
Top Global Songs: The most-streamed song of 2021 is Olivia Rodrigo’s drivers license with more than 1.1 billion streams this year. The second most-streamed artist – and most streamed female artist of the year – is Taylor Swift (#2), followed by BTS (#3), Drake (#4) and Justin Bieber (#5). Top Global Artists: With more than 9.1 billion streams this year, Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is the most-streamed artist of 2021. Aussie’s couldn’t get enough of Olivia Rodrigo’s album Sour, which topped the country’s most streamed album, followed by Ed Sheeran’s “ =” and The Kid LAROI’s F*CK Love (Savage) which came in at third. Three of his songs were also in Australia’s most streamed tracks by Australian artists, including Stay (with Justin Bieber) taking out #1 spot, Without You at #2 and So Done at #4. The Kid LAROI has featured heavily in this year’s lists, not only in the global list but also coming out on top as Australia’s most streamed local artist. Pop icon Taylor Swift was Australia’s most streamed artist of the year, and Glass Animal’s Heat Waves took the top spot as the country’s most streamed track. His album “Legends Never Die” was the platform’s most-streamed album in the U.S., while Ricch’s “The Box” was the country’s most-streamed song.So here’s some information about how people listened this year, followed by Spotify’s annual 2021 Global Top Lists for the 381 million users worldwide: In the U.S., late rapper Juice WRLD was the most-streamed artist on Spotify. “Dance Monkey” by Australian singer Tones and I is the second most-streamed song of the year, while Roddy Ricch’s “The Box,” SAINt JHN’s “Roses – Imanbek Remix” and Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now” came in third, fourth and fifth, respectively. The album’s single, “Blinding Lights,” is Spotify’s most-streamed song of the year with 1.6 million streams globally.
The Weeknd’s album is the only one in the top five to earn no Grammy nominations. The Weeknd’s “After Hours,” Post Malone’s “Hollywood’s Bleeding,” Harry Styles’ “Fine Line” and Dua Lipa’s “Future Nostalgia” round of the top five.
With more than 3.3 billion streams, Bad Bunny’s sophomore solo album “YHLQMDLG” tops Spotify’s list of most-streamed albums globally. The Latin Grammy winner and hitmaker, who released a new album last week, leads a top five list that also includes Drake, J Balvin, Juice WRLD and The Weeknd. The Puerto Rican superstar is the music platform’s most-streamed artist of the year with 8.3 billion streams globally. The year’s most played artist on Spotify? Globally speaking: Bad Bunny.