This year's most played artist on Spotify, globally? Bad Bunny.
The Puerto Rican superstar is the music platform’s most-streamed artist of 2020, with 8.3 billion streams globally. The Latin Grammy winner and hitmaker, who released a new album last week, leads a top five list that also includes Drake, J Balvin, Juice WRLD and The Weeknd.
With more than 3.3 billion streams, Bad Bunny's second solo album YHLQMDLG tops Spotify's list of most-streamed albums globally. The Weeknd's After Hours, Post Malone's Hollywood's Bleeding, Harry Styles' Fine Line and Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia round of the top five.
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The Weeknd’s album is the only one in the top five to earn no Grammy nominations. The album’s hit
single, Blinding Lights, is Spotify's most-streamed song of the year, with 1.6 million streams globally.
Dance Monkey by Australian singer Tones and I is the second most-streamed song of the year, while Roddy Ricch's The Box, SAINt JHN's Roses – Imanbek Remix and Lipa's Don't Start Now came in third, fourth and fifth, respectively.
In the United States, late rapper Juice WRLD was the most-streamed artist on Spotify. His album Legends Never Die was the platform's most-streamed album in the US, while Ricch's The Box was the country's most-streamed song.