Spotify Releases Year And Decade-End Charts: Drake is Artist of the Decade

As the year and decade comes to an end, Spotify has unveiled its “Wrapped” charts where they list all the artists and music that made the most noise entire 2019 as well a the 2010s decade.

“A Decade Wrapped” takes a look back at the decade and examines the music, culture and streaming which racked up the most numbers. With more than 28 billion streams to his name, Drake is Spotify’s most streamed artist of the decade. The rest of the top 5 in the most streamed artists this decade list are Ed Sheeran (‘Shape of You’ is also the most streamed track of the decade with more than 2.3 billion streams), Post Malone, Ariana Grande, and Eminem in that order.

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Take a look at an interesting infographic above. As far as 2019 is concerned, Post Malone is the most streamed artist this year. With over 6.5 billion worldwide streams, the rapper/singer/songwriter tops Spotify’s “Wrapped” list for the first time, just over 12 weeks after dropping his latest album, Hollywood’s Bleeding, which is also the second most streamed album globally this year. Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande come in as the second and third most streamed artists globally.

The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory and Mal was the most consumed podcast globally this year. Second on the list is My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. Below is the full list — you can find more info on Spotify’s website.

Most Streamed Artists of the Decade (Global)

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

Most Streamed Female Artists of the Decade (Global)

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

Most Streamed Male Artists of the Decade (Global):

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

Most Streamed Tracks of the Decade (Global)

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

Spotify Wrapped 2019 Global Top Lists: 

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

Spotify Wrapped 2019 U.S. Top Lists

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