Spotify Names the Most-Streamed Songs of the Summer. You Already Know What’s Number One.
The data boffins at Spotify love press releases that detail what they’ve learned about people using the service. Here are the songs which were streamed the most across the planet through the summer of 2017. How many rock songs can you count?
- Daddy Yankee, Luis Fonsi – Despacito – Remix (feat. Justin Bieber)
- DJ Khaled – Wild Thoughts (feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller)
- French Montana, Unforgettable (feat. Swae Lee)
- DJ Khaled – I’m the One (feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper, Lil Wayne)
- J Balvin, Willy William – Mi Gente
- Ed Sheeran – Shape of You
- Calvin Harris – Feels (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry, Big Sean)
- Charlie Puth – Attention
- Liam Payne – Strip That Down (feat. Quavo)
- Imagine Dragons – Thunder
- Jonas Blue – Mama (feat. William Singe)
- David Guetta – 2U (feat. Justin Bieber)
- Lil Uzi Vert – XO TOUR Llif3
- Shawn Mendes – There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back
- Axwell /\ Ingrosso – More Than You Know
- Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE.
- Jason Derulo – Swalla (feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign)
- The Chainsmokers, Coldplay – Something Just Like This
- Maluma – Felices los 4
- Imagine Dragons – Believer
- Danny Ocean – Me Rehúso
- Luis Fonsi – Despacito (feat. Daddy Yankee)
- Post Malone – Congratulations (feat. Quavo)
- Maggie Lindemann, CADE, Cheat Codes – Pretty Girl (Cheat Code X CADE Remix)
- Rita Ora – Your Song
- Niall Horan – Slow Hands
- Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry
- Martin Garrix, Troye Sivan – There For You
- Clean Bandit – Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson)
- Bruno Mars – That’s What I Like
Spotify’s U.S. Top 30 Songs of the Summer:
- Daddy Yankee, Luis Fonsi – Despacito – Remix (feat. Justin Bieber)
- Lil Uzi Vert – XO TOUR Llif3
- DJ Khaled – Wild Thoughts (feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller)
- French Montana, Unforgettable (feat. Swae Lee)
- Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE.
- DJ Khaled – I’m the One (feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper, Lil Wayne)
- Post Malone – Congratulations (feat. Quavo)
- 21 Savage – Bank Account
- Khalid – Location
- Childish Gambino – Redbone
- Calvin Harris – Feels (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry, Big Sean)
- Travis Scott – Butterfly Effect
- Liam Payne – Strip That Down (feat. Quavo)
- Logic – 1-800-273-8255 (feat. Alessia Cara, Khalid)
- Imagine Dragons – Believer
- Kendrick Lamar – DNA.
- Charlie Puth – Attention
- Sam Hunt – Body Like A Back Road
- Playboi Carti – Magnolia
- David Guetta – 2U (feat. Justin Bieber)
- Future – Mask Off
- Calvin Harris – Slide (feat. Frank Ocean, Migos)
- J Balvin, Willy William – Mi Gente
- Travis Scott – goosebumps
- Migos – Slippery (feat. Gucci Mane)
- Drake – Signs
- Bruno Mars – That’s What I Like
- Demi Lovato – Sorry Not Sorry
- Imagine Dragons – Thunder
- Niall Horan – Slow Hands
This is a sad list to say the least. Maybe Gene Simmons was right when he said, “Rock is Dead”?
Music for the sheeple, baaaa baaaa…….