Spotify is one of the reference musical applications. With the change in business model and the almost daily publication of new songs without the need to be published on a studio album, the streaming music platform remains number 1 in its field. Therefore, to know how the music industry is moving, it would be interesting to take a look at its 10 most played songs.
We could think that the trend continues with respect to those most popular songs according to the most played videos in YouTube history, but, curiously, only one musical theme repeats in both lists. Let’s see below which are the songs that have played the most on Spotify.
10) Believer – Imagine Dragons (2017)
The band originally from Las Vegas and led by Dan Reynolds is one of the favorites on the Spotify platform, where they have managed to sneak several of their hits over the barrier of 1,000 million views, such as Thunder, Demons or that Radioactive that catapulted to fame.
However, his biggest hit to date, the most listened to on the platform, is Believer, from the 2017 album Evolve, with 2.007 million views .
9) Miss – Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello (2019)
The second collaboration of Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes after I Know What You Did Last Summer, from 2015, ended with both friends as a couple. We don’t know if that added interest helped catapult the number of listens on the platform, since it became the fastest to reach 1.5 billion views.
Although they broke up at the end of 2021, their joint work will last for quite some time in the Top 10 of the platform, with 2,078 million views .
8) Sunflower – Post Malone ft. Swaee Lee (2018)
The collaboration of American rappers Post Malone and Swae Lee was included in the soundtrack of the animated film Spider-Man: A New Universe (2018). This helped the song get a big push in its promotion.
It would later be included on Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding album in 2018 and that would help increase its numbers to the current 2.216 million views .
7) Closer – The Chainsmokers and Halsey (2016)
The duo of American singers and DJs The Chainsmokers and the singer Halsey published in 2016 the song that catapulted them to international fame, after spending time sweeping the United States.
Currently, and despite being one of the oldest songs in this Spotify Top 10, it has more than 2,227 million views .
6) Someone You Loved – Lewis Capaldi (2018)
Briton Lewis Capaldi was discovered by Virgin Records on SoundCloud, another Spotify competitor app. A year later, he released Someone You Loved, a melancholic song about the loss of loved ones and his biggest hit to date.
This theme currently has 2,278 million views , which shows that the pull is maintained despite being practically a “one hit wonder”.
5) One Dance – Drake ft. Wizkid and Kyla (2016)
Being Drake one of the most listened to artists in the world in practically every new song, it was difficult for us not to find him on this list sooner or later. The second single from Views, the fourth studio album by the Canadian rapper and singer-songwriter, is so far his most popular song on the platform, above many others that have exceeded 1 billion views such as Hotline Bling, Passionfruit or God’s Plan.
Currently, One Dance, featuring Wizkid and Kyla, has more than 2.248 million views . In large part, its success stems from having become a recurring theme on TikTok.
4) Rockstar – Post Malone ft. 21 Savage (2017)
With Rockstar, Post Malone is the only artist with two songs included in the Top 10. This time, without using the film industry for his takeoff. It was released in September 2017 as a digital download and as a single from the album Beerbongs & Bentleys with his friend the rapper 21 Savage.
At the moment it has 2,371 million views , many millions more than the Latin remix released by Nicky Jam and Ozuna (41 million listeners).
3) Dance Monkey – Tones and I (2019)
After weeks leading the music charts in Australia, the Australian singer-songwriter Tones and I ended up crossing the continent of kangaroos to become the third most listened song in the entire history of Spotify.
The song, inspired by the offensive comments the young woman received when she was a street artist, has 2.502 million views .
2) Blinding Lights – The Weeknd (2019)
The Weekend’s After Hours album, with its influence from the 80s bebop genre, is one of the most listened to in the history of the platform, largely due to Blinding Lights (only Save Your Tears is close to exceeding 1,000 million). you listen).
The artist, protagonist of the 2021 Super Bowl halftime show, had another good listening peak for a song that had hit him since its premiere. Right now it accumulates 2,833 million reproductions . The remix with our Rosalía (44 million views) hasn’t even managed to tickle the original song either.
1) Shape of You – Ed Sheeran (2017)
Ed Sheeran’s star theme on YouTube, where it is the third most viewed video on the platform with 5,639 million views, also has its echo as the most listened to theme in the history of Spotify.
In this case, it does not reach such numbers, but its more than 3,065 million reproductions are not a piece of cake. It also had its own Latin remix, trying to stretch the gum, but the participation of Zion & Lennox did not exceed 98 million listeners.
