As the usual end-of-year hoopla continues, fellow students of pop culture are dually met this time around with meditations on the closing out of a particularly stacked decade.
Adding to the conversation this week is the release of Spotify's annual ranking of the year's most-streamed artists, accompanied this go-around by similar stats for the decade.
Billie Eilish's Grammy-nominated WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? comes in as the most-streamed album of the year (globally) ahead of other massive releases from Post Malone, Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran, and Shawn Mendes.
Eilish also comes in at No. 1 on the ranking of the most-streamed women with more than six billion streams for the year. Grande, Taylor Swift, Camila Cabello, and Halsey round out the top five.
Post Malone, meanwhile, is 2019's most-streamed male artist, placing ahead of Ed Sheeran, Bad Bunny, Khalid, and J Balvin.
Over on the decade-centered rundowns, Drake and Ariana Grande take top honors, with Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" tallied up as the most-streamed song of the past ten years on Spotify. As the most-streamed artist of the decade in the general category, Drake amassed more than 28 billion streams.
See the full lists for 2019 and the decade below.
Most Streamed Artists of the Decade (Global)
1. Drake
2. Ed Sheeran
3. Post Malone
4. Ariana Grande
5. Eminem
Most Streamed Female Artists of the Decade (Global)
1. Ariana Grande
2. Rihanna
3. Taylor Swift
4. Sia
5. Beyoncé
Most Streamed Male Artists of the Decade (Global)
1. Drake
2. Ed Sheeran
3. Post Malone
4. Eminem
5. The Weeknd
Most Streamed Tracks of the Decade (Global)
1. “Shape of You” - Ed Sheeran
2. “One Dance” - Drake, Kyla, WizKid
3. “Rockstar” - Post Malone, 21 Savage
4. “Closer” - Halsey, The Chainsmokers
5. “Thinking out Loud” - Ed Sheeran
Most Streamed Artists (2019)
1. Post Malone
2. Billie Eilish
3. Ariana Grande
4. Ed Sheeran
5. Bad Bunny
Most Streamed Albums (2019)
1. WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? - Billie Eilish
2. Hollywood’s Bleeding - Post Malone
3. thank u, next - Ariana Grande
4. No.6 Collaborations Project - Ed Sheeran
5. Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes
Most Streamed Tracks (2019)
1. “Señorita” - Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes
2. “bad guy” - Billie Eilish
3. “Sunflower” - Post Malone, Swae Lee
4. “7 Rings” - Ariana Grande
5. “Old Town Road - Remix” - Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus
Most Streamed Female Artists (2019)
1. Billie Eilish
2. Ariana Grande
3. Taylor Swift
4. Camila Cabello
5. Halsey
Most Streamed Male Artists (2019)
1. Post Malone
2. Ed Sheeran
3. Bad Bunny
4. Khalid
5. J Balvin
U.S. Most Streamed Artists (2019)
1. Post Malone
2. Drake
3. Billie Eilish
4. Ariana Grande
5. Khalid
U.S. Most Streamed Female Artists (2019)
1. Billie Eilish
2. Ariana Grande
3. Taylor Swift
4. Halsey
5. Cardi B
U.S. Most Streamed Male Artists (2019)
1. Post Malone
2. Drake
3. Khalid
4. Juice WRLD
5. XXXTentacion
U.S. Most Streamed Tracks (2019)
1. “Sunflower” - Post Malone, Swae Lee
2. “Wow” - Post Malone
3. “7 Rings” - Ariana Grande
4. “MIDDLE CHILD” - J. Cole
5. “bad guy” - Billie Eilish
U.S. Most Streamed Albums (2019)
1. Hollywood’s Bleeding - Post Malone
2. WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? - Billie Eilish
3. thank u, next - Ariana Grande
4. beerbongs and bentleys - Post Malone
5. Free Spirit - Khalid
Most Streamed Podcasts (2019)
1. The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory & Mal
2. My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark
3. Gemischtes Hack
4. Fest & Flauschig
5. The Misfits Podcast
Most Streamed Podcast Genres (2019)
1. Comedy
2. Society & Culture
3. True Crime
4. News
5. Health & Fitness
