Swift tops Spotify
- Social feeds are reporting Taylor Swift as the most‑streamed artist ever on Spotify. (x.com) - The Weeknd's “Blinding Lights” is named the platform's most‑streamed song in the same round of posts. (x.com) - The milestone is being widely shared across fan and music accounts, driving fresh streaming conversations online. (x.com) (x.com)
Taylor Swift is now Spotify’s most-streamed artist of all time, according to the platform’s first all-time rankings released Thursday, April 23. (newsroom.spotify.com) Spotify published the list as part of its 20th-anniversary campaign and said the rankings reflect global streams “as of April 2026” across “hundreds of millions of fans.” Bad Bunny ranked No. 2, Drake No. 3, The Weeknd No. 4, and Ariana Grande No. 5. (newsroom.spotify.com) The same release named The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” the most-streamed song in Spotify history. Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” ranked second, followed by “Sweater Weather” by The Neighbourhood, “Starboy” by The Weeknd and Daft Punk, and “As It Was” by Harry Styles. (newsroom.spotify.com) Spotify had never previously published a single all-time leaderboard for artists, songs, albums, podcasts, and audiobooks. Billboard reported the company released the lists Thursday as a first-ever historical snapshot of its catalog leaders. (billboard.com) The rankings land after several years in which Swift kept setting platform records tied to new releases. Spotify said in April 2024 that *The Tortured Poets Department* became the first album in its history to exceed 300 million streams in a single day, and “Fortnight” set a one-day song record on release day. (newsroom.spotify.com) Spotify also said Swift was its most-streamed artist of 2023 with 26.1 billion global streams that year alone. By the end of 2024, the company again named her its global top artist in Wrapped, showing how her annual dominance carried into this new all-time list. (newsroom.spotify.com 1) (newsroom.spotify.com 2) The all-time album chart in Spotify’s anniversary package points to a broader streaming map than Swift alone. Bad Bunny’s *Un Verano Sin Ti* ranked No. 1 album, The Weeknd’s *Starboy* ranked No. 2, and Swift placed two albums in the top 20 with *Lover* at No. 8 and *Midnights* at No. 18. (newsroom.spotify.com) Spotify’s companion anniversary post highlighted “Blinding Lights” again on Day 1 of its data rollout, underscoring that the company is treating these standings as part of a broader look back at 20 years of listening habits. The new lists turn years of monthly charts and Wrapped campaigns into a single permanent pecking order. (newsroom.spotify.com 1) (newsroom.spotify.com 2)
