Who was the most listened to artist in 2016?

Drake has been named Spotify's most-streamed artist of 2016, with his single One Dance the site's biggest song of the year. The Canadian star racked up 4.7 billion streams this year, more than half of which were for his album Views.

Who was the most listened to artist in 2015?

Most streamed artist: Drake

Drake was streamed 1.8 billion times this year by 46 million listeners, beating Ed Sheeran, last year's most streamed artist.

Who was the most listened to artist in 2017?

Ed Sheeran is the most streamed artist of 2017 globally, and remains the most-streamed artist on Spotify with 45 million monthly listeners.

Who was the most listened to artist of 2014?

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has been named the most-streamed artist in the world by Spotify. The 23-year-old has racked up more than 860 million streams on the service, beating Eminem and Coldplay, who came second and third respectively.

Who is the biggest artist in the world 2014?

Taylor Swift has been named the world's most popular artist of last year. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's (IFPI) list, is based on physical sales, downloads and streaming stats - despite not having any music on Spotify.

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Who was the most listened artist in 2013?

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were crowned most-streamed artist worldwide in the Web-streaming service's year in review, as was the duo's debut album, The Heist.

What was the most listened to song in 2014?

Music fans couldn't get enough of “Happy” in 2014. The bouncy Pharrell track was the most-streamed song globally on Spotify, the music streaming service announced Wednesday. The song racked up 260 million plays over the course of the year.

Who is the most listened artist since 2010?

Drake topped the list, compiled by ChartData, with an enormous 36.3 billion streams. Drake, Post Malone, Eminem and Future are among a handful of artists that have been recognized as the most streamed artists of the 2010s. The official statistics reflect how hip-hop has become the dominant music over the last 10 years.

Who was the most listened to artist of 2011?

Also in 2011, for the first time, all four of the top artists on the year-end Top Artists recap are solo female acts. Following Adele at No. 1 are Rihanna, Katy Perry and last year's champ, Lady Gaga, at Nos. 2-4, respectively.

What was the most streamed song of 2012?

Spotify has revealed its most streamed song of 2012 worldwide is Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know. Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen and We Are Young by Fun.

Who was the most listened to artist in 2009?

For 2009, the chart was published on December 11. The 2009 list was dominated by The Black Eyed Peas and Lady Gaga, who shared the top four spots.

Who was number one artist in 2009?

LADY GAGA

The chart-topping hit-maker and headline-grabbing fashionista from Yonkers, New York, became the first artist ever to send her first four singles to No. 1 on the Billboard Pop Songs chart. What's her secret? “A hit record writes itself,” said the winner of the 2009 Billboard Rising Star award.

What was the #1 song in 2015?

The funk track "Uptown Funk" by British producer Mark Ronson, featuring American singer Bruno Mars, who co-wrote and voiced the lyrics was named the number 1 song of 2015, despite being released in late 2014. It spent the longest time at number 1 for the year, 14 weeks, and spent the entire year in the Top 40 region.

What was the number one song in 2017?

"Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber was the longest-running number-one of the year, leading the chart for sixteen weeks and tying the then-record for longest-running number-one single in the history of the chart; despite this, Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" topped the Billboard Year-End Hot ...

Who was the biggest artist in 2008?

Based on the success of her self-titled debut and her follow up album Fearless, country star Taylor Swift was the top-selling artist in 2008, according to Nielsen SoundScan, as more people buy music than ever.