Taylor Swift named Spotify's most-streamed

Taylor Swift is now Spotify’s most-streamed artist of all time, according to a new all-time ranking the company released on April 23 for its 20th anniversary. (newsroom.spotify.com) Spotify’s list put Swift at No. 1, ahead of Bad Bunny, Drake, The Weeknd and Ariana Grande. The company said the rankings reflect global Spotify streams as of April 2026. (newsroom.spotify.com) Swift also placed two albums on Spotify’s all-time most-streamed albums list: *Lover* at No. 8 and *Midnights* at No. 18. Bad Bunny’s *Un Verano Sin Ti* led that album ranking. (newsroom.spotify.com) The ranking lands nearly 12 years after Swift pulled her catalog from Spotify in November 2014 during a public fight over streaming economics and artist pay. (rollingstone.com) (time.com) Swift returned her catalog to Spotify and other streaming services in June 2017, ending a boycott that had lasted almost three years. (npr.org) (bloomberg.com) Her current chart run is adding to the moment. Billboard reported on April 17 that “Elizabeth Taylor” climbed to No. 10 on Adult Pop Airplay, giving Swift a record-extending 35th top 10 on that chart. (billboard.com) That move also made Swift the first artist ever to hold three spots in the Adult Pop Airplay top 10 at once, with “Opalite” at No. 8 and “The Fate of Ophelia” at No. 9. Billboard said Maroon 5 is next with 28 top 10s, and P!nk has 20. (billboard.com) All three songs come from *The Life of a Showgirl*, which is also featured on Swift’s official site. Billboard reported the album opened with 4.002 million first-week equivalent album units in the United States and became her 15th No. 1 on the Billboard 200. (taylorswift.com) (billboard.com) The Spotify milestone does not come with a new release announcement. What it does show is that the artist who once used her catalog as leverage against streaming now sits at the top of the platform’s all-time listening history. (newsroom.spotify.com) (rollingstone.com)