Post Malone and Ariana Grande didn’t just dominate in 2019, but have been strong online performers since 2010. Billie Eilish made waves, too.
Author: Travis Pittman, TEGNA
Spotify has released its lists of the most-streamed songs, albums and artists of the 2019 and from the past decade.
The winner for 2019 is Post Malone with 6.5 billion streams globally followed by Billie Eilish with 6 billion. Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, and Bad Bunny round out the top five.
“Señorita” by Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes was the most-streamed song of the year, followed by Billie Eilish’s “bad guy” and the Post Malone-Swae Lee collaboration “Sunflower.”
Eilish’s “WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?” was the top-streamed album of 2019.
Queen even made the countdown. “Bohemian Rhapsody” was the top-streamed song not released in the past decade, according to Spotify.
As for the decade, Drake was the most-streamed artist globally followed by Ed Sheeran, Post Malone, Ariana Grande and Eminem.
Grande was the most-streamed female artist followed by Rihanna and Taylor Swift.
The top-streamed song of the decade was Sheeran’s “Shape of You.” Second was “One Dance” by Drake, Kyla and WizKid, followed by “rockstar” from Post Malone and 21 Savage. You can listen to the top 50 here on Spotify (some songs have explicit lyrics).
Here are the rest of Spotify’s 2019 most-streamed lists:
Female Artists
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Taylor Swift
Camila Cabello
Halsey
Male Artists
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran
Bad Bunny
Khalid
J Balvin
Songs
“Señorita” – Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes
“bad guy” – Billie Eilish
“Sunflower” – Post Malone, Swae Lee
“7 Rings” – Ariana Grande
“Old Town Road – Remix” – Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus
Albums
“WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?” – Billie Eilish
“Hollywood’s Bleeding” – Post Malone
“thank u, next” – Ariana Grande
“No.6 Collaborations Project” – Ed Sheeran
“Shawn Mendes” – Shawn Mendes
Podcasts
The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory & Mal
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Gemischtes Hack
Fest & Flauschig
The Misfits Podcast
Spotify Original Podcasts
The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory & Mal
Gemischtes Hack
Fest & Flauschig
Serial Killers
Herrengedeck – Der Podcast
And here are the decade lists from Spotify:
Most-Streamed Artists
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Post Malone
Ariana Grande
Eminem
Female Artists
Ariana Grande
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Sia
Beyoncé
Male Artists
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Post Malone
Eminem
The Weeknd
Tracks
“Shape of You” – Ed Sheeran
“One Dance” – Drake, Kyla, WizKid
“rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)” – 21 Savage, Post Malone
“Closer” – Halsey, The Chainsmokers
“Thinking out Loud” – Ed Sheeran
