Spotify Announces “Wrapped” 2019 - Drake is Artist of the Decade, Post Malone Most Streamed Artist of 2019, Billie Eilish Most Streamed Album of 2019

03 December 2019 - Press release

- Drake is most streamed artist of the decade
- Post Malone is Spotify “Wrapped” 2019 most streamed artist of the year
- Billie Eilish’s when we all fall asleep, where do we go? is the most streamed album of the year
- The Joe Budden podcast with Rory & Mal leads podcast

As we look ahead to a brand-new decade, Spotify decided to add a special element to “Wrapped” 2019, by giving a congratulatory nod to the artists who dominated the last ten years in streams. With more than 28 billion streams to his name, DRAKE is our most streamed artist of the decade. Rounding out the five most streamed artists this decade were Ed Sheeran (whose “Shape of You” is also the most streamed track of the decade with more than 2.3 billion streams); Post Malone; Ariana Grande and Eminem.

When it comes to 2019, Spotify can reveal that Post Malone is the most streamed artist this year. With over 6.5 billion streams from fans around the globe in 2019, the rapper/singer/songwriter tops Spotify’s “Wrapped” list for the first time, just over 12 weeks after dropping his latest album, Hollywood’s Bleeding, which is also the second most streamed album globally this year.

Female voices were a force on Spotify in 2019, with Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande coming in as the second and third most streamed artists globally. Our second most streamed artist of 2019, 17-year-old singer/songwriter Billie Eilish, had an earthshaking breakout year. She surpassed 6 billion streams this year alone, and her album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? is 2019’s most streamed album of the year on Spotify, marking the first time a female-led album has topped “Wrapped.” Ariana Grande, who released her immensely popular album thank u, next in February, rounds out the top three of Spotify’s most streamed artists list, globally.

The year’s most streamed song is from the duo that took the Northern Hemisphere summer by storm: “Señorita” by Shawn Mendes and Camilla Cabello with more than 1 billion streams, followed closely by Eilish’s hit track “bad guy” with more than 990 million streams. “Sunflower,” Malone’s collaboration with Swae Lee from the film Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse is the year’s third most streamed track while Ariana Grande’s “7 rings” was the 4th most streamed song this year. Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus took their horse all the way to making “Old Town Road - Remix” the 5th most streamed track of the year.

2019 was a massive year for podcast growth on Spotify. There are now more than 500,000 podcast titles available on platform and our podcast audience has grown by more than 50% since the start of the year. We’ve also seen a 39% increase in podcast hours consumed by listeners quarter over quarter. Leading the way is The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory and Mal, which was the most consumed podcast, globally this year. Second on the list is My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. German podcasts Gemischtes Hack, Fest & Flauschig come in as third and fourth most consumed, respectively. The Misfits Podcast, closes out the top five podcasts, globally this year. The most consumed podcast genres of 2019 were Comedy, Society & Culture, True Crime, News, and Health & Fitness.

A snapshot of the “Wrapped” 2019 Top results can be found in the infographic HERE and a deeper dive into ALL of the incredible “Wrapped” results can be found below (most streamed playlists, podcasts, artists, growing genres and more).

Furthermore, later this week, Spotify will unveil personalized Spotify “Wrapped” which provides Spotify users with bespoke insights on the artists, songs, music genres and podcasts they listened to most, as well as fun facts like how many minutes of music they heard and how many songs they “liked.” For the first time, listeners will be able to access this experience directly in the Spotify app on mobile and tablet and via a website atspotify.com/wrapped. Additionally, Spotify is creating share cards highlighting fans’ personal tastes making it available for them to post on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat.

This year, we’re not only giving users their personalized Spotify “Wrapped,” we’re taking a look back at listening throughout the decade with “My Decade Wrapped,” which provides Spotify listeners access to the songs, albums, artists and podcasts they discovered and listened to the most throughout 2019 and the decade.

Thank you in advance for your interest in “Wrapped” and “A Decade Wrapped.” We know that countless fans around the world will be excited to learn more about the biggest hits of the year and decade. Please don’t hesitate to reach out with questions.

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Most Streamed Artists of the Decade (Global)

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Most Streamed Tracks of the Decade (Global)

Stream the decade’s top songs in our epic Playlist of the Decade here.

Spotify Wrapped 2019 Global Top Lists:

Most Streamed Artists

Most Streamed Albums

Most Streamed Tracks

Most Streamed Podcasts

Most Streamed Podcast Genres

Comedy
Society & Culture
True Crime
News
Health & Fitness

Spotify Wrapped 2019 U.K. Top Artists, Tracks and Albums

U.K. Most Streamed Artists

U.K. Most Streamed Tracks

U.K. Most Streamed Albums

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