Gotye ProfileSo it turns out that it's Spotify's 10th birthday this week. Frankly, we're surprised how quickly it's come around too but nonetheless the Swedish-born company has reached a decade and to celebrate, they've shared some stats from their first ten years.
Spotify have shared a heap of stats surrounding the anniversary, including their top streamed artists, albums and songs of all time and the first 10 artists to reach 1 billion streams on the platform. Interestingly though, just one Aussie has made it into the streaming giant's birthday stats.
As part of their 'Most streamed song each year since Spotify launch' list, Spotify has shared that Melbourne artist Gotye had the platform's most streamed song back in 2012 with Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra). Gotye joins the list alongside The Killers, Eminem, Drake, Ed Sheeran and more.
Drake has taken out #1 on the 'Top streamed artists of all time' while Sheeran is at #2, however they switch rankings when it comes to the 'Most streamed songs of all time' where Sheeran's Shape Of You is #1 and Drake's One Dance is #2.
Rihanna was the first artist to reach 1 billion streams on the platform back in 2013, however that did still wasn't enough to see her secure a place in top streamed albums and songs of all time lists. Rihanna did place fifth on the 'Top streamed artists of all time' list, with Arianna Grande the only other woman to make the list, coming in at #10.
Check out the full lists below.
Spotify 10th Anniversary Stats
Total time streamed on Spotify: 16,858,080 years
Total tracks now on Spotify: 40M+
Total playlists now on Spotify: 3B+
Most-streamed song each year since Spotify launch
2008: The Killers – Human
2009: The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
2010: Eminem, Rihanna – Love The Way You Lie
2011: Don Omar, Lucenzo – Danza Kuduro
2012: Gotye, Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know
2013: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton)
2014: Pharrell Williams – Happy – from Despicable Me 2
2015: Major Lazer, MØ & DJ Snake – Lean On
2016: Drake – One Dance
2017: Ed Sheeran – Shape of You
Top streamed artists of all time
1. Drake
2. Ed Sheeran
3. Eminem
4. The Weeknd
5. Rihanna
6. Kanye West
7. Coldplay
8. Justin Bieber
9. Calvin Harris
10. Ariana Grande
Most streamed songs of all time
1. Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You
2. Drake – One Dance
3. The Chainsmokers & Halsey – Closer
4. Post Malone – rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)
5. Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud
6. Major Lazer, MØ & DJ Snake – Lean On
7. Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Justin Bieber – Despacito - Remix
8. Justin Bieber – Love Yourself
9. Justin Bieber – Sorry
10. The Chainsmokers – Don't Let Me Down
First 10 artists to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify
1. Rihanna (2013)
2. David Guetta (2013)
3. Eminem (2013)
4. Kanye West (2014)
5. Avicii (2014)
6. Coldplay (2014)
7. JAY-Z (2014)
8. Katy Perry (2014)
9. Drake (2014)
10. Pitbull (2014)
Most streamed albums globally
1. Ed Sheeran – ÷
2. Justin Bieber – Purpose
3. Drake – Views
4. Ed Sheeran – x
5. Post Malone – beerbongs & bentleys
6. The Weeknd – Starboy
7. Drake – Scorpion
8. The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness
9. Post Malone – Stoney
10. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
Most streamed female artists globally
1. Rihanna
2. Ariana Grande
3. Sia
4. Beyoncé
5. Nicki Minaj
6. Adele
7. Taylor Swift
8. Selena Gomez
9. Katy Perry
10. Shakira
October 2008 Flashback – top global track, artist, and album
Most-streamed track: Coldplay – Viva La Vida
Most-streamed artist: Lady Gaga
Most-streamed album: Coldplay – Viva La Vida
