Most listened to artists on Spotify

Spotify has over 2 million artists on the site. Each artist has different amounts of monthly listeners. Whether it’s thousands, hundred of thousands, or millions. 

As of Jan”.”12 Ariana Grande had the most monthly listeners with over 78 million. Ariana Grande is a 27 year old pop artist. Ariana has won three Grammys, two Billboard music awards, two MTV music awards, and 17 other awards. Ariana’s first album was called “Yours Truly” and was released in 2013. Her most recent album is called “Positions” and was released in last October. 

As of Jan. 12 Justin Beiber has the second most monthly listeners with over 76 million. Justin Beiber is a 26 year old pop artist. Justin has won one Grammy, 19 Billboard music awards, one MTV movie & TV award, and 78 other awards. Justin’s first album was called “My World 2.0” and was released in 2010. His most recent album is called “Changes” and was released in February 2020. 

Sophomore Ash Gates has mixed feelings about Justin Beiber. 

“What I like about Justin Bieber is that he has good songs, what I dislike is how he acts and what actions he has done in his past.” Gates said

As of Jan. 12 The Weeknd has the third most monthly listeners with over 66 million. The Weekndis a 30 year old R&B/pop/Hip-Hop artist. The Weeknd has won six Grammys, eight Billboard music awards, one MTV video music award, and 11 others. The Weeknd’s first album called “Kiss Land”  was released in 2013. His most recent album is called “My Dear Melancholy,” and was released in 2018.

As of January 12th 2021 Dua Lipa has the fourth most monthly listeners with over 62 million. Dua Lipa is a 25 year old pop artist. Dua has won 2 Grammys, 2 Brit awards, 1 American music award, and 3 other awards. Dua’s first album was called “Future Nostalgia” and was released in March of 2020. Dua does not have any other albums out at the moment. 

As of Jan. 12 Ed Sheeran has the fifth most monthly listeners with over 58 million. Ed Sheeran is a 29 year old pop artist. Ed has won 3 Grammys, 7 Billboard music awards, 1 MTV video music awards, 5 Brit awards, and 14 others. Ed Sheeran’s first album was called “+” and was released in September of 2011. His most recent album is called No. 6 collaborations project which was released in 2019. 

Freshman Laci Lee approved this list

 “I like that they’re all creative artists and I also like some of their songs too,” Lee said. 

These are the most listened to artists on Spotify. They have millions and millions of listeners every month.