Spotify Launches Wrapped 2022: Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift Are Most-Streamed Artists of the Year
ARTIST OF THE YEAR #ARTISTOFTHEYEAR
Spotify unveiled its 2022 Wrapped campaign — anchored by the much-anticipated year-end personalized recap experience for users — and announced the platform’s top artists, songs, albums and podcasts of the year.
Leading the pack once again was Bad Bunny, who for the third year in a row was the most-streamed artist globally on Spotify. The Puerto Rican rapper and singer’s tracks generated more than 18.5 billion streams so far this year on Spotify, and his album “Un Verano Sin Ti” was the No. 1 most-streamed album worldwide this year.
Spotify is celebrating Bad Bunny’s accomplishment in various Wrapped 2022 promotions, including in out-of-home billboards and posters in multiple cities inviting fans to find the top-streamed artist in a word search. Over the next week, Spotify also will roll out an Easter egg for Bad Bunny on the platform: When users like or tap the heart on one of his tracks, it will transform from Spotify’s classic green heart to Bad Bunny’s iconic red heart.
Taylor Swift was Spotify’s second most-streamed artist overall (and most-streamed female artist of the year), a repeat from 2021. Her album “Midnights” notched the No. 4 spot on U.S. most-streamed albums, an impressive feat given that it dropped less than six weeks ago on Oct. 21. In addition, Swift is Spotify’s most-viral artist of the year, meaning her music is the most frequently shared from Spotify to social platforms.
Drake, The Weeknd and BTS rounded out the top five most-streamed artists globally on Spotify for 2022.
Spotify’s most-streamed song of 2022 was Harry Styles’ hit “As It Was” with more than 1.6 billion streams globally this year. In the second and third spots respectively are “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals and, for the second year running, “Stay (with Justin Bieber)” by the Kid Laroi. The fourth and fifth spots both come from Bad Bunny with “Me Porto Bonito” and “Tití Me Preguntó.” (See more rankings from Spotify Wrapped 2022 below.)
On the podcast front, Spotify’s most popular show of 2022 was, as it was last year, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” which is available exclusively on the audio platform (read more about Spotify’s top podcasts of the year).
Starting Wednesday, Nov. 30, eligible Spotify users can access their personalized 2022 Wrapped experience exclusively in the mobile app (for both iOS and Android) on the Wrapped hub. More info is available at spotify.com/wrapped.
This year’s Wrapped reprises fan-favorite features, including showing users their top artists, genres, songs, podcasts and minutes listened. Spotify has introduced new elements for 2022, which include:
In addition, Spotify launched its Wrapped creator experience for artists and podcasters, providing individualized Wrapped microsites that let creators explore how fans listened to their content this year.
Spotify 2022 Wrapped Global Top Lists
Most-Streamed Artists Globally
Most-Streamed Songs Globally
Most-Streamed Albums Globally
Most Viral Artists Globally
Most Shared Lyrics Globally
Spotify 2022 Wrapped U.S. Top Lists
U.S. Most-Streamed Artists
U.S. Most-Streamed Songs
U.S. Most-Streamed Albums
For more stories like this, follow us on MSN by clicking the button at the top of this page.
Click here to read the full article.