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Spotify reveals what we’ve all been listening to this year with final stream counts

Thu 2 December 2021 10:15, UK

Spotify Wrapped is a moment of huge personal revelations, surprises and office discussions as we receive the yearly roundup of our listening habits. Even on a personal level, these snapshots prove confounding as you look back and wonder when you spent so long listening to ‘insert x cheesy artist here’.

However, when the global totals come through, they prove even more dumbfounding as the worlds growing musical tribalism comes to the fore and artists that you have never heard of, even in passing, turn out to have well over a billion listens.

For instance, this year turned out to be a huge one for Bad Bunny — try running that name past your aunt and she’ll probably think it’s a cartoon character from the 1960s. In actual fact, they sit on well over 40,000,000 monthly listens.

Thus, without further ado, you came here for names and numbers, so let’s leave the hot takes for later and get on with the lists.

Spotify Wrapped most played roundup:

Most Streamed Artists Globally

01. Bad Bunny
02. Taylor Swift
03. BTS
04. Drake
05. Justin Bieber

Most Streamed Albums Globally

01. SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo
02. Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa
03. Justice by Justin Bieber
04. = by Ed Sheeran
05. Planet Her by Doja Cat

Most Streamed Songs Globally

01. ‘drivers license’ by Olivia Rodrigo
02. ‘MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)’ by Lil Nas X
03. ‘STAY (with Justin Bieber)’ by The Kid LAROI
04. ‘good 4 u’ by Olivia Rodrigo
05. ‘Levitating (feat. DaBaby)’ by Dua Lipa

Top streamed albums over 20 years old:

01. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
02. Nevermind by Nirvana
03. Hybrid Theory by Linking Park
04. Appetite for Destruction by Guns ‘n’ Roses
05. The Beatles by The Beatles

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