Katy Perry top-streamed female solo song

Katy Perry’s “The One That Got Away” remained the highest-charting female solo song on Spotify’s global daily chart in the latest publicly visible update, according to chart data reviewed on May 16. Kworb, a widely used chart-tracking site that mirrors Spotify daily rankings, showed the 2011 single at No. 8 on the global chart dated May 14 with 3,260,672 streams. The latest claim circulating on X said Perry’s song had held that distinction for a second straight day. Reuters could not independently verify the specific X post cited in the card materials, but the chart position itself was consistent with public tracking pages available on May 16. The resurgence extends an unusual 2026 run for a song first released during Perry’s *Teenage Dream* era. (kworb.net) Forbes reported on May 14 that “The One That Got Away” had become one of Perry’s strongest recent streaming performers in Britain, and earlier coverage said the track had re-entered Billboard’s global charts more than a decade after release. ### Which chart update is actually visible right now? May 14 was the most recent date shown on the public global daily chart page reviewed on May 16. Kworb’s listing for Spotify’s global daily chart showed Perry at No. 8, up four places from the prior day, with more than 3.26 million streams. Spotify’s own charts site says it hosts global and local rankings shaped by listener activity, but the public landing page reviewed did not itself display the song-level ranking without logging in. (forbes.com) That left third-party mirrored chart pages as the clearest visible source for the latest daily placement. ### Why does “highest-charting female solo song” matter here? (kworb.net) No female solo artist appeared above Perry on the May 14 global daily ranking reviewed by Reuters. The artists above her included Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, BTS, Dominic Fike and sombr, while the next female solo entries visible in the top 20 were Olivia Dean at No. 10 and Taylor Swift at No. 12. (charts.spotify.com) That means the claim is about relative placement among female solo performers, not about the song being No. 1 overall on Spotify’s global chart. On the same chart, Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” held the top position with just over 6.02 million streams. ### How unusual is this run for a 2011 Katy Perry single? Forbes reported in April that “The One That Got Away” debuted on Billboard’s global rankings more than a decade after its original release. (kworb.net) A separate Forbes report on May 4 said the song and the *Teenage Dream* album were both climbing to new chart peaks in 2026. Newsweek reported last week that Spotify had identified a sharp jump in activity around Perry’s catalog, saying daily global streams for “The One That Got Away” had risen by more than 11,000% from an earlier baseline after a viral trend took hold. Reuters has not independently verified that percentage with Spotify directly. (forbes.com) ### What can be verified about the social-media claim? An X-based fan account cited in the prompt said Perry had kept the lead among female solo songs for a second day. Reuters was not able to directly retrieve that post through public web results in this session, so the social-media framing could not be fully authenticated from X itself. The underlying chart ranking, however, was supported by the public May 14 chart mirror reviewed here. (newsweek.com) Fan-run chart accounts frequently aggregate Spotify daily updates after they post, but Spotify’s own chart platform remains the primary source for official daily rankings. Spotify’s charts site says it provides global charts updated from listener activity. ### What comes next in the chart cycle? Spotify’s next daily chart publication will determine whether Perry’s song kept its place as the top female solo entry globally. (kworb.net) The public chart pages reviewed on May 16 still showed May 14 as the latest visible date, so the next update is the next concrete checkpoint for Perry, Spotify and fan trackers following “The One That Got Away.” (charts.spotify.com)