Spotify Shares Most Streamed Songs Of Last 10 Years

October marks 10 years since the launch of Spotify. The streamer is celebrating the milestone with a “Decade of Discovery,” a decade-long look back at some of the biggest discoveries in music, as told through the lens of Spotify artists and fan insights, including the most globally streamed artist of the decade, the top 10 songs annually the past ten years and the first artists to hit a billion streams.

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Most Globally Streamed Artist of All Time

1. Drake
2. Ed Sheeran
3. Eminem
4. The Weeknd
5. Rihanna
6. Kanye West
7. Coldplay
8. Justin Bieber
9. Calvin Harris
10. Ariana Grande

Most Globally Streamed Albums

1. Ed Sheeran – ÷
2. Justin Bieber – Purpose
3. Drake – Views
4. Ed Sheeran – x
5. Post Malone – beerbongs & bentleys
6. The Weeknd – Starboy
7. Scorpion – Drake
8. The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness
9. Post Malone – Stoney
10. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.

Most Globally Streamed Female Artists

1. Rihanna
2. Ariana Grande
3. Sia
4. Beyoncé
5. Nicki Minaj
6. Adele
7. Taylor Swift
8. Selena Gomez
9. Katy Perry
10. Shakira

Top Globally Streamed Song by Year Since Spotify Launch

• 2008: The Killers – “Human”
• 2009: The Black Eyed Peas – “I Gotta Feeling”
• 2010: Eminem, Rihanna – “Love The Way You Lie”  
• 2011: Don Omar – “Danza Kuduro”
• 2012: Gotye – “Somebody That I Used To Know” (feat. Kimbra)
• 2013: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis  “Can't Hold Us” (feat. Ray Dalton)
• 2014: Pharrell Williams – “Happy” – From "Despicable Me 2"
• 2015: Major Lazer – “Lean On” (feat. MØ & DJ Snake)
• 2016: Drake – “One Dance”
• 2017: Ed Sheeran – “Shape of You”

First 10 Artists to Reach 1 Billion Streams

1. Rihanna (2013)
2. David Guetta (2013)
3. Eminem (2013)
4. Kanye West (2014)
5. Avicii (2014)
6. Coldplay (2014)
7. JAY Z (2014)
8. Katy Perry (2014)
9. Drake (2014)
10. Pitbull (2014)