Alongside more traditional accolades, Ariana has two Grammys and holds 30 Guinness World Records. She is officially the most streamed female artist of all time; the most subscribed female solo artist on YouTube; and has been named the most successful female artist to debut in the 2010s by Billboard.
The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of July 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.
With the dazzling 3,332 billion streams, The Weeknd surpassed Ed Sheraans' “Shape of You” in January 2023. Ed Sheeran's “Shape of You” held the record for the most streamed song for over 5 years!
Taylor Swift has become the first female artist to have over 91 million monthly listeners on Spotify, with her album 'Folklore' alone crossing five billion streams on the platform. As well as this, Swift's five albums collectively have more than five billion streams.
Answer: With more than 58 billion streams, Drake is the most streamed artist on Spotify. Question: Who has the most followers on Spotify? Answer: English singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran is the most-followed artist on Spotify.
Taylor Swift Reacts to 'Anti-Hero' Surpassing One Billion Spotify Streams: 'Thanks a Billion' The milestone marks the pop superstar's fourth song to enter the music streamer's Billions Club.
American popstar Miley Cyrus has beaten the record made jointly by Harry Styles' 'As It Was' and Justin Bieber and The Kid LAROI's 'Stay' by becoming the fastest ever artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify with her hit 'Flowers'.
Rihanna has made history on Spotify, becoming the first female artist to have 10 songs in the platform's Billion Club.
Madonna currently holds the record for the most number-one songs in the 43-year history of the chart, with 50. The only other artists to have achieved more than 20 chart toppers are Rihanna (33) and Beyonce (22).
1. 'Blinding Lights' by The Weeknd (3.70 billion streams) The Weeknd is the reigning king of Spotify, with his track racking up more than 3.4 billion views on the platform.
Selena Gomez is the reigning queen of Instagram once again! The singer and actress recently broke records when she hit 400 million followers and officially became the most followed woman on the app. She joined an elite group of just two other celebs that have hit the major milestone: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
1 singles by a female artist. Mariah Carey (USA) has topped the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on 19 different occasions. Her first No.
Taylor Swift has broken the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 entries by a woman in the chart's 62-year history. Now with 113, as of the chart dated Aug. 8, she passes Nicki Minaj's 110.
Taylor Swift is the all-time winner with four and is also the most nominated artist with nine. There are only six women have won the award more than once: Christina Aguilera, Taylor Swift, Adele, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, and Rihanna.
The "Don't Stop the Music" singer is the first female artist to have 10 songs reach 1 billion streams.
2022. 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.
“Despacito” by Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee (8.02 billion views)
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.
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The news was first shared via Spotify's social media where the streaming giant wrote, “It's official: On February 27, The Weeknd became the first artist in Spotify History to reach 100 Million monthly listeners.”
Artists need about 326 streams to make $1, and 1 billion streams equals roughly $3 million in royalties.