Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's history. American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed female artist in Spotify's history.
Spotify: artists with the most monthly listeners worldwide 2023. As of January 2023, the artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify worldwide was The Weeknd, closely followed by Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift.
Most Popular Artists on Spotify by Monthly Listeners
Currently, The Weeknd is the most-streamed artist on Spotify, with over 107.15 million monthly listeners.
The top three are Kanye West, Eminem and Drake, with the 6 God emerging as the supreme stream leader among rappers on Spotify. Drizzy leads the way with a staggering 70.3 million monthly listeners on the platform, led by his two billion-plus streamed hits “God's Plan” and “One Dance.”
"Blinding Lights" by the Weeknd is the most-streamed song on Spotify, with over 3.7 billion streams.
1. Drake ft. Wizkid and Kyla – “One Dance”
Leading the way is XXXTentacion's ?, followed by Drake's Scorpion and Views at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. Juice WRLD's Goodbye & Good Riddance and Travis Scott's Astroworld round out the top five.
In short, the Spotify popularity index is calculated by: Total streams of a song. How recently a song has been played. The frequency that a track has been played.
Abel Tesfaye, more commonly known as The Weeknd, is statistically the most popular musician on the planet, and no one else even comes close. The 33-year-old Canadian singer's success has seen him set two new Guinness World Records titles: Most monthly listeners on Spotify – 111.4 million (as of 20 March 2023)
The Weeknd - 95.57 Million Monthly Streamers
1st in the world spotify 2023 list include The Weeknd. Also known as Abel Tesfaye, he is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer.
It's official: The Weeknd is statistically the most popular artist in the world according to Guinness World Records.
Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' becomes the fastest record to reach a billion Spotify streams.
Spotify pays artists between $0.003 - $0.005 per stream on average. That works out as an approx revenue split of 70/30 - so that's 70% to the artist/rights holders and 30% to Spotify.
The multi-billion music streaming company Spotify is primarily owned by its founders, Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. As of 2023, Daniel Ek has 16.5% ownership of ordinary shares and 31.7% of the voting power. Martin Lorentzon has 10.9% of ordinary shares and 42.6% of the voting power.
Drake has tallied 11 No. 1 hits on the Hot 100 in his career, the most among rappers. Among all artists, though, he's tied with Whitney Houston for the seventh-most, after The Beatles (20), Mariah Carey (19), Rihanna (14), Michael Jackson (13), The Supremes and Madonna (12 each).
Tekashi 6ix9ine who recently got an early release from jail is already making big waves once again as his new single 'GOOBA' has broken YouTube's record for the most-watched hip-hop video in a 24-hour span. The song is Tekashi's first song since his release from prison last month and it came with a music video.
When it comes to number-one singles on the Hot Rap Songs chart, Drake is the undisputed king. His 28 chart-topping tracks are the most by any artist, and there isn't anyone close. Since he began his music career in 2006, he has dropped countless hit songs like Hotline Bling and Wants And Needs.
It was never a hit single and got almost no play on Top 40 radio. There's even a dispute over the exact title. Yet “It's a Small World,” also known as “It's a Small, Small World” and “It's a Small World (After All),” is very likely the most played song in music history — nearly 50 million times.