Three Top 20 Lists from SoundExchange

The year is coming to an end and that means it’s time to look back and make lists of the top songs and musicians of 2016. SoundExchange compiled three top 20 lists for the year: digital radio’s top 20 streamed artists of 2016, digital radio’s top 20 streamed tracks of 2016, and digital radio’s top 20 streamed breakout artists of 2016.

Some of the results might surprise you, while others definitely should not.

Digital Radio’s Top 20 Streamed Artists of 2016

1. Drake
2. Rihanna
3. Adele
4. Future
5. Tom Petty
6. Taylor Swift
7. The Weeknd
8. Pearl Jam
9. Justin Bieber
10. Bruce Springsteen
11. Chris Brown
12. Beyoncé
13. Luke Bryan
14. Usher
15. Lil Wayne
16. Kenny Chesney
17. Jason Aldean
18. Maroon 5
19. Fetty Wap
20. Ed Sheeran

Digital Radio’s Top 20 Streamed Tracks of 2016

1. Adele “Hello”
2. Justin Bieber “Sorry”
3. Shawn Mendes “Stitches”
4. The Weeknd “The Hills”
5. Twenty One Pilots “Stressed Out”
6. Flo Rida “My House”
7. DNCE “Cake by the Ocean”
8. Alessia Cara “Here”
9. Selena Gomez “Same Old Love”
10. Drake “Hotline Bling”
11. Justin Bieber “Love Yourself”
12. The Chainsmokers ft. Daya “Don’t Let Me Down”
13. Justin Timberlake “Can’t Stop the Feeling”
14. Taylor Swift “Wildest Dreams”
15. Lukas Graham “7 Years”
16. Mike Posner “I Took A Pill in Ibiza”
17. The Weeknd “Earned It”
18. Calvin Harris ft. Rihanna “This Is What You Came For”
19. Ed Sheeran “Thinking Out Loud”
20. The Weeknd “Can’t Feel My Face”

Digital Radio’s Top 20 Streamed Breakout Artists of 2016

1. Lukas Graham
2. DNCE
3. Zayn Malik
4. Tory Lanez
5. Desiigner
6. Ruth B
7. Daya
8. The Chainsmokers
9. Kent Jones
10. Kiiara
11. Maren Morris
12. Kaleo
13. DJ Luke Nasty
14. Dreezy
15. Alan Walker
16. Belly
17. Lil Uzi Vert
18. Young Greatness
19. Gnash
20. Kodak Black