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How many songs have a billion on Spotify?

Spotify keeps a playlist of nearly all songs with over one billion streams. As of January 2023, a total of at least 344 songs have reached this milestone.

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The following list contains the top 100 songs with the most streams on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of January 2023, only two songs have reached 3 billion streams - The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" and Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You", and a total of 25 songs have reached 2 billion streams. Justin Bieber has the most songs in the top 100 with six entries, while Post Malone has the most songs in the top 10 with two entries. Prior to February 2014, Spotify's most-streamed song was "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons;[1] it was overtaken by Avicii's "Wake Me Up", which became the first song to hit 200 million streams on 27 February 2014.[2] "Wake Me Up" held the streaming record for over a year before being surpassed by Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" on 22 May 2015, which became the first song to hit 500 million streams on 12 October 2015.[3] A month later, however, it was surpassed by Major Lazer and DJ Snake's "Lean On", featuring MØ,[4] which held the streaming record for 11 months until it was overtaken by Drake's "One Dance", featuring Wizkid and Kyla, on 18 October 2016.[5] "One Dance" became the first song to hit 1 billion streams on 12 December 2016,[6] and held the streaming record for almost a year before being surpassed by "Shape of You" on 21 September 2017, which went on to become the first song to reach 2 billion streams in December 2018 and 3 billion streams in December 2021. On 1 January 2023, "Blinding Lights" became the most streamed song on the platform, surpassing Sheeran's "Shape of You", which was the most streamed song for 1928 days. Spotify keeps a playlist of nearly all songs with over one billion streams. As of January 2023, a total of at least 344 songs have reached this milestone.[7]

100 most-streamed songs [ edit ]

The following table lists the top 100 most-streamed songs on Spotify, with streams rounded to the nearest million, as well as the artist(s) and the date it was released.

Artists with the most songs in the top 100 [ edit ]

This is a list of artists with the most songs in the top 100. It includes an artist's solo and featured songs (where the artist is officially credited). Justin Bieber leads the list with 6 tracks. Ed Sheeran has 4 songs with over 2 billion streams, more than any other artist. The Chainsmokers, have 2 songs with more than 2 billion streams, being the only edm artist to ever do so.

Historical most-streamed songs [ edit ]

The following table lists the last seven songs to become Spotify's most-streamed songs, from 2013 to the present.

Current record of longest time held

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Milestones and achievements for songs [ edit ]

Weekly number-one songs [ edit ]

Spotify Charts [ edit ]

The following table lists the songs that reached the number one position on Spotify's weekly most-played chart. The table records the number one song starting from issue date 29 December 2016 as the data before that said date is not available on the Official Spotify Weekly Charts.[150] "Kill Bill" by SZA is the current number-one song on the Spotify Global Top 200 for the week ending 12 January 2023.

Current record

Before Spotify Charts [ edit ]

The following table lists the songs that reached the number one position before the existence of Spotify's most played weekly chart. The table records the number one song as of the issue date of 29 September 2013, as data prior to that date is not available. "Starboy" by The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk was the last number one song before the existence of the Spotify Global Top 200, until 29 December 2016.

Former record

Annual top five most-streamed songs [ edit ]

The following table lists the five songs that Spotify reported as most-played in each calendar year.

Most-streamed songs in a single day [ edit ]

The following table lists the 20 songs to get the most streams in a single day, as registered on Spotify Global Daily chart.[251]

Most-streamed songs in a single week [ edit ]

The following table lists the top 20 most-streamed in a single week, as registered on the Spotify Global Weekly chart.[263]

Longest-running number-one songs by days [ edit ]

The following table lists the songs with more than 50 days in the number 1 position on the Global Spotify Chart.[263]

Milestones and achievements for albums [ edit ]

Annual top five most-streamed albums [ edit ]

The following table lists the five albums that Spotify reported as most-played in each calendar year.

Most streamed albums in a single day [ edit ]

The following table lists the most streamed albums in a single day, registering the total of obtained streams, the artist, the publication of the album and the date in which these streams were reached.

Most streamed albums in a single week [ edit ]

The following table lists the most streamed albums in a single week, registering the total of obtained streams, the artist, the publication of the album and the date in which these streams were reached.

See also [ edit ]

Notes [ edit ]

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