

They are crowded, it’s nearly impossible to gain traction, and their payout rates are notoriously low. While they have become unavoidable and a must for all acts, not all musicians love streaming sites. Sales aren’t dead, but to avoid streaming services for any reason is to do your career a real disservice. Platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Pandora and a number of others have become the go-to way for millions of music lovers to access the tunes they can’t get enough of.
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"These Were Spotify's Most-Streamed Songs This Year". ^ Luckerson, Victor (December 3, 2014)."Macklemore's 'Can't Hold Us' Spotify's Most-Streamed Song of 2013". ^ Rutherford, Kevin (December 3, 2013).^ "Most streamed act on Spotify (female)".List of most-followed Instagram accounts.List of most-subscribed YouTube Music artists.List of most-subscribed YouTube channels.Indicates peak of most monthly listeners in Spotify history 2015 Month This is a timeline of artists who had the most monthly listeners on Spotify since September 2015, when the feature was made public. The most streamed artists in the first 10 years of the existence of Spotify.īritish rock band Coldplay is the group with the most monthly listeners on Spotify as of April 2023.Ĭanadian singer The Weeknd is the artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the female artist with the most monthly listeners. Number of streams are listed in parenthesis, where available. Bad Bunny has been the most streamed artist on Spotify for the last three years (2020–2022)
