year-end briefing<\/a>.<\/p>\nPer the report, “Views” generated a total of 3.104 billion streams between January 1 and December 29, 2016. A whopping 2.896 billion streams were of the audio variety, while .209 billion were video streams.<\/p>\n
Credited with 2.175 billion total streams, Rihanna’s “ANTI” ranks as the year’s second-most streamed album. Justin Bieber’s “Purpose” takes #3 with 1.917 billion, while Bryson Tiller’s “T R A P S O U L” (#4, 1.472 billion) and twenty one pilots’ “Blurryface” (#5, 1.430 billion) complete the Top 5.<\/p>\n
In addition to claiming #1 for total streams, “Views” ranks as #1 for audio streams. “ANTI” was the year’s leader in video streams; it generated 0.813 million such plays.<\/p>\n
“Panda,” the year’s most-streamed song, garnered 737 million total streams. Per BuzzAngle, 317 million were audio streams, while 420 million were video streams.<\/p>\n
Rihanna’s “Work (featuring Drake)” takes #2 with 717 million. The Chainsmokers’ “Closer (featuring Halsey)” follows at #3 with 616 million; Drake’s “One Dance (featuring WizKid & Kyla)” (#4, 562 million) and Rihanna’s “Needed Me” (#5, 520 million) complete the Top 5.<\/p>\n
“Panda” was also the leader in video streams; “One Dance” (529 million) was 2016’s biggest audio streaming attraction.<\/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":[4877,5902,54,96,6224,6008,129,1802,2167,6365,6222],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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