Jan 29, 2019 12:30:00

Nine amazing things you can see from Spotify data

by

Jonas Mohamadi

It is said that as streaming playback became mainstream in the music industry, the tendency of songs released by artists has changed. Chad Horner, who analyzed the results of the Top 200 Global Chart released by Spotify , the world's largest music streaming service, from January 1, 2017, constantly plays the most streamed songs and songs in the past two years. We are releasing data such as unexpected artists who have continued to be played, and days when streaming is easy to play.

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◆ 1: The most streamed was 'Shape of You'
Analyzing the results of Spotify Charts , which began on January 1, 2017, the first thing we found was that Ed Sheeran 's 'Shape of You' was the most watched song in the last two years.

Ed Sheeran --Shape of You [Official Video] --YouTube


Shape of You first entered the charts in January 2017 and has been streamed about twice as much as other songs.

◆ 2: Post Malone surpasses Ed Sheeran in total
By artist, the total number of

Post Malone streams is the highest, albeit by a small margin. This is followed by Ed Sheeran and Drake .

However, the above rankings have changed in the last few months. The graph below shows Ed Sheeran in pink, Drake in black, and Post Malone in light blue. Looking at the transition from January 2, 2017, Post Malone has overtaken the other two in the past few months. You can see that.

◆ 3: Rapper J. Balvin is constantly popular.

In addition to Ed Sheeran, J. Balvin is another artist whose at least one song has continued to rank in the Top 200 charts every day. Balvin's 'Mi Gente ' gained popularity in the summer of 2017 and has been consistently ranked since then.

◆ 4: There was a time when the popularity of Drake dropped sharply.
Rapper Drake is a popular streaming artist, but it's also interesting to note that from December 2017 to January 2018, it's rapidly dropping in popularity just during the Christmas and holiday season.

◆ 5: It is not Drake that has the most songs on the chart.
In terms of the number of works on the chart, Drake is in second place with 57 songs. The most common was the rapper

future .

◆ 6: That song was the most streamed in a day
Luis Fonsi's 'Despacito' had the highest number of streaming views per day. This song became a hot topic for

girls who danced in any situation when music was played.

Luis Fonsi --Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee --YouTube


The details of the daily playback ranking are as follows. Following Despacito, Mariah Carey 's ' All I Want For Christmas Is You ', a Christmas classic, recorded an astonishing number of views on Christmas Eve in 2018, and Ariana in the songs of Drake and Ed Sheeran.・ Grande 's ' 7 rings ' are also lined up.

◆ 7: Christmas is the biggest increase in streaming views
The total number of streams per day is highly dependent on the release date of the new album and events such as Christmas. From the graph below, you can see that there is a big spike around December 24, 2018, after June 29, 2018, when Drake's album was released on December 24, 2017, which is Christmas.

◆ 8: There is a 'day of the week that is easy to stream'
Analysis by day of the week also revealed that Friday had the highest average number of streams.

◆ 9: Piso 21's 'Déjala Que Vuelva ' was the most popular in countries other than the United States.
The top 20 playlists created with hit songs from countries other than the United States that did not appear on the top 200 charts in the United States are as follows. Much is Latin American music.