Bad Bunny is Spotify's most-streamed artist of 2020

Drake, J Balvin, Juice WRLD and The Weeknd round out the music platform's list of top five most popular musicians

FILE - Bad Bunny performs a medley at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in Las Vegas on April 25, 2019. The Puerto Rican superstar is the music platform’s most-streamed artist of the year 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. (Photo by Eric Jamison/Invision/AP, File)
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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 performs at the Mawazine Festival in Rabat, Morocco.
Courtesy: Sife El Amine
The Weeknd rounded out the top 5 list of most-streamed artists by Spotify. Courtesy Sife El Amine

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.