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Tulus, BTS among Indonesia's most-streamed artists of 2019: Spotify

Tulus and BTS are Spotify's most-streamed artists this year in Indonesia.

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
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Wed, December 4, 2019 Published on Dec. 4, 2019 Published on 2019-12-04T16:53:43+07:00

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Tulus, BTS among Indonesia's most-streamed artists of 2019: Spotify Tulus, who celebrated his eight-year journey in the music industry with a festival in Jakarta in early November, is the first Indonesian artist to break the record of boasting 1 million followers on Spotify. (JP/Wienda Parwitasari )

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potify has released its annual year-end feature, Wrapped, which compiles the year’s most-streamed artists and tracks by its 248 million users worldwide.

This year’s Wrapped reveals Tulus as Indonesia’s most-streamed local artist, followed by Fiersa Besari, Sheila on 7, Andmesh and Glenn Fredly in the Top 5.

Tulus, who celebrated his eight-year journey in the music industry with a festival in Jakarta in early November, is also the first Indonesian artist to break the record of boasting 1 million followers on Spotify.

K-pop sensation BTS was crowned the most-streamed artist in Indonesia, with its song “Boy With Luv” featuring Halsey streamed over 3 billion times across the globe, making it the most-streamed K-pop track worldwide.

Sharing the limelight as most-streamed artists in Indonesia is Norwegian DJ Alan Walker and British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran.

Walker’s “On My Way”, came in second, while Sheeran’s album No. 6 Collaborations Project is fourth in the globally most-streamed albums list.

Read also: Billie Eilish dominates 2019 on Apple Music

In the global most-streamed female artist list, Billie Eilish tops the chart, replacing Ariana Grande who topped the same list last year.

The 17-year-old “Bad Guy” singer also placed second in Indonesia’s most-streamed female artist and global most streamed artist categories, after Post Malone.

Meanwhile, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s hit song “Senorita” topped both the global and Indonesian most-streamed track list.

Spotify has also released its inaugural A Decade Wrapped, which concludes the platform’s most popular music and artists over the decade.

Named most-streamed artist of the decade is Canadian rapper Drake, with over 28 billion streams worldwide. Other artists in the Top 5 are Ed Sheeran, Post Malone, Ariana Grande and Eminem. (vel/wng)

Here are Spotify’s most-streamed artists, songs and albums of 2019 in Indonesia:

Most-streamed artists

1. BTS

2. Alan Walker

3. Ed Sheeran

4. Tulus

5. Fiersa Besari

Most-streamed male artists 

1. Alan Walker

2. Ed Sheeran

3. Tulus

4. Fiersa Besari

5. Shawn Mendes

Most-streamed female artists

1. Ariana Grande

2. Billie Eilish

3. Camila Cabello

4. Taylor Swift

5. Halsey

Most-streamed local artists

1. Tulus

2. Fiersa Besari

3. Sheila On 7

4. Andmesh

5. Glenn Fredly

Most-streamed groups

1. BTS

2. BLACKPINK

3. Sheila On 7

4. Maroon 5

5. Fourtwnty

Most-streamed tracks

1. “Señorita” — Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes

2. “On My Way” — Alan Walker, Farruko, Sabrina Carpenter

3. “Cinta Luar Biasa” — Andmesh

4. “I Love You 3000” — Stephanie Poetri

5. “Waktu Yang Salah — Fiersa Besari, Thantri

Most-streamed albums

1. Different World — Alan Walker

2. Cinta Luar Biasa — Andmesh

3. Shawn Mendes — Shawn Mendes

4. Tempat Aku Pulang — Fiersa Besari

5. Thank u, next — Ariana Grande

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