It’s her, hello — Taylor Swift is Spotify’s 2023 most-played artist.
According to Spotify Wrapped, Swift was 2023’s most-streamed artist globally, raking in additional than 26.1 billion streams since January 1. That means the pop powerhouse has dethroned Puerto Rican reggaetón star Bad Bunny, who held the coveted title for 3 years in a row starting in 2020.
He’s within the quantity two slot in 2023, adopted by The Weeknd in third, Drake in fourth, and regional Mexican musician Peso Pluma in fifth.
It’s not such unhealthy news for Bad Bunny, nevertheless: his 2022 album “Un Verano Sin Ti” was Spotify’s most-streamed album for the second yr in a row, raking in 4.5 billion world streams. In that class, Taylor Swift’s “Midnights” trails in second, with SZA’s “SOS” in third. All three albums have been launched final yr.
The high 5 is rounded out with The Weeknd’s 2016 album “Starboy” and Karol G’s “Mañana Será Bonito,” the one 2023 launch to achieve the height.
Miley Cyrus’ empowerment anthem “Flowers” is Spotify’s most-streamed track of the yr with 1.6 million streams globally.
“Kill Bill” by SZA is the second most-streamed track of the yr, whereas Harry Styles’ “As It Was,” BTS member Jung Kook that includes Latto’s “Seven,” and Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma’s “Ella Baila Sola” got here in third, fourth and fifth, respectively.
In the U.S., Swift’s dominance continued — she was probably the most streamed artist on the platform, adopted by Drake and nation star Morgan Wallen. Wallen’s “Last Night” was probably the most streamed track, and his full-length “One Thing at a Time” was probably the most streamed-album.
On Tuesday, Apple Music introduced Wallen’s “Last Night” topped its world track chart in 2023. It has been a banner yr for the track, which additionally stayed atop the Billboard Hot 100 for 16 weeks, tying Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber’s “Despacito” for the title of second-longest reign within the Hot 100’s 65-year historical past.
That the largest artists, globally, earned high spots on Spotify Wrapped ought to come as no shock — they’re featured prominently throughout the streaming service, together with on its extremely influential playlists, along with boasting loyal, devoted fanbases. For impartial artists who could seem on a person listener’s Wrapped, accessing a high spot on the worldwide listing would require billions of streams.
According to Business Insider, artists make round $.003 and $.005 per stream, although Spotify itself doesn’t pay per stream. Instead, they pay per “streamshare,” a determine that’s decided by including up what number of occasions music owned or managed by a specific rights holder is streamed, divided by the overall variety of streams out there it’s streamed in every month.
Last month, Spotify introduced a brand new coverage concerning royalty funds, eliminating cost for songs with lower than 1,000 annual streams beginning in 2024.
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