Spotify just released its annual year-in-review "Wrapped" data, highlighting the most streamed songs, albums, artists and more on the platform. The results make one thing clear: Juice WRLD, The Weeknd and Taylor Swift seem have dominated this very odd 2020.
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The former artist was the most streamed in the United States, as was his album Legends Never Die. The Weeknd's After Hours was the fourth most listened-to album in the country while his track "Blinding Lights" was the second most streamed throughout the past 12 months, following "The Box" by Roddy Rich. Swift was the most streamed female artist on the platform and the fifth most popular overall.
The platform also revealed the most popular podcasts in the U.S, a list headed by NPR News Now, followed by The Joe Rogan Experience, The Daily, Call Her Daddy and—landing at number five—The Middle Obama Podcast. In terms of genres, comedy podcasts took the cake, followed by society/culture and lifestyle/health.
Data not necessarily concerned with specific artists is what mostly caught our attention, though. All over the world, Spotify noticed a 1,400% increase in work-from-home themed playlists (we didn't know that remote work called for its own soundtrack but no rules apply to 2020) and the platform's Black Lives Matter playlist was listened to over 64 million times.
Folks' relationship to podcasts was also brought into focus: more 18-24 year-olds listened to a podcast for the first time this year than ever before and the hours between 6am and 9am proved to be the most popular to tune in. Even more specifically, health and wellness-focused podcasts enjoyed a 180% yearly increase in listenership. Pretty on-brand when thinking about all the things we've been through this year, right?
Below, browse through the U.S.-centric rankings released by Spotify and then go ahead and find your personalized end-of-year lists when signing into your account either on the app or on a desktop.
Most streamed artists in the United States:
1. Juice WRLD
2. Drake
3. Lil Uzi Vert
4. Post Malone
5. Taylor Swift
Most streamed female artists in the United States:
1. Taylor Swift
2. Billie Eilish
3. Ariana Grande
4. Halsey
5. Megan Thee Stallion
Most streamed songs in the United States:
1. "The Box" by Roddy Ricch
2. "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd
3. "Blueberry Faygo" by Lil Mosey
4. "ROCKSTAR (feat Roddy Ricch)" by DaBaby, Roddy Ricch
5. "Life Is Good (feat Drake)" by Drake, Future
Most streamed albums in the United States:
1. Legends Never Die, Juice WRLD
2. Eternal Atake (Deluxe) - LUV vs. The World 2, Lil Uzi Vert
3. Hollywood’s Bleeding, Post Malone
4. After Hours, The Weeknd
5. Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial, Roddy Ricch
Most popular podcasts in the United States:
1. NPR News Now
2. The Joe Rogan Experience
3. The Daily
4. Call Her Daddy
5. The Michelle Obama Podcast
Most popular podcast genres in the United States:
1. Comedy
2. Society & Culture
3. Lifestyle & Health
4. News
5. Education
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