SPOTIFY GIFT-WRAPS
THE YEAR IN MUSIC

Spotify has unveiled its year-end wrap-up of the most-streamed artists, albums, songs and podcasts in its 2020 Wrapped.

With more than 3b streams this year, Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is Spotify's most-streamed artist of 2020. Drake is #2. The third-most-streamed artist of the year is J Balvin, followed by the late rapper Juice WRLD and The Weeknd.

Billie Eilish continues her reign as Spotify’s most-streamed female artist for the second year in a row, preceding Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande in the second and third spots. Coming in at fourth- and fifth-most-streamed female artist are Dua Lipa and Halsey.

The most-streamed song of 2020 is The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” with nearly 6b streams. In second and third place, respectively, are Tones and I’s “Dance Monkey” and Roddy Ricch’s “The Box.” The fourth-most-streamed song of the year is “Roses–Imanbek Remix,” by Imanbek and SAINt JHN, followed by Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now.”

The most-streamed album globally of 2020 is Bad Bunny’s YHLQMDLG, with more than 3.3b streams, ahead of The Weeknd’s After Hours and Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding. Rounding out the list of top albums are Harry Styles’ Fine Line and Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia.

The year’s most popular Spotify editorial playlist is Today’s Top Hits, which has more than 27m followers.

The Spotify for Artists Wrapped microsite will launch Wednesday.

Listen to the For the Record Podcast below, on which Spotify Co-Head of Music Jeremy Erlich calls Bad Bunny to tell him he's the platform's biggest artist of 2020.

Most Streamed Artists Globally

1. Bad Bunny
2. Drake
3. J Balvin
4. Juice WRLD
5. The Weeknd

Most Streamed Female Artists

1. Billie Eilish
2. Taylor Swift
3. Ariana Grande
4. Dua Lipa
5. Halsey

Most Streamed Albums Globally

1. YHLQMDLG, Bad Bunny
2. After Hours, The Weeknd
3. Hollywood’s Bleeding, Post Malone
4. Fine Line, Harry Styles
5. Future Nostalgia, Dua Lipa

Most Streamed Songs Globally

1. “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd
2. “Dance Monkey,” Tones and I
3. “The Box,” Roddy Ricch
4. “Roses–Imanbek Remix,” Imanbek and SAINt JHN
5. “Don’t Start Now,” Dua Lipa

U.S. Most Streamed Artists

1. Juice WRLD
2. Drake
3. Lil Uzi Vert
4. Post Malone
5. Taylor Swift

U.S. Most Streamed Female Artists

1. Taylor Swift
2. Billie Eilish
3. Ariana Grande
4. Halsey
5. Megan Thee Stallion

U.S. Most Streamed Songs

1. “The Box,” Roddy Ricch
2. “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd
3. “Blueberry Faygo,” Lil Mosey
4. “ROCKSTAR (feat. Roddy Ricch),” DaBaby, Roddy Ricch
5. “Life Is Good (feat. Drake),” Future, Drake

U.S. Most Streamed Albums

1. Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD
2. Eternal Atake (Deluxe)–LUV vs. the World 2, Lil Uzi Vert
3. Hollywood’s Bleeding, Post Malone
4. After Hours, The Weeknd
5. Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial, Roddy Ricch

We’re kicking off #2020Wrapped by surprising Bad Bunny with the good news: @sanbenito is @Spotify’s most-streamed artist of 2020! 🔥 Listen to the full reveal on the “For the Record” podcast. https://t.co/krzYkt4mpZ pic.twitter.com/WgRUbpYRJu

— Spotify News (@SpotifyNews) December 1, 2020