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"Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran (pictured) is the most streamed song on Spotify with over 2 billion streams.

This list of most-streamed songs on Spotify contains the top 100 songs with the most streams of all time, as derived from Spotify charts. As of February 2019, 19 songs have exceeded 1 billion streams, with Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" ranked in the top position[1] as the only song to exceed 2 billion streams.[2]

Prior to November 2013, Spotify's most streamed song was "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons;[3] it was overtaken by Avicii's "Wake Me Up", which became the first song to hit 200 million streams on 27 November 2013.[4] "Wake Me Up" held the streaming record for over a year before being surpassed on 22 February 2015 by Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud",[5] which became the first song to hit 500 million streams on 12 July 2015.[6] A month later, however, it was surpassed by Major Lazer and DJ Snake's "Lean On", featuring MØ,[7] which held the streaming record for 11 months until Drake's "One Dance", featuring Wizkid and Kyla, overtook it on 18 October 2016.[8] "One Dance" held the streaming record for almost a year before being surpassed by "Shape of You" on 21 September 2017.[1]

As of February 2019, the artists with the most singles in the top 100 are Justin Bieber, with a total of 8 singles (3 as a lead artist and 5 as a featured artist), Drake with 6 singles (5 lead and 1 featured), Post Malone and Ed Sheeran with 5 lead singles each. The fastest song to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify is "Shape of You", doing so in 153 days,[9] and it is also the fastest and only song to reach 2 billion streams, doing so in 702 days.[10] Queen's "Bohemian Rhaposody" from 1975 is the onliest song in the Spotify Top 100 that was published in the 20th century.

As of February 2019, the albums with the most songs in the top 100 are Bieber's Purpose, with 4, and Sheeran's ÷, Post Malone's beerbongs & bentleys, and Drake's Views with 3 each.

100 most streamed songs

The following table lists the top 100 most streamed songs on Spotify, with streams rounded to the nearest million, as well as the artist(s), the album it is currently published to Spotify on, and the date it was originally published on Spotify.

Rank Song name Artist Album Streams
(Millions) 		Date published
1. "Shape of You" Ed Sheeran ÷ 2,063 6 January 2017
2. "One Dance" Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla Views 1,633 5 April 2016
3. "Closer" The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey Collage 1,468 29 July 2016
4. "rockstar" Post Malone featuring 21 Savage beerbongs & bentleys 1,430 15 September 2017
5. "Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran × 1,263 21 June 2014
6. "Lean On" Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ Peace Is the Mission 1,202 2 March 2015
7. "God's Plan" Drake Scorpion 1,198 19 January 2018
8. "Despacito (Remix)" Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber Vida 1,191 17 April 2017
9. "Love Yourself" Justin Bieber Purpose 1,170 9 November 2015
10. "Sorry" Justin Bieber Purpose 1,147 23 October 2015
11. "Havana" Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug Camila 1,144 3 August 2017
12. "Don't Let Me Down" The Chainsmokers featuring Daya Collage 1,129 5 February 2016
13. "Starboy" The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk Starboy 1,107 22 September 2016
14. "I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix)" Mike Posner At Night, Alone. 1,099 24 July 2015
15. "New Rules" Dua Lipa Dua Lipa 1,068 2 June 2017
16. "Let Me Love You" DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber Encore 1,055 5 August 2016
17. "Photograph" Ed Sheeran × 1,055 21 June 2014
18. "Say You Won't Let Go" James Arthur Back from the Edge 1,038 9 September 2016
19. "Perfect" Ed Sheeran ÷ 1,022 3 March 2017
20. "Humble." Kendrick Lamar DAMN. 997 30 March 2017
21. "Something Just Like This" The Chainsmokers and Coldplay Memories...Do Not Open 995 22 February 2017
22. "Cheap Thrills" Sia This Is Acting 988 17 December 2015
23. "Cold Water" Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ Non-album single 987 22 July 2016
24. "XO Tour Llif3" Lil Uzi Vert Luv Is Rage 2 980 28 April 2017
25. "What Do You Mean?" Justin Bieber Purpose 980 28 August 2015
26. "Stressed Out" Twenty One Pilots Blurryface 975 10 November 2015
27. "Uptown Funk" Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars Uptown Special 966 10 November 2014
28. "Faded" Alan Walker Different World 957 3 December 2015
29. "Despacito" Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee Vida 949 13 January 2017
30. "Unforgettable" French Montana featuring Swae Lee Jungle Rules 947 7 April 2017
31. "Thunder" Imagine Dragons Evolve 946 21 April 2017
32. "7 Years" Lukas Graham Lukas Graham 932 18 September 2015
33. "Take Me to Church" Hozier Hozier 927 29 November 2013
34. "Believer" Imagine Dragons Evolve 921 1 February 2017
35. "Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)" Omi Me 4 U 918 2 December 2014
36. "Congratulations" Post Malone featuring Quavo Stoney 914 4 December 2016
37. "Treat You Better" Shawn Mendes Illuminate 905 3 June 2016
38. "Stitches" Shawn Mendes Handwritten 900 5 May 2015
39. "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Justin Timberlake Trolls: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 898 6 May 2016
40. "This Is What You Came For" Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna Non-album single 891 29 April 2016
41. "Stay with Me" Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour 889 14 April 2014
42. "Work from Home" Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla $ign 7/27 887 26 February 2016
43. "Hello" Adele 25 887 23 October 2015
44. "Can't Feel My Face" The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness 887 8 June 2015
45. "All of Me" John Legend Love in the Future 886 12 August 2013
46. "Let Her Go" Passenger All the Little Lights 878 24 July 2012
47. "Sad!" XXXTentacion ? 863 2 March 2018
48. "That's What I Like" Bruno Mars 24K Magic 851 31 December 2016
49. "Work" Rihanna featuring Drake Anti 851 28 January 2016
50. "See You Again" Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth Furious 7: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 847 10 March 2015
51. "Rockabye" Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie What Is Love? & Speak Your Mind 839 21 October 2016
52. "I'm the One" DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo,
Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne		 Grateful 839 28 April 2017
53. "Heathens" Twenty One Pilots Suicide Squad: The Album 837 16 June 2016
54. "Radioactive" Imagine Dragons Night Visions 835 4 September 2012
55. "Light It Up (Remix)" Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG Peace Is the Mission: Extended 820 5 November 2015
56. "Attention" Charlie Puth Voicenotes 815 27 April 2017
57. "It Ain't Me" Kygo and Selena Gomez Stargazing 814 17 February 2017
58. "Chandelier" Sia 1000 Forms of Fear 813 17 March 2014
59. "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" Zayn and Taylor Swift Fifty Shades Darker: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 812 9 December 2016
60. "Mi Gente" J Balvin and Willy William Vibras 798 30 June 2017
61. "We Don't Talk Anymore" Charlie Puth featuring Selena Gomez Nine Track Mind 797 9 December 2016
62. "Wake Me Up" Avicii True 796 17 June 2013
63. "Counting Stars" OneRepublic Native 794 14 June 2013
64. "Sugar" Maroon 5 V 789 29 August 2014
65. "The Hills" The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness 787 27 May 2015
66. "Hotline Bling" Drake Views 787 31 July 2015
67. "Panda" Desiigner New English 785 22 February 2016
68. "Can't Hold Us" Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton The Heist 778 16 August 2011
69. "Ride" Twenty One Pilots Blurryface 778 12 April 2016
70. "Me, Myself & I" G-Eazy and Bebe Rexha When It's Dark Out 775 14 October 2015
71. "Side to Side" Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj Dangerous Woman 772 20 May 2016
72. "In the Name of Love" Martin Garrix and Bebe Rexha Non-album single 770 26 July 2016
73. "Too Good at Goodbyes" Sam Smith The Thrill of It All 768 8 September 2017
74. "Cake by the Ocean" DNCE DNCE 766 31 January 2017
75. "Me Rehúso" Danny Ocean Non-album single 765 16 September 2016
76. "Where Are Ü Now" Jack Ü and Justin Bieber Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü & Purpose 764 27 February 2015
77. "Better Now" Post Malone beerbongs & bentleys 764 27 April 2018
78. "Demons" Imagine Dragons Night Visions 759 4 September 2012
79. "I Hate U, I Love U" Gnash featuring Olivia O'Brien us 759 17 February 2016
80. "Lush Life" Zara Larsson So Good 758 5 June 2015
81. "Psycho" Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign beerbongs & bentleys 756 23 February 2018
82. "Love Me like You Do" Ellie Goulding Delirium 756 7 January 2015
83. "In My Feelings" Drake Scorpion 753 29 June 2018
84. "1-800-273-8255" Logic featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid Everybody 745 5 May 2017
85. "I Feel It Coming" The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk Starboy 740 25 November 2016
86. "Jocelyn Flores" XXXTentacion 17 739 29 August 2017
87. "I Fall Apart" Post Malone Stoney 735 9 December 2016
88. "Riptide" Vance Joy Dream Your Life Away 730 21 May 2013
89. "Stay" Zedd and Alessia Cara Non-album single 727 23 February 2017
90. "I Like It" Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin Invasion of Privacy 727 6 April 2018
91. "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" Shawn Mendes Illuminate 727 20 April 2017
92. "Mask Off" Future Future 714 17 February 2017
93. "Silence" Marshmello featuring Khalid Non-album single 714 11 August 2017
94. "Starving" Hailee Steinfeld and Grey featuring Zedd Non-album single 711 19 July 2016
95. "Too Good" Drake featuring Rihanna Views 709 26 July 2016
96. "One Kiss" Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa Dua Lipa 703 6 April 2018
97. "IDGAF" Dua Lipa Dua Lipa 698 2 June 2017
98. "24K Magic" Bruno Mars 24K Magic 697 7 October 2016
99. "Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen A Night at the Opera 695 31 October 1975
100. "Fast Car" Jonas Blue featuring Dakota Blue 692 4 December 2015
As of 08 February 2019

Milestones and achievements

Artists with the most songs in the Spotify Global 100

This is a list of the Artists with the most songs in the Spotify Global 100. It includes an artist's solo and featured songs.

Rank Artist Total songs Top 10 Top 100 1 bil+ songs 2 bil+ songs
Lead Feat. Lead Feat. Lead Feat. Lead Feat.
1. Justin Bieber 8 2 1 3 5 2 2
2. Drake 6 2 5 1 2
3. Post Malone 5 1 5 1
4. The Weeknd 4 4 1
Imagine Dragons 4
Ed Sheeran 2 4 4 1
8. The Chainsmokers 3 1 3 2
Major Lazer 1 3 1
Twenty One Pilots 3
Shawn Mendes 3
Bruno Mars 2 1
Charlie Puth 2 1
Rihanna 1 2
Dua Lipa 2 1 1
As of 23 January 2019

Spotify Global number-one hits

The following table lists the songs that reached the #1 position on Spotify's Global Most Played Chart (Weekly). The table only records #1 songs from late September 2013, as the data from before that currently doesn't exist. "7 Rings" by Ariana Grande is the current number-one song on the Spotify Global Top 200 for the week ending 7 February 2019.

  Current record
Song name Artist Weeks at #1 Weekly streams
(millions) 		Date published Date achieved Ref(s)
"7 Rings" Ariana Grande 3 71.4 18 January 2019 24 January 2019 [11]
"Sunflower" Post Malone and Swae Lee 2 34.6 18 October 2018 17 January 2019 [12]
"All I Want for Christmas Is You" Mariah Carey 1 39.5 1 November, 1994 27 December 2018 [13]
"Thank U, Next" Ariana Grande 8[A] 44.2 3 November 2018 8 November 2018 [14]
"Mia" Bad Bunny featuring Drake 1 39.6 12 October 2018 18 October 2018 [15]
"Taki Taki" DJ Snake, Selena Gomez and Ozuna
featuring Cardi B		 4[B] 35.9 28 September 2018 4 October 2018 [16]
"I Love It" Kanye West and Lil Pump 3 32.9 7 September 2018 13 September 2018 [17]
"Lucky You" Eminem featuring Joyner Lucas 1 34.9 31 August 2018 6 September 2018 [18]
"In My Feelings" Drake 8 51.5 29 June 2018 19 July 2018 [19]
"Nonstop" 1 43.7 5 July 2018 [20]
"Sad!" XXXTentacion 2 35.8 2 March 2018 21 June 2018 [21]
"This Is America" Childish Gambino 1 34.9 5 May 2018 21 May 2018 [22]
"Better Now" Post Malone 6[C] 32.9 27 April 2018 3 May 2018 [23]
"Nice for What" Drake 2 40.7 6 April 2018 19 April 2018 [24]
"Call Out My Name" The Weeknd 1 40.6 30 March 2018 5 April 2018 [25]
"God's Plan" Drake 11[D] 47.8 19 January 2018 25 January 2018 [26]
"Havana" Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug 1 30.9 3 August 2017 18 January 2018 [27]
"rockstar" Post Malone featuring 21 Savage 17 38.6 15 September 2017 21 September 2017 [28]
"Too Good at Goodbyes" Sam Smith 1 30.7 8 September 2017 14 September 2017 [29]
"Look What You Made Me Do" Taylor Swift 2 39.8 24 August 2017 31 August 2017 [30]
"Mi Gente" J Balvin and Willy William 4 32.1 30 June 2017 3 August 2017 [31]
"Despacito (Remix)" Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
featuring Justin Bieber		 14 45.9 17 April 2017 27 April 2017 [32]
"Humble." Kendrick Lamar 1 41.4 30 March 2017 20 April 2017 [33]
"Shape of You" Ed Sheeran 14 51.9 6 January 2017 12 Jan 2017 [34]
"Starboy" The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk 6 29.2 21 September 2016 1 December 2016 [35]
"Black Beatles" Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane 2 30.3 15 September 2016 11 November 2016 [36]
"Closer" The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 11 34.1 29 July 2016 1 September 2016 [37]
"Cold Water" Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and MØ 5 37.0 22 July 2016 28 July 2016 [38]
"One Dance" Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla 14 39.8 5 April 2016 21 April 2016 [39]
"Work" Rihanna featuring Drake 9 28.0 27 January 2016 18 February 2016 [40]
"Pillowtalk" Zayn 2 26.3 29 January 2016 4 February 2016 [41]
"Love Yourself" Justin Bieber 3 24.4 8 November 2015 14 January 2016 [42]
"Sorry" 8 28.8 23 October 2015 19 November 2015 [43]
"Hello" Adele 3 41.9 23 October 2015 29 October 2015 [44]
"What Do You Mean?" Justin Bieber 8 24.1 28 August 2015 3 September 2015 [45]
"Can't Feel My Face" The Weeknd 1 15.9 8 June 2015 27 August 2015 [46]
"Drag Me Down" One Direction 1 17.3 31 July 2015 6 August 2015 [47]
"Lean On" Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ 10[E] 14.8 2 March 2015 4 June 2015 [48]
"See You Again" Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth 6+[F] 19.0 10 March 2015 30 April 2015 [49]
"FourFiveSeconds" Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney 3+[G] 15.2 24 January 2015 8 March 2015 [50]
"Uptown Funk" Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 8 14.7 10 November 2014 11 January 2015 [51]
"Take Me to Church" Hozier 5 12.2 13 September 2013 7 December 2014 [52]
"Thinking Out Loud" Ed Sheeran 2 10.0 24 September 2014 23 November 2014 [53]
"Shake It Off" Taylor Swift 4 11.5 18 August 2014 12 October 2014 [54]
"Blame" Calvin Harris featuring John Newman 6[H] 10.7 5 September 2014 14 September 2014 [55]
"Rude" Magic! 8 9.0 11 October 2013 20 July 2014 [56]
"Summer" Calvin Harris 10 8.6 14 March 2014 11 May 2014 [57]
"Rather Be" Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 7 8.2 17 January 2014 23 March 2014 [58]
"Dark Horse" Katy Perry featuring Juicy J 5 7.5 17 December 2013 16 February 2014 [59]
"Timber" Pitbull featuring Kesha 6 6.8 7 October 2013 5 January 2014 [60]
"The Monster" Eminem featuring Rihanna 8 7.6 29 October 2013 10 November 2013 [61]
"Royals" Lorde 1 5.2 3 June 2013 3 November 2013 [62]
"Wrecking Ball" Miley Cyrus 5 5.6 25 August 2013 29 September 2013 [63]
As of 18 January 2019

Most streamed songs by country

The table below lists the most streamed song on Spotify by country, as well as the artist(s), the album it is currently published to Spotify on, and the date it was originally published to Spotify.[64]

Country Song name Artist Album Streams
(millions) 		Date published
 USA "rockstar" Post Malone featuring 21 Savage beerbongs & bentleys 509.1 15 September 2017
 CAN 66.8
 UK "Shape of You" Ed Sheeran ÷ 168.5 6 January 2017
 BRA 141.7
 GER 123.6
 SWE 77.5
 AUS 75.8
 NLD 70.8
 FRA 63.4
 IDN 30.4
 DNK 29.5
 FIN 19.3
 NZL 18.4
 BEL 16.0
 JPN 15.3
 MYS 15.2
 IRL 15.0
  SUI 13.5
 PRT 10.9
 MEX "Me Rehúso" Danny Ocean Non-album single 189.7 16 September 2016
 SPA 90.8
 ARG 68.0
 CHI 62.7
 PER 31.2
 PHI "Say You Won't Let Go" James Arthur Back from the Edge 89.5 9 September 2016
 ITA "Tesla" Capo Plaza featuring Sfera Ebbasta and DrefGold 20 61.9 20 April 2018
 NOR "Faded" Alan Walker Different World 43.7 3 December 2015
As of 9 February 2019


Most streamed songs in a single day

The following table lists the 20 songs to get the most streams on a single day. [65]

Rank Song name Artist Album Streams Date published Date achieved
1. "All I Want for Christmas is You" Mariah Carey Merry Christmas 10,819,009 1 November 1994 24 December 2018
2. "7 rings" Ariana Grande thank u, next 10,445,538 18 January 2019 8 February 2019
3. "SAD!" XXXTentacion ? 10,415,088 2 March 2018 19 June 2018
4. "Shape of You" Ed Sheeran ÷ 9,891,056 6 January 2017 3 March 2017
5. "In My Feelings" Drake Scorpion 9,847,333 29 June 2018 20 July 2018
6. "thank u, next" Ariana Grande thank u, next 9,606,415 3 November 2018 9 November 2018
7. "Nonstop" Drake Scorpion 9,298,297 29 June 2018
8. "Last Christmas" Wham! Non-album single 9,098,668 3 December 1984 24 December 2018
9. "break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored" Ariana Grande thank u, next 9,006,469 8 February 2019 9 February 2019
10. "Survival" Drake Scorpion 8,611,591 29 June 2018
11. "God's Plan" 8,553,009 19 January 2018 26 January 2018
12. "Despacito (Remix)" Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
featuring Justin Bieber		 Non-album single 8,525,474 17 April 2017 26 May 2017
13. "Look What You Made Me Do" Taylor Swift reputation 7,908,492 25 August 2017
14. "Jocelyn Flores" XXXTentacion 17 7,900,110 29 August 2017 19 June 2018
15. "Emotionless" Drake Scorpion 7,690,019 29 August 2017 29 June 2018
16. "Elevate" Drake Scorpion 7,502,102 29 June 2018
17. "Don't Matter to Me" Drake featuring Michael Jackson Scorpion 7,207,106 29 June 2018
18. "One Dance" Drake featuring Kyla and Wizkid Views 7,196,287 5 April 2016 13 May 2016
19. "rockstar" Post Malone feat. 21 Savage beerbongs & bentleys 7,156,650 15 September 2017 29 September 2017
20. "STARGAZING" Travis Scott ASTROWORLD 7,138,624 3 August 2018
As of 30 August 2024

Longest running global number-one songs on Spotify

Post Malone has the longest-running global #1 song on Spotify with 113 days in the top position. He beat the previous record of 101 days set by Drake's "One Dance" and later tied by Luis Fonsi's "Despacito (Remix)".[66][unreliable source]

  Current record
Song name Artist Days at #1 Date published Date achieved
"rockstar" Post Malone featuring 21 Savage 113 15 September 2017 11 January 2018
"One Dance" Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla 101 14 April 2016 24 July 2016
"Despacito (Remix)" Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee
featuring Justin Bieber		 17 April 2017 31 June 2017
"Shape of You" Ed Sheeran 98 6 January 2017 13 April 2017
"Closer" The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey 82 29 July 2016 1 September 2016
"God's Plan" Drake 74 19 January 2018 8 April 2018
"Lean On" Major Lazer and DJ Snake
featuring MØ		 73 2 March 2015 4 June 2015
"Uptown Funk" Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars 63 10 November 2014 9 March 2015
"Work" Rihanna featuring Drake 27 January 2016 15 April 2016
"In My Feelings" Drake 57 29 June 2018 9 September 2018
"Sorry" Justin Bieber 55 23 October 2015 10 January 2016
"What Do You Mean?" 53 28 August 2015 21 October 2015
"Thank U, Next" Ariana Grande 3 November 2018 1 January 2019
As of 30 August 2024

Historical most streamed Spotify songs

The following table lists the last six songs to become Spotify's most streamed song, from 2013 to the present.

  Current record
Song name Artist Streams
(millions) 		Date published Date achieved Days held Ref(s) Notes
"Shape of You"[67] Ed Sheeran 2,062 6 Jan 2017 21 Sep 2017 2,535 [1]
"One Dance"[68] Drake 882 5 Apr 2016 18 Oct 2016 340 [8]
"Lean On"[69] Major Lazer 526 2 Mar 2015 11 Aug 2015 339 [7]
"Thinking Out Loud"[70] Ed Sheeran 1,262 21 Mar 2014 22 Feb 2015 173 [5]
"Wake Me Up"[71] Avicii 178 30 Apr 2013 27 Nov 2013 452 [3][4] [I]
"Radioactive"[72] Imagine Dragons – 1 Jan 2011 2012 – [3] [J]
As of 30 August 2024

Most streamed songs per release year

Year Artist Song name Streams
(millions) 		Country Release date Ref(s)
1975 Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" 695  UK 31 October 1975 [73]
1976 Eagles "Hotel California" 393  USA 8 December 1976[K] [74]
1977 Fleetwood Mac "Dreams" 228  UK 4 February 1977[L] [75]
1978 Queen "Don't Stop Me Now" 477 10 November 1978[M] [76]
1979 AC/DC "Highway to Hell" 330  AUS 27 July 1979 [77]
1980 Queen "Another One Bites the Dust" 437  UK 30 June 1980 [78]
1981 Journey "Don't Stop Believin'" 565  USA 3 June 1981 [79]
1982 Toto "Africa" 501 10 May 1982 [80]
1983 The Police "Every Breath You Take" 370  UK 20 May 1983 [81]
1984 A-ha "Take On Me" 421  NOR 19 October 1984 [82]
1985 Tears for Fears "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" 229  UK 25 February 1985 [83]
1986 Bon Jovi "Livin' on a Prayer" 332  USA 18 August 1986 [84]
1987 Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child o' Mine" 488 21 July 1987 [85]
1988 Tracy Chapman "Fast Car" 264 5 April 1988 [86]
1989 Phil Collins "Another Day in Paradise" 107  UK 23 October 1989 [87]
1990 AC/DC "Thunderstruck" 324  AUS 10 September 1990 [88]
1991 Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" 508  USA 10 September 1991 [89]
1992 Radiohead "Creep" 342  UK 21 September 1992 [90]
1993 Haddaway "What Is Love" 187  GER 8 May 1993 [91]
1994 Mariah Carey "All I Want for Christmas Is You" 490  USA 1 February 1994 [92]
1995 Oasis "Wonderwall" 623  UK 30 October 1995 [93]
1996 Spice Girls "Wannabe" 314 26 June 1996 [94]
1997 Foo Fighters "Everlong" 268  USA 7 April 1997 [95]
1998 Aerosmith "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" 304 18 August 1998 [96]
1999 Red Hot Chili Peppers "Californication" 419 13 October 1999 [97]
2000 Linkin Park "In the End" 517 24 October 2000[N] [98]
2001 System of a Down "Chop Suey!" 367 5 November 2001 [99]
2002 Eminem "Lose Yourself" 677 28 October 2002 [100]
2003 The Killers "Mr. Brightside" 618 29 September 2003 [101]
2004 Jay-Z, Linkin Park "Numb / Encore" 345 13 December 2004 [102]
2005 Kanye West "Gold Digger" 398 5 July 2005 [103]
2006 Snow Patrol "Chasing Cars" 410  UK 6 June 2006 [104]
2007 Kanye West "Stronger" 513  USA 31 July 2007 [105]
2008 Jason Mraz "I'm Yours" 637 12 February 2008 [106]
2009 Train "Hey, Soul Sister" 416 11 August 2009 [107]
2010 Foster the People "Pumped Up Kicks" 551 14 September 2010 [108]
2011 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton "Can't Hold Us" 779 16 August 2011 [109]
2012 Passenger "Let Her Go" 879  UK 24 July 2012 [110]
2013 Hozier "Take Me to Church" 927  IRL 29 November 2013 [111]
2014 Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud" 1,264  UK 21 June 2014[O] [70]
2015 Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ "Lean On" 1,203 United States Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica France Denmark 2 March 2015 [69]
2016 Drake "One Dance" 1,634  CAN 5 April 2016 [68]
2017 Ed Sheeran "Shape of You" 2,065  UK 6 January 2017 [67]
2018 Drake "God's Plan" 1,199  CAN 19 January 2018 [112]
2019 Ariana Grande "7 Rings" 205  USA 18 January 2019 [113]
As of 9 February 2019

Milestones and achievements for albums

Most streamed albums

This list calculates the number of streams all songs on one album, mixtape or extended play have collectively acquired.

  Includes song(s) with over 1 billion streams
Rank Artist Album Streams
(billions) 		Country Release date Ref(s)
1. Ed Sheeran ÷ 6.95  UK 3 March 2017 [114]
2. Justin Bieber Purpose 6.03  CAN 13 November 2015 [115]
3. Ed Sheeran × 5.84  UK 20 June 2014 [116]
4. Drake Views 5.44  CAN 29 April 2016 [117]
5. Post Malone beerbongs & bentleys 5.28  USA 27 April 2018 [118]
6. Dua Lipa Dua Lipa 4.77  UK 2 June 2017 [119]
7. Drake Scorpion 4.58  CAN 29 June 2018 [120]
8. Post Malone Stoney 4.06  USA 9 December 2016 [121]
9. The Weeknd Starboy 3.96  CAN 26 November 2016 [122]
10. Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour 3.95  UK 26 May 2014 [123]
11. The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness 3.80  CAN 28 August 2015 [124]
12. Eminem Curtain Call 3.43  USA 6 December 2005 [125]
13. Kendrick Lamar Damn. 3.25 14 April 2017 [126]
14. Twenty One Pilots Blurryface 3.18 17 May 2015 [127]
15. The Chainsmokers Collage 3.18 4 November 2016 [128]
16. Drake More Life 3.11  CAN 18 March 2017 [129]
17. Ariana Grande My Everything 3.01  USA 25 August 2014 [130]
18. Shawn Mendes Illuminate 2.94  CAN 23 September 2016 [131]
19. Zara Larsson So Good 2.92  SWE 17 March 2017 [132]
20. Rihanna Anti 2.95  BAR 27 January 2016 [133]
As of 29 December 2018

Most streamed album per release year

Year Artist Album Streams
(billions) 		Country Release date Ref(s)
1990 AC/DC The Razors Edge 0.37  AUS 21 September 1990 [134]
1991 Nirvana Nevermind 1.23  USA 24 September 1991 [135]
1992 Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine 0.45 3 November 1992 [136]
1993 Nirvana In Utero 0.41 21 September 1993 [137]
1994 The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die 0.75 13 September 1994 [138]
1995 Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory? 1.07  UK 2 October 1995 [139]
1996 2Pac All Eyez on Me 0.87  USA 13 February 1996 [140]
1997 The Notorious B.I.G. Life After Death 0.71 25 March 1997 [141]
1998 2Pac Greatest Hits 1.06 24 November 1998 [142]
1999 Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication 1.14 8 June 1999 [143]
2000 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 1.01 23 May 2000 [144]
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005 Eminem Curtain Call 3.43  USA 6 December 2005 [125]
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010 Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans 1.91  USA 4 October 2010 [145]
2011 Ed Sheeran + 2.04  UK 9 September 2011 [146]
2012 Imagine Dragons Night Visions 2.84  USA 4 September 2012 [147]
2013 Arctic Monkeys AM 2.06  UK 9 September 2013 [148]
2014 Ed Sheeran × 5.84  UK 20 June 2014 [116]
2015 Justin Bieber Purpose 5.96  CAN 13 November 2015 [115]
2016 Drake Views 5.37 April 29 2016 [117]
2017 Ed Sheeran ÷ 6.95  UK 3 March 2017 [114]
2018 Post Malone beerbongs & bentleys 5.00  USA 27 April 2018 [118]
As of 5 January 2019

Historical most first-day album streams

The following table lists the last five records to become Spotify's most streamed album in its opening day globally, from 2016 to the present.

  Current record
Album Artist Streams
(millions) 		Date published Days held Ref(s)
Scorpion Drake 132.4 29 June 2018 2,254 [149]
beerbongs & bentleys Post Malone 78.7 27 April 2018 63 [150]
Thank U, Next Ariana Grande 70.1 8 February - [151]
More Life Drake 61.3 19 March 2017 404 [152]
÷ Ed Sheeran 56.7 3 March 2017 16 [153]
Starboy The Weeknd 32.8 25 November 2016 98 [154]
As of 30 August 2024

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Thank U, Next" returned to the top on the week ending 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Taki Taki" returned to the top on the week ending 26 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Better Now" returned to the top on the week ending 25 May 2018.
  4. ^ "God's Plan" returned to the top on the week ending 12 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Lean On" returned to the top twice on the weeks ending 25 June 2015 and 13 August 2015.
  6. ^ "See You Again" returned to the top on the week ending 18 June 2015. Some data from the middle of its run at #1 is missing, so the exact number of weeks it spent at #1 is unknown.
  7. ^ Since some data from the middle of its run at #1 is missing, the exact number of weeks that "FourFiveSeconds" spent at #1 is unknown.
  8. ^ "Blame" returned to the top on the week ending 9 November 2014.
  9. ^ The exact date and number of streams that "Wake Me Up" had when it surpassed "Radioactive" is unknown. Best estimates were made based on its 3.8 million weekly streams and the 17 million stream difference between the two songs when it reached 200 million streams.[3]
  10. ^ The exact date and number of streams that "Radioactive" had when it became Spotify's most streamed song is unknown.
  11. ^ "Hotel California" originally appeared as an album track on Hotel California in December 1976 before being released as a single in February 1977.
  12. ^ "Dreams" originally appeared as an album track on Rumours in February 1977 before being released as a single in March 1977.
  13. ^ "Don't Stop Me Now" appeared as an album track on Jazz in November 1978 before being released as a single in January 1979.
  14. ^ "In the End" originally appeared as an album track on Hybrid Theory in October 2000 before being released as a single in October 2001.
  15. ^ "Thinking Out Loud" originally appeared as an album track on x in June 2014 before being released as a single in September 2014.

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