
Ed Sheeran! Wow: He has 3 billion streams to date and over 59 million listeners this year. 2 spot globally but was the top spot in the United States.) (Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late scored the No. (I'm not surprised-I'm fairly certain I contributed at least 500 million of those listens myself.) The song is now also the most streamed song of ALL TIME on Spotify, so congrats, Major Lazer! The top track in the United States was "Trap Queen" by Fetty Wap. Spotify users listened to the song over 540 million times this year. "Lean On (featuring MØ and DJ Snake)" by Major Lazer. His new album Purpose was released on November 13 and scored the most single streams in a single day of all time: 36 million. In the United States, Nicki Minaj was the most popular. Even without premiering a new album in 2015, Rihanna still scored the biggest numbers globally with over 1 billion streams and 57 million listeners. The most streamed female artist of 2015 is. (Last year's most streamed artist? Ed Sheeran.) via GIPHY The most streamed female artist of 2015 is. Drake! The Hotline Bling singer scored over 1.8 billion streams this year and 46 million listeners.


(Although it is important to note that Adele's 25 and Taylor Swift's 1989 aren't available on Spotify-so we don't know how much that could have changed the results had they had been on the streaming service.) But on to the results! Here are the most streamed artists and songs globally on Spotify: The most streamed artist of 2015 is.

Basically: hip-hop, rap, and EDM continue to dominate the charts. Spotify just released its results for the most streamed artists and songs around the world, and the data is enlightening about where music is heading for 2016. 2015 isn't over quite yet, but the numbers are already in for the biggest songs and artists of the year.
