Incidentally, this was also the year musicians around the world protested outside Spotify’s offices demanding fairer payment and greater transparency, and the company acquired a speech monitoring patent. In Australia, he was the most streamed Aussie artist, and the fifth most-streamed overall. Bieber collab ‘STAY’ was the third most-streamed song globally, and ‘WITHOUT YOU’ and ‘SO DONE also had great innings here in Australia.Īnd both in Australia and globally, the albums that were streamed the most this year included Rodrigo’s debut album SOUR, Ed Sheeran‘s latest =, Bieber’s Justice and Dua Lipa‘s Future Nostalgia. This goes without saying, but it was also a huge year for The Kid LAROI.
Globally, it was followed by Lil Nas X‘s huge ‘MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)’. ‘Crime Junkie’ came in second with Alex Cooper’s ‘Call Her Daddy’ taking the third spot.Olivia Rodrigo‘s debut single ‘drivers license’, for instance, was the most-streamed song around the world, and the second-most streamed song here in Australia – defeated only by Glass Animals‘ Hottest 100-winning hit ‘Heat Waves’. Less than a year after debuting exclusively on Spotify, ‘The Joe Rogan Experience”‘has surpassed all other podcasts to become the most-streamed podcast of the summer globally. “Astronaut In The Ocean” by Masked Wolfįurther, Spotify also announced the top streamed podcasts of the summer.“Leave The Door Open” by Bruno Mars, Anderson.“Save Your Tears (with Ariana Grande) (Remix)” by The Weeknd.“Qué Más Pues?” by J Balvin, Maria Becerra.Daniel Caesar & Giveon)” by Justin Bieber “STAY (with Justin Bieber)” by The Kid LAROI As the music chapter for 2021 closes in the next few weeks, Spotify has offered their year-end list of the most-streamed songs for the last 12 months.“MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)” by Lil Nas X.Check out the top 20 most streamed songs of the summer globally below: Two fellow Canadians made the list too, with Justin Beiber’s March-released hit “Peaches” coming in at spot 13 and The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” (Ariana Grande Remix) securing the 16th spot. Måneskin’s ‘Beggin’ came in second with Rauw Alejandro’s ‘Todo De Ti’ taking the third spot overall. Surprising no one at this point, Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘good 4 u’ takes home the number one spot with over 600 million streams between May 29th and August 22nd. It’s that time of the year again when Spotify announces the top streamed songs on the platform.