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.
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.
Classification of skills
A worker is categorised as skilled by the MOHRE based on nine levels given in the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) issued by the International Labour Organisation.
A skilled worker would be someone at a professional level (levels 1 – 5) which includes managers, professionals, technicians and associate professionals, clerical support workers, and service and sales workers.
The worker must also have an attested educational certificate higher than secondary or an equivalent certification, and earn a monthly salary of at least Dh4,000.
German intelligence warnings
- 2002: "Hezbollah supporters feared becoming a target of security services because of the effects of [9/11] ... discussions on Hezbollah policy moved from mosques into smaller circles in private homes." Supporters in Germany: 800
- 2013: "Financial and logistical support from Germany for Hezbollah in Lebanon supports the armed struggle against Israel ... Hezbollah supporters in Germany hold back from actions that would gain publicity." Supporters in Germany: 950
- 2023: "It must be reckoned with that Hezbollah will continue to plan terrorist actions outside the Middle East against Israel or Israeli interests." Supporters in Germany: 1,250
Source: Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
