Alka Yagnik raked in 15.3 billion YouTube streams in 2022 with an average of 42 million per day, according to the Guinness World Records. She currently stands in first place at YouTube's 2022 global rankings.
With over 30.1 billion views.
BLACKPINK has made history once again, surpassing Justin Bieber as the most-viewed artist in the history of YouTube.
The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of June 2023, Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist of all time on Spotify, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed female artist.
First on our list, Justin Bieber, ranks as the most notable singer who got famous on YouTube. Who could forget the story about this pint-sized crooner being discovered randomly in the mid-2000s via a Canadian talent competition?
Ozuna has conquered a new milestone in his career! According to Billboard, the Puerto Rican and Dominican star ties with J Balvin as the artist with the most videos in YouTube's billion views club, surpassing previous titleholder Justin Bieber.
A number of superstar musical acts have had multiple videos surpass a billion views — including Justin Bieber, Adele, Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift. Colombian singer-songwriter J Balvin has entered the Billion Views Club 12 different times, making him the artist with the most videos in the coveted club.
Most viewed YouTube videos of all time 2023
"Baby Shark Dance" currently has 12.3 billion lifetime views on YouTube.
Butter- BTS, 112 Million Views:
South Korean rock band BTS is a name that has set a benchmark by getting over 112 million views within 24 hours of the release of Butter.
On October 14th, 2022, Drake became the first artist in the world to reach 50 billion streams on Spotify. Celebrating the mind-blowing record in typical Drake fashion (over-the-top and extravagant), the Toronto-based rapper teamed up with soccer team FC Barcelona to celebrate.
The Beatles song "Here Comes the Sun" has racked up more than 1 billion streams on Spotify. The song from the album "Abbey Road" joins 405 other songs in Spotify's Billions Club. Miley Cyrus' song "Flowers" recently became the fastest song to have gotten more than 1 billion.
"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi (left) featuring Daddy Yankee (right) has been the most liked video on YouTube since July 2017, with over 51 million likes as of April 2023.
YouTubers make an average of $0.018 per ad view, according to Influencer Market Hub. Rates can range from $0.10 to $0.30 per ad view. However, the amount of money YouTube pays depends on a variety of factors, such as: The number of views your video receives.
Abel Tesfaye, more commonly known as The Weeknd, is statistically the most popular musician on the planet, and no one else even comes close. The 33-year-old Canadian singer's success has seen him set two new Guinness World Records titles: Most monthly listeners on Spotify – 111.4 million (as of 20 March 2023)
“Despacito” by Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee (8.16 billion views)
Doja Cat - Attention (Official Video)
1. 'Blinding Lights' by The Weeknd (3.59 billion streams) The Weeknd is the reigning king of Spotify, with his track racking up more than 3.4 billion views on the platform.
As of June 2023, "Blinding Lights" (2019) by Canadian singer the Weeknd is the most-streamed song of all time on Spotify, while "Dance Monkey" (2019) by Australian singer-songwriter Tones and I is the most-streamed song by a female artist.
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.
The billion-view mark was first passed by Gangnam Style in December 2012. On January 13, 2022, Pinkfong's "Baby Shark" became the first video to hit 10,000,000,000 views, being the most watched video on YouTube ever.
The most viewed music channel on YouTube for a group has 30,151,716,121 views, and was achieved by BLACKPINK the official artist channel for the group of the same name, as verified on 12 April 2023.
Justin Bieber is the most subscribed musician on YouTube.