Mega-popular artist Ed Sheeran takes first place, followed by the most popular artist Ariana Grande. At number nine, BTS is the most popular group and non-English speaking group on Spotify, which hails from the Republic of Korea.
Since 2013, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Drake and Bad Bunny a record three times, with Bad Bunny being the only artist to do so on consecutive years (2020, 2021 and 2022).
The top global artists of 2022
It's a three-peat for global recording artist Bad Bunny. The singer-songwriter is the year's most-streamed artist in the world on Spotify—a spot he's held since 2020.
Bad Bunny Is the most-streamed Artist on Spotify of 2022. With Taylor Swift, Drake, The Weeknd and BTS in 2nd to 5th position, respectively. Harry Styles' single “As it was” is the most-streamed track of 2022.
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For the third year in a row, the Bad Bunny is the most-streamed global artist of the year, generating more than 18.5 billion streams in 2022. The Puerto Rican artist is followed by Taylor Swift, Drake, The Weeknd and BTS.
Justin Bieber takes the top spot, with millions of followers across socials and billions of plays on streaming services. The most popular female artist currently goes to Taylor Swift, while BTS are unsurprisingly the most popular band. Any surprises here amongst the most popular artists in 2022?
Updated by Spotify every 24 hours and publicly displayed on the profiles of all artists, monthly listeners are a great indication of currently popular artists on streaming platforms. Following the release of her massively popular tenth studio album Midnights, Taylor Swift just took the top spot from The Weeknd.
You can just play one song on Spotify. Click the song title to open it up and stream/play it from there.
Taylor Swift, “Anti-Hero”
As for how much Spotify pays per stream, they pay roughly $0.04 per 10 streams. So, 1000 streams would be around $4, and 100,000 streams would be $400. Remember, this result may be lower based on certain factors such as if only half of your song was listened to.
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According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.
Most streamed artists on Spotify – Results
Expectedly, the most streamed artist of all-time is Drake, followed by Bad Bunny who leads among Latin acts. The top 3 is completed by Ed Sheeran. Among female singers Taylor Swift took over the top spot ahead of Ariana Grande.