
More recently, Shawn Mendes’ “Señorita” stayed in Spotify’s Top 10 of most streamed songs in the U.S. As of this post, it’s still in the top 30 half a year after its debut.

These songs are huge when they’re released and, while the number of streams these songs receive each week does decline over time, they tend to decline slowly, remaining among the most streamed songs on Spotify week after week.Īrianna Grande’s “7 Rings” stayed in Spotify’s Top 10 for 10 weeks and in the Top 30 for 21 weeks:īillie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” stayed Top 10 for 15 weeks-and when combined with the Justin Bieber remix for 21 weeks. The other pattern could be a warning sign of a stiff.

Two of these patterns indicate a song has potential to become a big hit for radio. Today, we take a deeper look into the three kinds of songs you’ll see on Spotify. However, not every song follows this pattern. (You will need to register / login for access)Ĭomments below may relate to previous holders of this record.Our last post examined how the usage patterns of contemporary music on Spotify look at lot more like record store sales than radio spin counts: Songs are most likely to achieve their biggest number of streams the week the song is released. For a full list of record titles, please use our Record Application Search. “bad guy” by Billie Eilish (2019) – 1,968,848,335.Īll records listed on our website are current and up-to-date. “Closer” (2016) by The Chainsmokers feat.

Spotify’s most streamed tracks, as of 23 January 2022: 1. By 23 January 2022, “Shape of You” had accumulated 3,026,657,640 streams and had been Spotify’s most popular track for a total of 1,584 days – since taking the crown from Drake’s “One Dance” on 22 September 2017. Sheeran also revealed that “Shape of You” nearly missed the cut on his 2017 album ÷ (“Divide”), and how he was convinced by Ben Cook – the man who signed him for Atlantic Records UK – to release it as the first single from the album (alongside Sheeran’s preference “Castle on the Hill”). On 22 December 2021, “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran (UK) became the first track on Spotify to reach the milestone of 3 billion streams worldwide – a feat described by the singer-songwriter on Instagram as “absolutely insane”.
