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Spotify Wrapped 2024: Taylor Swift Is Most-Streamed Artist, Women Dominate Global Top 10 Albums Chart

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The Spotify Wrapped 2024 year-end data dive is out — and Taylor Swift is again at the top.

Swift ranked as the No. 1 most-streamed artist globally in 2024 on Spotify, nabbing the crown for the second year in a row. That’s largely on the strength of her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” which was the most-streamed album of the year on Spotify. All told, Swift’s music generated more than 26.6 billion streams on the platform this year.

After Swift, Spotify’s most-streamed artists of the year worldwide were The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake and Billie Eilish. (See full top 10 lists of artists, albums, songs and more below.)

Swift’s “Tortured Poets” broke several Spotify records, including becoming the first album to top 300 million streams in one day and more than 1 billion in the first week of release. Its massive popularity led a banner year for women artists — who landed the top eight of the 10 most-streamed albums worldwide on Spotify. Those were “Hit Me Hard and Soft” by Billie Eilish (No. 2), Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet” (No. 3), Karol G’s “Mañana Será Bonito” (No. 4), Ariana Grande’s “Eternal Sunshine” (No. 5), Swift’s “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” (No. 6), SZA’s “SOS” (No. 7) and Swift’s “Lover” (No. 8).

To celebrate Swift’s reprise as the most-streamed artist, Spotify is adding some sprinkles on top for her fans. For the first time, Spotify is adding a Wrapped badge to Taylor Swift’s Spotify profile, marking the inaugural year of what the company says will be an annual distinction. In addition, Spotify is launching an Easter egg experience for Swifties: When listening to Taylor songs on Spotify, fans will see custom mini-animations tailored to the eras of her discography on the app’s play button (for example, there will be sparkles for “Fearless (Taylor’s Version)” and seagulls for “1989 (Taylor’s Version).” In a partnership with Snapchat, Swift fans worldwide will find special 2024 Wrapped bracelets — featuring a Global Top Artist Badge charm — through an AR lens in the Snapchat app. Also, Spotify will launch out-of-home installations featuring Swift in cities including New York, Toronto, Jakarta, São Paolo, Manila, Mexico City, London, Berlin, Los Angeles, Nashville and Miami.

Meanwhile, Spotify’s most-streamed songs worldwide in 2024 were: Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso,” with more than 1.6 billion streams globally, followed by Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things,” Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” “Gata Only” by FloyyMenor and Cris MJ, and Teddy Swims’ “Lose Control.”

Spotify also unveiled the top podcasts of the year, led by “The Joe Rogan Experience” and Alex Cooper’s “Call Her Daddy.” (See the ranking of the top 50 U.S. podcasts on Spotify at this link.) In addition, Spotify Wrapped for the first time features the top audiobooks of the year, with Sarah J. Maas coming in as the No. 1 most-streamed author and her hit fantasy-romance “A Court of Thorns and Roses” series claiming the top audiobook spot.

Users will be able to access their personalized 2024 Wrapped Experience in the Spotify mobile app starting Wednesday. Returning this year are thank-you clips from thousands of artists to their top fans, including Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, Peso Pluma, Rosé and Usher.

New this year in Wrapped: Your Music Evolution, a data story that promises to reveal “the musical phases that uniquely defined your year”; each user will see up to three musical phases, which will be displayed with descriptors, genres and artists. In addition, fans will now get to see the artist they enjoyed most this year with “Longest Listening Streak,” alongside “Top Listeners” that reveals what percentile of listeners you’re in for your favorite artist.

Also new is an AI-generated podcast about your 2024 Spotify Wrapped music listening, built using Google’s NotebookLM AI tool and narrated by two hosts (available in English in select markets). In addition, Spotify’s AI DJ will provide commentary about your Wrapped (available in English and Spanish) and the AI Playlist feature will let Premium users create personalized playlists using their Wrapped data.

2024 Spotify Wrapped: Global Top Lists

Most-Streamed Artists Globally

  1. Taylor Swift
  2. The Weeknd
  3. Bad Bunny
  4. Drake
  5. Billie Eilish
  6. Travis Scott
  7. Peso Pluma
  8. Kanye West
  9. Ariana Grande
  10. Feid

Most-Streamed Songs Globally

  1. “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter
  2. “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone
  3. “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish
  4. “Gata Only” by FloyyMenor, Cris MJ
  5. “Lose Control” by Teddy Swims
  6. “End of Beginning” by Djo
  7. “Too Sweet” by Hozier
  8. “One of the Girls” by The Weeknd with Jennie, Lily Rose Depp
  9. “Cruel Summer” by Taylor Swift
  10. “Die With a Smile” by Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga

Most-Streamed Albums Globally

  1. “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology” by Taylor Swift
  2. “Hit Me Hard and Soft” by Billie Eilish
  3. “Short n’ Sweet” by Sabrina Carpenter
  4. “Mañana Será Bonito” by Karol G
  5. “Eternal Sunshine” by Ariana Grande
  6. “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” by Taylor Swift
  7. “SOS” by SZA
  8. “Lover” by Taylor Swift
  9. “Fireworks & Rollerblades” by Benson Boone
  10. “Starboy” by The Weeknd

Most Viral Songs Globally

  1. “Die With A Smile” by Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga
  2. “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish
  3. “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone
  4. “Lose Control” by Teddy Swims
  5. “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan
  6. “Too Sweet” by Hozier
  7. “we can’t be friends (wait for your love)” by Ariana Grande
  8. “End of Beginning” by Djo
  9. “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter
  10. “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar

Top Podcasts Globally

  1. “The Joe Rogan Experience”
  2. “Call Her Daddy”
  3. “Huberman Lab”
  4. “This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von”
  5. “The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett”
  6. “Serial Killers”
  7. Relatos de la Noche”
  8. “Crime Junkie”
  9. “Café Com Deus Pai”
  10. “El Podcast de Marian Rojas Estapé”

Top Audiobooks in Premium Globally

  1. “A Court of Thorns and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas
  2. “The Fellowship of the Ring” by J.R.R. Tolkien
  3. “I’m Glad My Mom Died” by Jennette McCurdy
  4. “A Court of Mist and Fury” by Sarah J. Maas
  5. “It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover
  6. “The 48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene
  7. “A Court of Wings and Ruin” by Sarah J. Maas
  8. “A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One” by George R. R. Martin
  9. “Icebreaker: A Novel” by Hannah Grace
  10. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros

2024 Spotify Wrapped: U.S. Top Lists

U.S. Most-Streamed Artists

  1. Taylor Swift
  2. Drake
  3. Zach Bryan
  4. Morgan Wallen
  5. Kanye West
  6. Future
  7. Kendrick Lamar
  8. Travis Scott
  9. The Weeknd
  10. Metro Boomin

U.S. Most-Streamed Songs

  1. “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter
  2. “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar
  3. “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey
  4. “I Had Some Help (Feat. Morgan Wallen)” by Post Malone
  5. “Million Dollar Baby” by Tommy Richman
  6. “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan
  7. “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone
  8. “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish
  9. “I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves)” by Zach Bryan
  10. “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan

U.S. Most-Streamed Albums

  1. “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology” by Taylor Swift
  2. “One Thing at a Time” by Morgan Wallen
  3. “Short n’ Sweet” by Sabrina Carpenter
  4. “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan
  5. “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess” by Chappell Roan
  6. “Hit Me Hard and Soft” by Billie Eilish
  7. “SOS” by SZA
  8. “Dangerous: The Double Album” by Morgan Wallen
  9. “Zach Bryan” by Zach Bryan
  10. “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” by Taylor Swift

U.S. Top Podcasts

  1. “The Joe Rogan Experience”
  2. “Call Her Daddy”
  3. “This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von”
  4. “Crime Junkie”
  5. “The Daily”
  6. “The Tucker Carlson Show”
  7. “Huberman Lab”
  8. “Armchair Expert” with Dax Shepard
  9. “Smosh Reads Reddit Stories”
  10. “Shawn Ryan Show”

U.S. Top Most Anticipated Podcast Launches

  1. “Mind the Game” with LeBron James and JJ Redick
  2. “Talk Tuah” with Haliey Welch
  3. “Drowning Creek”
  4. “Hysterical”
  5. “Murder in the Hollywood Hills”
  6. “Media Pressure”
  7. “Therapuss with Jake Shane”
  8. “Basically Unfiltered with Remi, Alisha, Zane and Heath”
  9. “The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast”
  10. “Clooless Podcast”

U.S. Top Audiobooks in Premium

  1. “A Court of Thorns and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas
  2. “I’m Glad My Mom Died” by Jennette McCurdy
  3. “A Court of Mist and Fury” by Sarah J. Maas
  4. “It Ends With Us” by Colleen Hoover
  5. “The 48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene
  6. “The Fellowship of the Ring” by J.R.R. Tolkien
  7. “A Court of Wings and Ruin” by Sarah J. Maas
  8. “Icebreaker: A Novel” by Hannah Grace
  9. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros
  10. “Funny Story” by Emily Henry

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