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Drake is Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the decade

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Drake is Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the decade

Get out the champagne, Papi. Drake has been crowned Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the decade. The self-proclaimed 6 God led with more than 28 billion global streams in the 2010s, ahead of artists like Ed Sheeran, Post Malone, Ariana Grande, and Eminem. Drake has now gone back-to-back with Spotify honors, having been named the most-streamed artist of 2018.
Drake almost hit No. 1 in two decade categories. His 2016 single “One Dance” came in behind Sheeran’s “Shape of You” as the most-streamed track of the 2010s. “Shape of You” scored Sheeran his first No. 1 track on the Billboard charts back in early 2017 and remained on the charts for more than a year, which is exponentially more staying power than Anthony Scaramucci had that year. (Remember him? Are you sure?)

Grande was named the most-streamed female artist of the decade, a run that finished strong with the album drops Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019).
Looking at the past year, Billie Eilish had the most-streamed album (When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?) and second-most-streamed song (“Bad Guy”), and was the second-most-streamed artist. Post Malone finished as the most-streamed artist of the year. He also had the second-most-streamed album (Hollywood’s Bleeding) and the third-most-streamed song (“Sunflower,” featuring Swae Lee).

In non-musical news, the year’s most-streamed podcast genre was comedy, taking the crown from crime and mystery.
See Spotify’s full 2010s and 2019 lists below.
2010-2019 (Global)
Most-Streamed Artists of the Decade
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Post Malone
Ariana Grande
Eminem
Most-Streamed Female Artists of the Decade
Ariana Grande
Rihanna
Taylor Swift
Sia
Beyoncé
Most-Streamed Male Artists of the Decade
Drake
Ed Sheeran
Post Malone
Eminem
The Weeknd
Most-Streamed Tracks of the Decade
“Shape of You” — Ed Sheeran
“One Dance” — Drake, Kyla, WizKid
“Rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)” — 21 Savage, Post Malone
“Closer” — Halsey, The Chainsmokers
“Thinking out Loud” — Ed Sheeran

2019 (Global)
Most-Streamed Artists
Post Malone
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Ed Sheeran
Bad Bunny
Most-Streamed Albums
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish
Hollywood’s Bleeding — Post Malone
Thank U, Next — Ariana Grande
No. 6 Collaborations Project — Ed Sheeran
Shawn Mendes — Shawn Mendes
Most-Streamed Tracks
“Señorita” — Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish
“Sunflower” — Post Malone, Swae Lee
“7 Rings” — Ariana Grande
“Old Town Road — Remix” — Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus

Most-Streamed Female Artists
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Taylor Swift
Camila Cabello
Halsey
Most-Streamed Male Artists
Post Malone
Ed Sheeran
Bad Bunny
Khalid
J Balvin
Most-Streamed Podcasts
The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory & Mal
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
Gemischtes Hack
Fest & Flauschig
The Misfits Podcast
Most-Streamed Podcast Genres
Comedy
Society & Culture
True Crime
News
Health & Fitness
2019 (U.S.)
U.S. Most-Streamed Artists
Post Malone
Drake
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Khalid
U.S. Most-Streamed Female Artists
Billie Eilish
Ariana Grande
Taylor Swift
Halsey
Cardi B

U.S. Most-Streamed Male Artists
Post Malone
Drake
Khalid
Juice WRLD
XXXTentacion
U.S. Most-Streamed Tracks
“Sunflower” — Post Malone, Swae Lee
“Wow” — Post Malone
“7 Rings” — Ariana Grande
“Middle Child” — J. Cole
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish
U.S. Most-Streamed Albums
Hollywood’s Bleeding — Post Malone
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish
Thank U, Next — Ariana Grande
Beerbongs and Bentleys — Post Malone
Free Spirit — Khalid
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