The fastest song to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify is "Die With A Smile" by Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars, achieving the milestone in just 96 days in late 2024, followed closely by ROSÉ & Bruno Mars' "APT." at 100 days. These collaborations significantly beat previous records set by tracks like The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber's "STAY" and Harry Styles' "As It Was".
The track was able to reach the stream of 1 billion in 249 days and became one of the fastest rap songs ever. In a ranking of fast hip-hop songs to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify, “Not Like Us” stands: “Industry Baby” by Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow (191 days) “God's Plan” by Drake (226 days)
“Flowers” by Miley Cyrus (USA, b. Destiny Cyrus) reached 1 billion streams faster than any other track by a female artist on Spotify, doing so on its 112th day of availability: 4 May 2023.
“Gangnam Style” by South Korean musician PSY became the first YouTube video to reach 1 billion views. By the end of 2012, the song had topped music charts in more than 30 countries around the world. #song4theweekend #PSY #GangnamStyle #musichistory #music.
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars' "Die With A Smile" is now the fastest song to surpass 3 billion streams on Spotify (409 days). . . . #ladygaga #gaga #brunomars #diewithasmile #mayhem.
Eminem and Twista are both rappers who hold Guinness World Records for fast rapping. Eminem Holds the record for the fastest rap on a hit single for his 2020 song "Godzilla". In a 30-second segment of the song, Eminem rapped 225 words, or 7.5 words per second.
The Tortured Poets Department — 6 days 2. The Life of a Showgirl — just over 8 days 3. Midnights — 10 days 4.
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In December 2012, "Gangnam Style" became the first video to reach one billion views. By June 2015, only "Baby" had also managed to pass this threshold, but, by October 2015, a total of ten videos had done so, and the number grew further to over 400 in 2024.
On Spotify, a billion streams in the US could yield around $4 million, but this fluctuates globally.
As of early January 2026, The Weeknd is generally considered #1 on Spotify for monthly listeners, but Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's history and often leads overall popularity, with Bruno Mars recently hitting a historic 150 million monthly listeners. The #1 spot can change daily, but The Weeknd currently leads in recent monthly listeners, while Bad Bunny remains a top contender, and Taylor Swift dominates overall historical streams.
Over the course of Elvis' life, he achieved some of the highest accolades in music and film. It is estimated that more than one billion Elvis records have been sold worldwide, more than anyone in record industry history.
Garth Brooks is the artist with nine diamond-certified albums, a record for album sales (10 million+ units each), though Drake now leads in total Diamond certifications (albums and singles combined) with over 10, followed by Post Malone for singles. Brooks' nine diamond albums include classics like Double Live, The Ultimate Hits, and In Pieces, making him the sole artist with this many album awards from the RIAA.
There's no single "number one" album due to different metrics (sales, critical acclaim, cultural impact), but Michael Jackson's Thriller (1982) is consistently cited as the best-selling album worldwide and a landmark pop record, while The Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) often tops US sales charts. Other contenders for "best" often include Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, and recent critical favorites like Adele's 21.
Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Hold an All-Time Record
The record for the fastest ascent to one billion streams on Spotify belongs to “Die With a Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars. That Grammy-winning duet managed the feat in just 97 days.
There isn't one single "1st fastest rapper," as records change and different metrics are used (syllables vs. words, underground vs. mainstream), but Twista (formerly Tung Twista) was the first recognized by Guinness World Records in 1992 for 598 syllables in 55 seconds, while Eminem holds records for fastest rap in a #1 single ("Godzilla"), and underground MCs like Rebel XD and Tonedeff have clocked even higher syllable-per-second rates.
Eminem rarely smiles in public due to a combination of his intense, aggressive "Slim Shady" persona, a difficult past filled with trauma, addiction, and bullying, and perhaps a belief that it fits his rap god image; though he has shown genuine smiles in private moments, especially with his kids, and even more recently, often hides or avoids smiling to maintain his fierce brand, stemming from deep-seated insecurities and past hardships that shaped his tough exterior.
No, Eminem did not pass 9th grade; he failed it three times, spent three years in the grade due to truancy and poor grades, and eventually dropped out of Lincoln High School at 17 to focus on his rap career, though he later earned a GED.
If you get a pop up saying you're in the top 0.005% of listeners for a specific artist or song on Spotify means you listened more than 99.9995% of all other listeners on Spotify, cementing yourself as a mega fan of whatever it was you were obsessively listening to.
'As It Was' by Harry Styles surpassed 4 billion streams on Spotify, becoming his first song to reach this milestone. It is now the fourth most-streamed song in Spotify history and holds the record as the fastest song to reach 4 billion streams.
After Onfroy adopted the moniker XXXTentacion, he uploaded his first non-deleted song, called "Vice City", on SoundCloud, included on his debut mixtape XXX (Unmastered) released on March 5, 2014. The word "tentación" in his stage name is the Spanish word for "temptation".