ith over eight billion streams in 2018 alone, something divine must have made Canadian rapper Drake Spotify’s most streamed artist of all time.
Thanks to his album Scorpion and single “God’s Plan”, which brought more than a billion streams alone, Drake bounced back to the top this 2018.
The rapper topped the list in 2015 and 2016, but lost the spot to Ed Sheeran in 2017.
On the list released Tuesday by Spotify, Drake was followed by Post Malone, XXXTentacion, J Balvin and Ed Sheeran, whose 2017 album Divide made the top five of most-streamed artist albums.
Meanwhile, Ariana Grande is Spotify’s top-streamed female artist with more than three billion streams in 2018.
The high number of streams is credited to her newly released fourth album Sweetener and her latest single “thank u, next” which has over 220 million streams.
Grande was followed by Dua Lipa, Cardi B, Taylor Swift and Camila Cabello.
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Here are the lists of Spotify’s most-streamed artists, songs and albums in 2018:
Most-Streamed Artists
Drake
Post Malone
XXXTentacion
J Balvin
Ed Sheeran
Most-Streamed Female Artists
Ariana Grande
Dua Lipa
Cardi B
Taylor Swift
Camila Cabello
Most-Streamed Tracks
“God’s Plan” — Drake
“SAD!” — XXXTentacion
“rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)” — Post Malone
“Psycho (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)” — Post Malone
“In My Feelings” — Drake
Most-Streamed Albums
Scorpion — Drake
beerbongs & bentleys — Post Malone
? — XXXTentacion
Dua Lipa — Dua Lipa
Divide — Ed Sheeran
Most-Streamed Groups
Imagine Dragons
BTS
Maroon 5
Migos
Coldplay
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