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Taylor Swift has been crowned the Global and UK most-streamed artist for the second year consecutively on Spotify.

The streaming giant has released its yearly Spotify Wrapped data and the 34-year-old pop megastar came out on top with her latest album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ exceeding 26.6 billion streams.

Taylor makes three appearances on The Most-Streamed Albums Globally with ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ and ‘Lover’ joining ‘The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology’.

The Top 10 also includes Billie Eilish’s ‘HIT ME HARD AND SOFT’, Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Short n’ Sweet’, ‘MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO’ by Karol G, ‘eternal sunshine’ by Ariana Grande, ‘SOS’ by SZA, ‘Fireworks and Rollerblades’ by Benson Boone’, and ‘Starboy’ by The Weeknd.

The Most Streamed Artist Globally list sees The Weeknd in second place behind Taylor, with Bad Bunny, Drake, Billie Eilish, Travis Scott, Kanye West, Ariana Grande, and Feid completing the top 10.

Sabrina Carpenter’s irresistibly catchy hit ‘Espresso’ has been crowned the Most-Streamed Song Globally, followed by Benson Boone’s ‘Beautiful Things’, Billie Eilish’s ‘Birds of a Feather’, ‘Gata Only’ by FloyyMenor and Cris Mj, ‘Lose Control’ by Teddy Swims, ‘Too Sweet’ by Hozier, ‘One Of The Girls’ by The Weeknd featuring JENNIE and Lily-Rose Depp, ‘Cruel Summer’ by Taylor Swift, and Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga’s ‘Die With A Smile’.

With TikTok influencing the charts more than ever before, the Most Viral Songs Globally are ‘Die With A Smile, ‘Birds of a Feather’, Beautiful Things’, ‘Lose Control’, ‘Good, Luck Babe! by Chappell Roan, ‘Too Sweet’, ‘we can’t be friends (wait for your love’ by Ariana Grande, Djo’s ‘End of Beginning’, ‘Espresso’, and the record-breaking Drake diss song ‘Not Like Us’ by Kendrick Lamar.

Spotify users can now check out their personalised 2024 Wrapped Experience via the Spotify mobile app.

2024 Spotify Wrapped Lists:

UK Most-Streamed Artists:

1. Taylor Swift

2. Drake

3. Kanye West

4. Billie Eilish

5. The Weeknd

6. Eminem

7. Sabrina Carpenter

8. Rihanna

9. Travis Scott

1. Noah Kahan

UK Most-Streamed Songs:

1. ‘Stick Season’ by Noah Kahan

2. ‘Espresso’ by Sabrina Carpenter

3. ‘Beautiful Things’ by Benson Boone

4. ‘Too Sweet’ by Hozier

5. ‘Lose Control’ by Teddy Swims

6. ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ by Billie Eilish

7. ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ by Chappell Roan

8. ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ by Shaboozey

9. ‘Please Please Please’ by Sabrina Carpenter

10. ‘Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)’ by Dasha

UK Most-Streamed Albums:

1. ‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY’ by Taylor Swift

2. ‘Short n’ Sweet’ by Sabrina Carpenter

3. ‘Stick Season’ by Noah Kahan

4. ‘HIT ME HARD AND SOFT’ by Billie Eilish

5. ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ by Taylor Swift

6. ‘Fireworks and Rollerblades’ by Benson Boone

7. ‘The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess’ by Chappell Roan

8. ‘GUTS’ by Olivia Rodrigo

9. ‘Lover’ by Taylor Swift

10. ‘eternal sunshine’ by Ariana Grande

Most-Streamed Artists Globally:

1. Taylor Swift

2. The Weeknd

3. Bad Bunny

4. Drake

5. Billie Eilish

6. Travis Scott

7. Peso Pluma

8. Kanye West

9. Ariana Grande

10. Feid

Most-Streamed Songs Globally:

1. ‘Espresso’ by Sabrina Carpenter

2. ‘Beautiful Things’ by Benson Boone

3. ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ by Billie Eilish

4. ‘Gata Only’ by FloyyMenor, Cris Mj

5. ‘Lose Control’ by Teddy Swims

6. ‘End of Beginning’ by Djo

7. ‘Too Sweet’ by Hozier

8. ‘One Of The Girls’ with JENNIE, Lily Rose Depp)” by The Weeknd

9. ‘Cruel Summer’ by Taylor Swift

10. ‘Die With A Smile’ by Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga

Most-Streamed Albums Globally:

1. ‘THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY’ by Taylor Swift

2. ‘HIT ME HARD AND SOFT’ by Billie Eilish

3. ‘Short n’ Sweet’ by Sabrina Carpenter

4. ‘MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO’ by Karol G

5. ‘eternal sunshine’ by Ariana Grande

6. ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ by Taylor Swift

7. ‘SOS’ by SZA

8. ‘Lover’ by Taylor Swift

9. ‘Fireworks and Rollerblades’ by Benson Boone

10. ‘Starboy’ by The Weeknd

Most Viral Songs Globally:

1. ‘Die With A Smile’ by Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga

2. ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ by Billie Eilish

3. ‘Beautiful Things’ by Benson Boone

4. ‘Lose Control’ by Teddy Swims

5. ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ by Chappell Roan

6. ‘Too Sweet’ by Hozier

7. ‘we can’t be friends (wait for your love)’ by Ariana Grande

8. ‘End of Beginning’ by Djo

9. ‘Espresso’ by Sabrina Carpenter

10. ‘Not Like Us’ by Kendrick Lamar

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