Drake may be closely associated with Apple Music, but he is also a major force on Spotify.<\/p>\n
In its “2016 Wrapped” report, Spotify confirms that Drake was the service’s most-streamed artist (and, obviously, most-streamed male artist) this year.<\/p>\n
Drake’s tracks generated a whopping 4.7 billion streams in 2016, more than doubling the (then-record) 1.8 billion he recorded last year. <\/p>\n
Not simply the leading overall artist, Drake is also behind the year’s most-streamed track (“One Dance”) and most-streamed album (“Views”).<\/p>\n
Justin Bieber follows Drake as the #2 overall artist, while Rihanna, the year’s leader among female artists (with 2.5 billion streams), takes #3 on the overall list. Twenty One Pilots (#4) and Kanye West (#5) complete the overall Top 5.<\/p>\n
Highlights from Spotify’s 2016 report follow:<\/p>\n
Most-Streamed Artists<\/b>
\n1) Drake
\n2) Justin Bieber
\n3) Rihanna
\n4) Twenty One Pilots
\n5) Kanye West<\/p>\n
Most-Streamed Male Artists<\/b>
\n1) Drake
\n2) Justin Bieber
\n3) Twenty One Pilots
\n4) Kanye West
\n5) Coldplay<\/p>\n
Most-Streamed Female Artists<\/b>
\n1) Rihanna
\n2) Ariana Grande
\n3) Sia
\n4) Adele
\n5) Fifth Harmony<\/p>\n
Top Songs<\/b>
\n1) One Dance (feat. WizKid and Kyla) \u2013 Drake
\n2) I Took A Pill in Ibiza \u2013 Seeb Remix \u2013 Mike Posner
\n3) Don\u2019t Let Me Down (ft. Daya) \u2013 The Chainsmokers
\n4) Work (ft. Drake) \u2013 Rihanna
\n5) Cheap Thrills \u2013 Sia<\/p>\n
Top Albums<\/b>
\n1) Views \u2013 Drake
\n2) Purpose \u2013 Justin Bieber
\n3) ANTI \u2013 Rihanna
\n4) Blurryface \u2013 Twenty One Pilots
\n5) Beauty Behind The Madness \u2013 The Weeknd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[1756,692,1873,54,1018,96,300,129,2172,2167],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n