With more than 18.5 billion streams in 2022, Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist worldwide for the third year in a row

Independent superstar Bad Bunny is Spotify’s Most-Streamed Artist of the Year in 2022 for the third straight year.

With more than 18.5 billion streams this year, he secures the top spot and is the first artist ever to be the most-streamed on Spotify for three years in a row.

The result was released by Spotify on Wednesday (November 30) as the streaming giant revealed its Spotify packaged for 2022.

Bad Bunny also dominated the charts with three of his tracks – I Porto Bonito, Tití Me Preguntó, and Ojitos Lindos — make it into the top 10 tracks worldwide.

his studio album, Un Verano Sin Ti, released in May, ranked as the most-streamed album worldwide of 2022, beating Harry Styles’ Harry’s houseOlivia Rodrigos ANGRY, Ed Sheerans = and Doja Cats planet her

Bad Bunny’s Un Verano Sin Ti, was also named the most-streamed album of 2022 on Apple Music, as well as “the greatest Latin album of all time” on the platform. Bad Bunny was named Apple Music’s “Artist of the Year” on November 9, in recognition of his “artistic excellence and impact on global culture in 2022,” according to the platform.

Meanwhile, Harry Styles secured spot for the world’s most-streamed song on Spotify with his hit How it was,’ the accumulated 1.6 billion streams this year.

The hit became the longest-running number one single of the year in the UK and in the US it spent 15 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 to become the longest-running US number one by a British act.

Styles was ranked seventh on Spotify’s Top Artists Globally in 2022, behind Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, Drake, The Weeknd, BTS and Ed Sheeran. Justin Bieber, Kanye West and Eminem also made the top 10.

“Taylor Swift stuck by her invitation to meet her at midnight, and it propelled her to become the second most streamed artist of the year globally – and the top artist in Australia, the UK, Ireland, Malaysia, the Philippines and New Zealand , Qatar, Slovenia and Singapore,” says Spotify.

Second place from Styles How it was was in the Globally Top Tracks list heat waves by British indie rock band Glass Animals, followed by The Kid LAROI’s Stay (with Justin Bieber), Bad Bunny’s I Porto Bonito and Tití Me Preguntowho finished fourth and fifth.

Elton John and Dua Lipas Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) secured sixth place, followed by Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52 of bizarre rap; Imagine dragons Enemy (with JID); Ojitos Lindos by Bad Bunny; and Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) by Kate Bush, who broke multiple records after the 1985 track was featured in the fourth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things.

Spotify also released the results of the Top Global Podcasts of 2022, with The Joe Rogan Experience secures its place in the most-streamed podcast for the third time in a row this year. Alex Coopers Call her daddy finished second, followed by Anything goes with Emma Chamberlainan upcoming Spotify exclusivity.

Case 63a Spotify Original podcast debuting in Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Hindi and English was the fourth most streamed podcast followed by crime junkie, a true crime podcast by Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat.

Spotify added 7 million premium subscribers in the third quarter and 15 million from January to September. The number of paying subscribers reached a total of 195 million users at the end of September.

Below is the full list of the world’s most streamed artists, songs, albums and podcasts on Spotify in 2022.

Top artists worldwide:

1. bad bunny

2. Taylor Swift

3. drake

4. the weekend

5. bts

6. Ed Sheeran

7. Harry Styles

8th. Justin Bieber

9. KanyeWest

10 Eminem

Top tracks worldwide:

1. “As it was” – Harry Styles

2. “Heat waves” – animals made of glass

3. “Stay” (with Justin Bieber) – The Kid LAROI

4. “Me Porto Bonito” – Bad Bunny

5. Tití Me Pregunto – Bad Bunny

6. “Cold Heart (PNAU Remix)” – Elton John and Dua Lipa

7. ‘Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52’ – Bizarre

8th. “Enemy (with JID)” – Imagine Dragons

9. ‘Ojitos Lindos’ – Evil Rabbit

10 “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” – Kate Bush

Top albums worldwide:

1. Un Verano Sin Ti – Bad Bunny

2. Harry’s House – Harry Styles

3. SAUER – Olivia Rodrigo

4. = – Ed Sheeran

5. Planet Her—Doja Cat

The most popular podcasts:

1. The Joe Rogan Experience

2. Call her daddy

3. Anything goes with Emma Chamberlain

4. crime junkie

5. The daily

6. Case 63

7. Relatos de la Noche

8th. On purpose with Jay Shetty

9. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

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