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Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Spotify’s Most-Streamed Artists, Songs, and Albums of 2018
Drake (Source: Instagram)
Spotify has revealed its lists of the most-streamed artists, songs, and albums of 2018 on the platform.
With over 8.2 billion streams, Drake is not only the most-streamed artist in the world, but he’s also now the most-streamed artist ever on Spotify. Drizzy also had the most-streamed album and song with Scorpion and “God’s Plan.”
Spotify’s top-streamed female artist was Ariana Grande followed by Dua Lipa and Cardi B. Meanwhile, Post Malone scored two of the most-streamed songs with “rockstar” ft. 21 Savage at No. 3 and “Psycho” ft. Ty Dolla $ign at No. 4.
While hip-hop dominated Spotify’s lists, Latin music continued to grow. J Balvin, Ozuna, and Bad Bunny each landed in the top eight of the most-streamed artists list.
See some of the lists below and get the full report on Spotify’s website.
Most-streamed artists:
1. Drake
2. Post Malone
3. Xxxtentacion
4. J Balvin
5. Ed Sheeran
6. Eminem
7. Ozuna
8. Bad Bunny
Most-streamed female artists:
1. Ariana Grande
2. Dua Lipa
3. Cardi B
4. Taylor Swift
5. Camila Cabello
Most-streamed songs:
1. Drake – God’s Plan
2. Xxxtentacion – Sad
3. Post Malone ft. 21 Savage – rockstar
4. Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign – Psycho
5. Drake – In My Feelings
Most-streamed albums:
1. Drake – Scorpion
2. Post Malone – beerbongs & bentleys
3. Xxxtentacion – ?
4. Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa
5. Ed Sheeran – ÷
