These are the most listened-to heavy songs on Spotify
If you look at what’s being streamed on Spotify, things lead heavily towards pop, R&B, and hip-hop. Because that’s where all the attention goes, we don’t hear much about what’s going on with other genres.
Metal Injection reports on this list of the most-streamed song that are on the heavy side.
- Linkin Park, Hybrid Theory (2000) 2.67 billion streams
- Nirvana, Nevermind (1991) 2.62 billion streams
- Guns N’ Roses, Appetite for Destruction (1987) 2.4B
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, Californication (1999) 2.2B
- Queen, A Night at the Opera (1975) 2.1B
- Linkin Park, Meteora (2003) 2.08B
- Metallica, Metallica (1991) 2.04B
- Panic! At The Disco, Pray for the Wicked (2018) 1.9B
- AC/DC, Back in Black (1980) 1.88B
- Panic! At The Disco, Death of a Bachelor (2016) 1.81B
- System Of A Down, Toxicity (2001) 1.76B
- My Chemical Romance, The Black Parade (2006) 1.75B
- Fall Out Boy, American Beauty/American Psycho (2015) 1.71B
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium (2006) 1.71B
- Pink Floyd, The Wall (1979) 1.69B
- Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet (1986) 1.61B
- Queen, The Game (1980) 1.52B
- Green Day, American Idiot (2004) 1.48B
- Queen, Jazz (1978) 1.43B
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, By the Way (2002) 1.37B
- Blink-182, Enema of the State (1999) 1.34B
- Journey, Escape (1981) 1.29B
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) 1.29B
- Linkin Park, Minutes to Midnight (2007) 1.25B
- Queen, News of the World (1977) 1.25B
- Fall Out Boy, Save Rock and Roll (2013) 1.23B
- Green Day, Dookie (1994) 1.21B
- Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) 1.19B
- Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV (1971) 1.18B
- Pearl Jam, Ten (1991) 1.18B
Information comes from a newsletter called Stream N’ Destroy.
