

According to Chart Data, the Canadian rapper was the most-streamed artist of the 2010s decade with 36.3 billion. Three-time number one on this list Drake took fourth place in 2021 as his Certified Lover Boy destroyed Kanye’s Donda in streams, surpassing one billion in half the time it took Donda to reach 94 million.

In August 2021, Bieber broke the all-time record for the most monthly listeners in Spotify history, having achieved a peak of 94.5 million monthly listeners on the platform to-date In fifth place was Justin Bieber, who achieved big streaming numbers through his sixth studio album Justice. Below is a list of 2021’s most-streamed artists and songs. Billie Eilish repeated as the top female artist of the year, ranking 7 overall (down from 2 overall in 2019) and Taylor Swift was right behind at 8. On a macro-level, it helps us understand which artists received the biggest number of streams from Spotify’s 381 million users around the world. On a micro-level, this allowed people to look back at their history and wonder why they spent so much time revisiting Kardinal Offishall. WITH the end of the year comes another Spotify Wrapped – a great way to analyse your year of listening habits and compare with your friends and family.
