Bad Bunny becomes the king of Spotify again
The trap interpreter reached more than 9 billion views on the audio streaming platform this year
For the second year in a row, Puerto Rican Bad Bunny is in the first position of the most listened to artists on the Spotify audio streaming platform, reaching more than 9.1 billion views this year.
Spotify, which announced the list of the most listened to artists through its Wrapped campaign, which has more than 381 million users around the world, who through their selections show us what people are listening to.
The most surprising thing is that the "bad rabbit" in 2021 did not release any album, only released some singles, in collaboration with Latin American artists. With this achievement, Bad Bunny has also made history by becoming the only Latin singer to rank first on this list in consecutive years.
All this indicates that reggaeton is still the most listened to musical genre in the world, despite the fact that its lyrics are criticized for being very explicit on many occasions, like Bad Bunny, who is also singled out for "not singing" and doing music with little content in its lyrics.
Despite all this, Bad Bunny continues to mark territory in this era, since in the month of November of this year, he also became the first artist in history with 100 videos that exceed 100 million views on the platform YouTube.
The most listened to Spotify
In the second position of the list of the most listened to artists on Spotify was the American singer Taylor Swift, who did release albums this year: "Fearless" and "Red". She has also been the female singer with the most views on the platform.
The South Korean band BTS continues in the ranking, which stood out for its single “Butter”. This band this year has become one of the most successful of the moment.
In fourth place is Drake, who released “Certified Lover Boy” in September. The singer this year was also recognized as the artist of the decade at the Billboard Music Awards for being the best-selling musician from 2010 to 2021.
In the fifth position of the count is Justin Bieber, who this year released his album "Justice", in which he had collaborations with other artists. Bieber is one of the most international Canadian artists of the last decade.
The most listened to songs
Among the most played songs on the audio platform, the following stand out: "Driver's License", performed by Olivia Rodrigo. This song earned more than 1.1 billion views.
The single "Montero" by the American rapper Lil Nas X, was located in the second position. The third place was reached by "Stay", by also rapper The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber; continues on the list "Good 4 u", by Olivia Rodrigo, and closes the top 5 "Levitating", by Dua Lipa with DaBaby.
Regarding the albums that Spotify users listened to the most this year were: "Sour", by Disney singer Olivia Rodrigo; "Future Nostalgia" by the British Dua Lipa, "Justice" by Justin Bieber, "=" by Ed Sheeran, and "Planet Her" by the American rapper Doja Cat.
Podcasts of 2021
Spotify also published the list of the most listened to podcasts this year. In first place is The Joe Rogan Experience, followed by Alex Cooper's Call Her Father, which this year became exclusive to the audio platform.
The third place has been taken by Crime Junkie, followed by TED Talks Daily and The Daily.