Top 500 on Spotify this Weeknd
2016 January 17
I’ve been sick on the couch most of the weeknd. While watching It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia on Netflix, I compiled a list of the top 500 artists on Spotify played this weekend:
Column a & b is yesterday; d & e today. It’s incomplete, but still fascinating.
Pop music still reigns king and queen of the charts, but there are so many EDM artists, hip-hop acts, new artists I’ve never heard, pop artists I didn’t know were still relevant…My main conclusion? The world (of music) is flat!
A few surprises:
- The list of the top 500 changes a bit day to day.
- Most country stars don’t making the list of top 500, floating between 1 million to 1.8 million listeners a month, and an act needs close to 2 million listeners to break the global 500.
- Youtubers Boyce Avenue and Kina Grannis, while not in the top 500, are close; and have more monthly listeners than many of the top country stars. Country might be popular on the United States radio waves, but it’s not global like EDM.
- How is the Offspring a top 500 artist, but other 90s acts like Soundgarden not? I guess that Round Hill purchase of their catalogue makes sense.
Not surprising:
- The Voice hosts are making the list, but their winning acts never get close.
- The Beatles keep rising in rank and in monthly listeners by day.
Fun facts:
- Nick Drake has more monthly listeners than Jim Croce this weekend. (Neither are in the top 500, though.)
- Tom Petty isn’t on the list, probably because his catalogue is broken into two separate artists.
Anyways, I couldn’t find all 500, but I listed 70-80% of the global chart. It’s a snapshot into the world’s listening habits over the weekend. By Monday, it will change again.
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