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Taylor Swift is Spotify's most streamed artist of all time

The streaming platform released its top music lists to mark its 20th anniversary.
24 Apr, 2026

As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, Swedish music streaming giant Spotify has released its first-ever global list of most streamed artists, albums and songs.

Taylor Swift topped the ranking for artists while Bad Bunny and The Weeknd took home the titles for most popular album and song.

K-pop superstars BTS were the most streamed group, 12th overall among all acts, and Coldplay were the most popular English-language group, landing at number 17 on the list.

Check out the full lists:

Most Streamed Artists of All Time

1. Taylor Swift

2. Bad Bunny

3. Drake

4. The Weeknd

5. Ariana Grande

6. Ed Sheeran

7. Justin Bieber

8. Billie Eilish

9. Eminem

10. Kanye West

11. Travis Scott

12. BTS

13. Post Malone

14. Bruno Mars

15. J Balvin

16. Rihanna

17. Coldplay

18. Kendrick Lamar

19. Future

20. Juice WRLD

Most Streamed Albums of All Time

1. Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny

2. Starboy by The Weeknd

3. ÷ (Deluxe) by Ed Sheeran

4. Sour by Olivia Rodrigo

5. After Hours by The Weeknd

6. SOS by SZA

7. Hollywood’s Bleeding by Post Malone

8. Lover by Taylor Swift

9. AM by Arctic Monkeys

10. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? by Billie Eilish

11. Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa

12. Beerbongs & Bentleys by Post Malone

13. ? by XXXTentacion

14. Mañana Será Bonito (Bichota Season) By Karol G

15. YHLQMDLG by Bad Bunny

16. Doo-Wops & Hooligans by Bruno Mars

17. Views by Drake

18. Midnights by Taylor Swift

19. Scorpion by Drake

20. Beauty Behind the Madness by The Weeknd

Most Streamed Songs of All Time

1. ‘Blinding Lights’ by The Weeknd

2. ‘Shape of You’ by Ed Sheeran

3. ‘Sweater Weather’ by The Neighbourhood

4. ‘Starboy’ by The Weeknd, Daft Punk

5. ‘As It Was’ by Harry Styles

6. ‘Someone You Loved’ by Lewis Capaldi

7. ‘Sunflower – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ by Post Malone, Swae Lee

8. ‘One Dance’ by Drake, Wizkid, Kyla

9. ‘Perfect’ by Ed Sheeran

10. ‘Stay (with Justin Bieber)’ by the Kid Laroi, Justin Bieber

11. ‘Believer’ by Imagine Dragons

12. ‘I Wanna Be Yours’ by Arctic Monkeys

13. ‘Heat Waves’ by Glass Animals

14. ‘Lovely (with Khalid)’ by Billie Eilish, Khalid

15. ‘Yellow’ by Coldplay

  1. ‘The Night We Met’ by Lord Huron

17. ‘Closer’ by the Chainsmokers, Halsey

18. ‘Birds of a Feather’ by Billie Eilish

19. ‘Riptide’ by Vance Joy

20. ‘Die With a Smile’ by Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars

The lists provide an insight into the listening habits of Spotify’s 290 million subscribers but is skewed towards more recent releases owing to an increase in the platform’s subscriber base.

More such lists and data are expected to be released in the coming days as the anniversary celebrations continue.

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