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Spotify on Tuesday released the year's top global streaming trends and ranked the leaders in streaming across artists, songs, albums and podcasts.

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Most-Streamed Artist Globally: Bad Bunny

Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny's music was streamed more than 8.3 billion times this year from fans around the globe. Drake follows in second place, and Latin star J Balvin is third on the list. Billie Eilish is the most-streamed female artist for the second year in a row, followed by Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande.


Most-Streamed Song Globally: "Blinding Lights" By The Weeknd

In first place, The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" had 1.6 billion streams this year. Australian ex-busker Tones And I's viral 2019 earworm "Dance Monkey" came in second, and Roddy Ricch's "The Box" was third.

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Most-Streamed Album Globally: "YHLQMDLG" By Bad Bunny

Bad Bunny's "YHLQMDLG," with over 3.3 billion streams, contributed to his undisputed ranking as the most-streamed artist on Spotify.
The Weeknd's "After Hours" and Post Malone's "Hollywood's Bleeding" ranked second and third.

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Most Popular Podcast Globally: "The Joe Rogan Experience"

Of the approximately 2 million titles on Spotify, "The Joe Rogan Experience" holds number one spot. "TED Talks Daily" follows in second place, and "The Daily" from The New York Times ranks third.

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Most Popular Podcast Genre Globally: Society & Culture

Society & Culture, a genre that includes both spooky stories and foodie content, ranked as the top pod genre on Spotify, followed by Comedy and Lifestyle & Health.

Podcasts, albums and songs โ€” What do this year's Spotify trends tell us about our listening habits this year?
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[What did you listen to the most? Read more on Spotify's blog]

Adwait is an Associate Editor at Digg.

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