.4 | 30 March 2017 | 20 April 2017 | [48] |
"Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | 14 | 51.9 | 6 January 2017 | 12 January 2017 | [49] |
"Starboy" | The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk | 6 | 29.2 | 21 September 2016 | 1 December 2016 | [50] |
"Black Beatles" | Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane | 2 | 30.3 | 15 September 2016 | 11 November 2016 | [51] |
"Closer" | The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey | 11 | 34.1 | 29 July 2016 | 1 September 2016 | [52] |
"Cold Water" | Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ | 5 | 37.0 | 22 July 2016 | 28 July 2016 | [53] |
"One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla | 14 | 39.8 | 5 April 2016 | 21 April 2016 | [54] |
"Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | 9 | 28.0 | 27 January 2016 | 18 February 2016 | [55] |
"Pillowtalk" | Zayn | 2 | 26.3 | 29 January 2016 | 4 February 2016 | [56] |
"Love Yourself" | Justin Bieber | 3 | 24.4 | 8 November 2015 | 14 January 2016 | [57] |
"Sorry" | 8 | 28.8 | 23 October 2015 | 19 November 2015 | [58] | |
"Hello" | Adele | 3 | 41.9 | 23 October 2015 | 29 October 2015 | [59] |
"What Do You Mean?" | Justin Bieber | 8 | 24.1 | 28 August 2015 | 3 September 2015 | [60] |
"Can't Feel My Face" | The Weeknd | 1 | 15.9 | 8 June 2015 | 27 August 2015 | [61] |
"Drag Me Down" | One Direction | 1 | 17.3 | 31 July 2015 | 6 August 2015 | [62] |
"Lean On" | Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ | 10[upper-alpha 12] | 14.8 | 2 March 2015 | 4 June 2015 | [63] |
"See You Again" | Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth | 6 | 19.0 | 10 March 2015 | 30 April 2015 | [64] |
"FourFiveSeconds" | Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney | 3 | 15.2 | 24 January 2015 | 8 March 2015 | [65] |
"Uptown Funk" | Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | 8 | 14.7 | 10 November 2014 | 11 January 2015 | [66] |
"Take Me to Church" | Hozier | 5 | 12.2 | 13 September 2013 | 7 December 2014 | [67] |
"Thinking Out Loud" | Ed Sheeran | 2 | 10.0 | 21 June 2014 | 23 November 2014 | [68] |
"Shake It Off" | Taylor Swift | 4 | 11.5 | 18 August 2014 | 12 October 2014 | [69] |
"Blame" | Calvin Harris featuring John Newman | 6[upper-alpha 13] | 10.7 | 5 September 2014 | 14 September 2014 | [70] |
"Rude" | Magic! | 8 | 9.0 | 11 October 2013 | 20 July 2014 | [71] |
"Summer" | Calvin Harris | 10 | 8.6 | 14 March 2014 | 11 May 2014 | [72] |
"Rather Be" | Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne | 7 | 8.2 | 17 January 2014 | 23 March 2014 | [73] |
"Dark Horse" | Katy Perry featuring Juicy J | 5 | 7.5 | 17 December 2013 | 16 February 2014 | [74] |
"Timber" | Pitbull featuring Kesha | 6 | 6.8 | 7 October 2013 | 5 January 2014 | [75] |
"The Monster" | Eminem featuring Rihanna | 8 | 7.6 | 29 October 2013 | 10 November 2013 | [76] |
"Royals" | Lorde | 1 | 5.2 | 3 June 2013 | 3 November 2013 | [77] |
"Wrecking Ball" | Miley Cyrus | 5 | 5.6 | 25 August 2013 | 29 September 2013 | [78] |
As of 25 June 2020 |
Longest-running number-one songs by days
The following table lists the 20 songs with the most days at the No. 1 position on Spotify's daily most-played chart.[79]
Rank | Song | Artist(s) | Days at No. 1 | Date published | Date achieved |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "Dance Monkey" | Tones and I | 120 | 10 May 2019 | 23 February 2020 |
2 | "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | 113 | 15 September 2017 | 11 January 2018 |
3 | "Señorita" | Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello | 102 | 21 June 2019 | 3 October 2019 |
4 | "One Dance" | Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla | 101 | 14 April 2016 | 24 July 2016 |
"Despacito (Remix)" | Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | 17 April 2017 | 30 July 2017 | ||
6 | "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | 98 | 6 January 2017 | 13 April 2017 |
7 | "Closer" | The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey | 82 | 29 July 2016 | 1 September 2016 |
8 | "Blinding Lights" | The Weeknd | 81 | 29 November 2019 | 14 June 2020 |
9 | "God's Plan" | Drake | 74 | 19 January 2018 | 8 April 2018 |
10 | "Lean On" | Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ | 77 | 2 March 2015 | 4 June 2015 |
11 | "7 Rings" | Ariana Grande | 68 | 18 January 2019 | 28 March 2019 |
12 | "Uptown Funk" | Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars | 63 | 10 November 2014 | 9 March 2015 |
"Work" | Rihanna featuring Drake | 27 January 2016 | 15 April 2016 | ||
14 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | 57 | 29 June 2018 | 9 September 2018 |
15 | "Sorry" | Justin Bieber | 55 | 23 October 2015 | 10 January 2016 |
16 | "What Do You Mean?" | 53 | 28 August 2015 | 21 October 2015 | |
"Thank U, Next" | Ariana Grande | 3 November 2018 | 1 January 2019 | ||
18 | "I Don't Care" | Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber | 42 | 10 May 2019 | 20 June 2019 |
19 | "Bad Guy" | Billie Eilish | 41 | 29 March 2019 | 9 May 2019 |
20 | "Starboy" | The Weeknd | 40 | 21 September 2016 | 5 January 2017 |
As of 22 June 2020 |
Most-streamed songs in a single day
The following table lists the 20 songs to get the most streams in a single day.[79]
Rank | Song | Artist(s) | Album | Streams | Date published | Date achieved | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "All I Want For Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | Merry Christmas | 12,028,987 | 1 November 1994 | 24 December 2019 | ||
2 | "I Don't Care" | Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber | No.6 Collaborations Project | 10,977,389 | 10 May 2019 | |||
3 | "7 Rings" | Ariana Grande | Thank U, Next | 10,445,538 | 18 January 2019 | 8 February 2019 | ||
4 | "Sad!" | XXXTentacion | ? | 10,415,088 | 2 March 2018 | 19 June 2018 | ||
5 | "Last Christmas" | Wham! | Non-album single | 10,069,590 | 3 December 1984 | 24 December 2019 | ||
6 | "Señorita" | Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello | Shawn Mendes & Romance | 9,936,178 | 21 June 2019 | 5 July 2019 | ||
7 | "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | ÷ | 9,891,056 | 6 January 2017 | 3 March 2017 | ||
8 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | Scorpion | 9,847,333 | 29 June 2018 | 20 July 2018 | ||
9 | "Thank U, Next" | Ariana Grande | Thank U, Next | 9,606,415 | 3 November 2018 | 9 November 2018 | ||
10 | "Nonstop" | Drake | Scorpion | 9,298,297 | 29 June 2018 | |||
11 | "Dance Monkey" | Tones and I | The Kids Are Coming | 8,928,593 | 10 May 2019 | 31 December 2019 | ||
12 | "Survival" | Drake | Scorpion | 8,611,591 | 29 June 2018 | |||
13 | "God's Plan" | 8,553,009 | 19 January 2018 | 26 January 2018 | ||||
14 | "Despacito (Remix)" | Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | Vida | 8,525,474 | 17 April 2017 | 26 May 2017 | ||
15 | "Blinding Lights" | The Weeknd | After Hours | 8,453,567 | 29 November 2019 | 20 March 2020 | ||
16 | "Lose You to Love Me" | Selena Gomez | Rare | 8,166,076 | 23 October 2019 | 25 October 2019 | ||
17 | "Highest in the Room" | Travis Scott | Non-album single | 8,000,249 | 4 October 2019 | |||
18 | "Me!" | Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie | Lover | 7,945,784 | 26 April 2019 | |||
19 | "Look What You Made Me Do" | Taylor Swift | Reputation | 7,908,492 | 25 August 2017 | |||
20 | "Jocelyn Flores" | XXXTentacion | 17 | 7,900,110 | 29 August 2017 | 19 June 2018 | ||
As of 22 June 2020 |
Most-streamed songs in a single week
The following table lists the 20 songs to get the most streams in a single week.[12]
Rank | Song | Artist(s) | Album | Streams | Date published | Date achieved | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | "7 Rings" | Ariana Grande | Thank U, Next | 71,467,874 | 18 January 2019 | 24 January 2019 | ||
2 | "In My Feelings" | Drake | Scorpion | 67,499,798 | 29 June 2018 | 19 July 2018 | ||
3 | "Señorita" | Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello | Shawn Mendes & Romance | 67,237,638 | 21 June 2019 | 11 July 2019 | ||
4 | "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | ÷ | 64,275,251 | 6 January 2017 | 9 March 2017 | ||
5 | "Thank U, Next" | Ariana Grande | Thank U, Next | 59,975,503 | 3 November 2018 | 15 November 2018 | ||
6 | "I Don't Care" | Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber | No.6 Collaborations Project | 58,370,367 | 10 May 2019 | 16 May 2019 | ||
7 | "God's Plan" | Drake | Scorpion | 54,891,573 | 19 January 2018 | 1 March 2018 | ||
8 | "Despacito (Remix)" | Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | Vida | 54,848,635 | 17 April 2017 | 25 May 2017 | ||
9 | "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored" | Ariana Grande | Thank U, Next | 54,707,620 | 8 February 2019 | 14 February 2019 | ||
10 | "Blinding Lights" | The Weeknd | After Hours | 52,375,259 | 29 November 2019 | 26 March 2020 | ||
11 | "Dance Monkey" | Tones and I | The Kids Are Coming | 52,055,226 | 10 May 2019 | 16 January 2020 | ||
12 | "Bad Guy" | Billie Eilish | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | 50,342,324 | 29 March 2019 | 4 April 2019 | ||
13 | "The Box" | Roddy Ricch | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | 48,937,592 | 6 December 2019 | 23 January 2020 | ||
14 | "The Scotts" | Travis Scott and Kid Cudi | Non-album single | 48,430,814 | 24 April 2020 | 30 April 2020 | ||
15 | "Highest in the Room" | Travis Scott | JackBoys | 48,161,108 | 4 October 2019 | 10 October 2019 | ||
16 | "One Dance" | Drake | Views | 47,782,311 | 5 April 2016 | 19 May 2016 | ||
17 | "Lose You to Love Me" | Selena Gomez | Rare | 47,227,738 | 23 October 2019 | 31 October 2019 | ||
18 | "Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | Beerbongs & Bentleys | 46,995,997 | 15 September 2017 | 19 October 2017 | ||
19 | "Closer" | The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey | Collage | 46,300,740 | 29 July 2016 | 8 September 2016 | ||
20 | "All I Want For Christmas Is You" | Mariah Carey | Merry Christmas | 45,828,931 | 29 October 1994 | 26 December 2019 | ||
As of 22 June 2020 |
Most-streamed songs by country
The table below lists the most streamed song on Spotify by country, as well as the artist(s), the album it is currently published to Spotify on, and the date it was originally published to Spotify.[80]
Country | Song | Artist(s) | Album | Streams (millions) |
Date published |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
"Rockstar" | Post Malone featuring 21 Savage | Beerbongs & Bentleys | 666.7 | 15 September 2017 | |
88.2 | |||||
21.2 | |||||
"Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | ÷ | 194.0 | 6 January 2017 | |
94.4 | |||||
77.2 | |||||
31.5 | |||||
28.6 | |||||
25.3 | |||||
22.1 | |||||
20.0 | |||||
16.2 | |||||
12.5 | |||||
12.2 | |||||
"Me Rehúso" | Danny Ocean | 54+1 | 247.4 | 16 September 2016 | |
99.8 | |||||
74.8 | |||||
28.1 | |||||
11.7 | |||||
"Lençol Dobrado" | João Gustavo & Murilo | Lençol Dobrado | 172.4 | 08 June 2018 | |
"Say You Won't Let Go" | James Arthur | Back from the Edge | 113.5 | 9 September 2016 | |
19.8 | |||||
"Wake Me Up" | Avicii featuring Aloe Blacc | True | 111.7 | 17 June 2013 | |
"Il cielo nella stanza" | Salmo | Playlist | 96.8 | 9 November 2018 | |
"Adán y Eva" | Paulo Londra | Homerun | 78.3 | 5 November 2018 | |
"Au DD" | PNL | Deux frères | 68.3 | 22 March 2019 | |
"Waktu Yang Salah" | Fiersa Besari featuring Thantri | Tempat Aku Pulang | 64.5 | 15 May 2014 | |
"Felaket" | Ezhel | Non-album single | 52.5 | 2017 | |
"Pretender" | Official Hige Dandism | Traveler | 50.6 | 2019 | |
"Faded" | Alan Walker | Different World | 48.7 | 3 December 2015 | |
"Desconocidos" | Mau y Ricky | Para Aventuras y Curiosidades | 38.9 | 12 October 2018 | |
"Señorita" | Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello | Shawn Mendes & Romance | 33.4 | 21 June 2019 | |
"Someone You Loved" | Lewis Capaldi | Breach & Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent | 20.5 | 8 November 2018 | |
"Something Just Like This" | The Chainsmokers and Coldplay | Memories...Do Not Open & Kaleidoscope EP | 13.8 | 22 February 2017 | |
As of 22 June 2020 |
Most-streamed songs by release year
Milestones and achievements for albums
Most-streamed albums
This list calculates the number of streams all songs on one album, mixtape or extended play have collectively acquired.
Rank | Album | Artist | Streams (billions) |
Average streams (millions) |
Release date | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ÷ | Ed Sheeran | 9.24 | 577.2 | 3 March 2017 | [147] |
2 | Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | 7.85 | 434.6 | 27 April 2018 | [148] |
3 | x | Ed Sheeran | 7.18 | 299.1 | 20 June 2014 | [149] |
4 | Dua Lipa | Dua Lipa | 7.13 | 285.3 | 2 June 2017 | [150] |
5 | Purpose | Justin Bieber | 6.90 | 363.0 | 13 November 2015 | [151] |
6 | Scorpion | Drake | 6.50 | 260.0 | 29 June 2018 | [152] |
7 | Views | Drake | 6.25 | 312.2 | 29 April 2016 | [153] |
8 | Hollywood's Bleeding | Post Malone | 6.04 | 355.3 | 6 September 2019 | [154] |
9 | Stoney | Post Malone | 5.76 | 318.5 | 9 December 2016 | [155] |
10 | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? | Billie Eilish | 5.73 | 405.9 | 29 March 2019 | [156] |
11 | ? | XXXTentacion | 5.15 | 286.0 | 16 March 2018 | [157] |
12 | Starboy | The Weeknd | 5.11 | 284.0 | 26 November 2016 | [158] |
13 | In the Lonely Hour | Sam Smith | 5.08 | 220.7 | 26 May 2014 | [159] |
14 | Curtain Call | Eminem | 4.98 | 207.6 | 6 December 2005 | [160] |
15 | Beauty Behind the Madness | The Weeknd | 4.74 | 338.3 | 28 August 2015 | [161] |
16 | Shawn Mendes | Shawn Mendes | 4.35 | 271.8 | 25 May 2018 | [162] |
17 | Thank U, Next | Ariana Grande | 4.30 | 358.2 | 8 February 2019 | [163] |
18 | Damn | Kendrick Lamar | 4.24 | 301.6 | 14 April 2017 | [164] |
19 | Astroworld | Travis Scott | 4.23 | 246.1 | 3 August 2018 | [165] |
20 | More Life | Drake | 4.23 | 191.7 | 18 March 2017 | [166] |
As of 13 June 2020 |
Most-streamed albums by release year
Historical most first-day album streams
The following table lists records to become Spotify's most streamed album in its opening day globally, from 2016 to the present.
Album | Artist | Streams (millions) |
Date published | Days held | Ref(s) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scorpion | Drake | 132.4 | 29 June 2018 | 731 | [191] | |
Beerbongs & Bentleys | Post Malone | 78.7 | 27 April 2018 | 63 | [192] | |
More Life | Drake | 61.3 | 19 March 2017 | 404 | [193] | |
÷ | Ed Sheeran | 56.7 | 3 March 2017 | 16 | [194] | |
Starboy | The Weeknd | 29.0 | 25 November 2016 | 98 | [194] | |
As of 22 June 2020 |
See also
- List of most-streamed artists on Spotify
- List of most-viewed YouTube videos
- List of most-disliked YouTube videos
- List of most-liked YouTube videos
- List of most-subscribed YouTube channels
- List of most-followed Instagram accounts
- List of most-followed Twitter accounts
- List of most-viewed online videos in the first 24 hours
Notes
- The exact date and number of streams that "Wake Me Up" had when it surpassed "Radioactive" is unknown. Best estimates were made based on its 3.8 million weekly streams and the 17 million stream difference between the two songs when it reached 200 million streams.[4]
- The exact date and number of streams that "Radioactive" had when it became Spotify's most streamed song is unknown.
- "Blinding Lights" returned to the top twice on the weeks ending 7 May 2020 and 18 June 2020.
- "Dance Monkey" returned to the top twice on the weeks ending 7 November 2019 and 20 February 2020.
- "Señorita" returned to the top on the week ending 19 September 2019.
- The combined streams of the two "Old Town Road" versions were enough to surpass "I Don't Care" for 5 consecutive weeks (making 10 non-consecutive weeks at #1 in total when combined, with an average of 57.8m weekly streams), but neither of them got enough streams individually to reach #1.
- The combined streams of the two "Old Town Road" versions were enough to surpass "Bad Guy" for 5 consecutive weeks (they would go on to spend a total of 10 non-consecutive weeks at #1 when combined, with an average of 57.8m weekly streams), but neither of them got enough streams individually to reach #1.
- "Thank U, Next" returned to the top on the week ending 3 January 2019.
- "Taki Taki" returned to the top on the week ending 26 October 2018.
- "Better Now" returned to the top on the week ending 25 May 2018.
- "God's Plan" returned to the top on the week ending 12 April 2018.
- "Lean On" returned to the top twice on the weeks ending 25 June 2015 and 13 August 2015.
- "Blame" returned to the top on the week ending 9 November 2014.
- Earliest date when the song was publicly available. It may have been available as an album track the year before being released as a single.
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