Spotify is 20 years old. Who are the all-time streaming champs?

In April 2006, a new company called Spotify was registered in Sweden. Although it didn’t go live to the public until October 2008, this month marks the company’s 20th birthday.

In honour of that, Spotify went through all its data to identify the most-streamed songs, albums, and artists from those two decades.

1. Most-streamed artists:
   • Taylor Swift
   • Bad Bunny
   • Drake
   • The Weeknd
   • Ariana Grande
2. Most-streamed albums:
   • Bad Bunny, Un Verano Sin Ti (2022)
   • The Weeknd, Starboy (2026)
   • Ed Sheeran, ‘÷’ (2017)
   • Olivia Rodrigo, Sour (2021)
   • The Weeknd, After Hours (2020)
3. Most-streamed songs:
   • The Weeknd, “Blinding Lights” (5.38 billion streams)
   • Ed Sheeran, “Shape of You” (4.88 billion)

Other notes:

• The closest thing we have to a “most-streamed rock band” is Coldplay (#17)
• The most-streamed rock album is AM by Arctic Monkeys (#9)
• The most-streamed rock songs.
  • “Sweater Weater,” The Neighbourhood (#3)
  • “Believer,” Imagine Dragons” (#11)
  • “I Wanna Be Yours,” Arctic Monkeys (#12)
  • “Yellow,” Coldplay (#15)
  • “Riptide,” Vance Joy (#19)

Most-streamed podcast: Joe Rogan

Most-streamed audiobook: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J, Maas (She has four in the top 20.)

Read the whole report here.