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

1. Drake
2. Ed Sheeran
3. Post Malone
4. Ariana Grande
5. Eminem

Most-Streamed Female Artists of the Decade

1. Ariana Grande
2. Rihanna
3. Taylor Swift
4. Sia
5. Beyoncé

Most-Streamed Male Artists of the Decade

1. Drake
2. Ed Sheeran
3. Post Malone
4. Eminem
5. The Weeknd

Most-Streamed Tracks of the Decade

1. “Shape of You” — Ed Sheeran
2. “One Dance” — Drake, Kyla, WizKid
3. “Rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)” — 21 Savage, Post Malone
4. “Closer” — Halsey, The Chainsmokers
5. “Thinking out Loud” — Ed Sheeran

2019 (Global)

Most-Streamed Artists

1. Post Malone
2. Billie Eilish
3. Ariana Grande
4. Ed Sheeran
5. Bad Bunny

Most-Streamed Albums

1. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish
2. Hollywood’s Bleeding — Post Malone
3. Thank U, Next — Ariana Grande
4. No. 6 Collaborations Project — Ed Sheeran
5. Shawn Mendes — Shawn Mendes

Most-Streamed Tracks

1. “Señorita” — Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes
2. “Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish
3. “Sunflower” — Post Malone, Swae Lee
4. “7 Rings” — Ariana Grande
5. “Old Town Road — Remix” — Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus

Most-Streamed Female Artists

1. Billie Eilish
2. Ariana Grande
3. Taylor Swift
4. Camila Cabello
5. Halsey

Most-Streamed Male Artists

1. Post Malone
2. Ed Sheeran
3. Bad Bunny
4. Khalid
5. J Balvin

Most-Streamed Podcasts

1. The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory & Mal
2. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
3. Gemischtes Hack
4. Fest & Flauschig
5. The Misfits Podcast

Most-Streamed Podcast Genres

1. Comedy
2. Society & Culture
3. True Crime
4. News
5. Health & Fitness

2019 (U.S.)

U.S. Most-Streamed Artists

1. Post Malone
2. Drake
3. Billie Eilish
4. Ariana Grande
5. Khalid

U.S. Most-Streamed Female Artists

1. Billie Eilish
2. Ariana Grande
3. Taylor Swift
4. Halsey
5. Cardi B

U.S. Most-Streamed Male Artists

1. Post Malone
2. Drake
3. Khalid
4. Juice WRLD
5. XXXTentacion

U.S. Most-Streamed Tracks

1. “Sunflower” — Post Malone, Swae Lee
2. “Wow” — Post Malone
3. “7 Rings” — Ariana Grande
4. “Middle Child” — J. Cole
5. “Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish

U.S. Most-Streamed Albums

1. Hollywood’s Bleeding — Post Malone
2. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? — Billie Eilish
3. Thank U, Next — Ariana Grande
4. Beerbongs and Bentleys — Post Malone
5. Free Spirit — Khalid

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