The vacation season is right here, and with it, a gift for fanatics of end-of-year information and achievement: Spotify Wrapped is right here! And Puerto Rican famous person Bad Bunny has been named its most-played artist for a fourth time, dethroning Taylor Swift.

On Wednesday, the streaming massive unveiled its annual evaluation of particular person listening movements in addition to movements from all over the world. Users can now get admission to their most sensible artists, songs, genres, albums and podcasts, in addition to discover which artists had the most important yr at the platform.

Chart-topping performers proceed to dominate

The reggaetón-and-then-some artist used to be 2025’s most-streamed artist globally, having earned greater than 19.8 billion streams. He is adopted by means of Swift, The Weeknd, Drake and Billie Eilish, in that order.

For the ultimate two years, Swift has commanded the highest spot, globally — claiming it in 2023 and conserving it for 2024 — having dethroned Bad Bunny. He held the coveted identify for 3 years in a row starting in 2020. Now, he’s again on most sensible.

In the U.S., the most-streamed artist listing appears to be like slightly an identical: There, Swift leads, adopted by means of Drake, Morgan Wallen and Kendrick Lamar. Bad Bunny is within the 5th spot.

The most-streamed album globally used to be, in fact, Bad Bunny’s “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” adopted by means of the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack and 3 releases from 2024: Billie Eilish’s “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” SZA’s “SOS Deluxe: LANA” and Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet,” in that order.

In the U.S., it differs fairly. The most-streamed album is Wallen’s “I’m The Problem,” adopted by means of SZA, Bad Bunny, the “KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack and Lamar’s “GNX.”

Globally, the most-streamed track identify is going to Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga’s collaboration, “Die with a Smile,” which has racked up over 1.7 billion streams. Then it’s Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” Mars’ and Rosé ‘s “APT.”, Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” and Bad Bunny’s “DtMF.”

Lamar and SZA’s “Luther” used to be the most-streamed track within the U.S., adopted by means of “Die with a Smile,” “Ordinary,” “Birds of a Feather” and in 5th, Lamar and Lefty Gunplay’s “TV Off.”

What’s new with Spotify Wrapped this yr?

Like annually, there are a couple of new options. Those come with the advent of “Top Albums,” a fan leaderboard to turn customers the place they stack up in an artist’s streams, a “Listening Age” characteristic that compares a consumer’s streaming behavior to these of their age vary and a lot more.

There could also be one thing referred to as “Wrapped Party,” an interactive characteristic which permits customers to match their Wrapped with different Spotify customers.

These additions range from ultimate yr, when some Spotify customers complained on social media that Wrapped, which undergoes design adjustments annually, used to be minimalist in 2024. They stated it lacked earlier options like “Top Cities,” “Audio Auras” and “Top Genres.” The latter has been reinstated for 2025.

Other revisited options in 2025 come with “Top Songs,” which now will permit customers to look how repeatedly they streamed their most sensible 100 tracks and a “Top Song Quiz.”

Spotify Wrapped in a streaming financial environment

The largest artists, globally, proceed to earn most sensible spots on Spotify Wrapped. And that are supposed to come as no marvel — they’re featured prominently around the streaming carrier, together with on its extremely influential playlists, along with boasting unswerving, devoted fanbases. For impartial artists who might seem on a person listener’s Wrapped, gaining access to a most sensible spot at the multinational listing will require billions of streams.

Streaming accounts for lots of the cash generated by means of the song finance — 84% within the United States, in line with the Recording Industry Association of America.

Spotify is the biggest platform of all — making up kind of 31% of the overall returns proportion — with a reported 713 million customers and 281 million subscribers in additional than 180 markets. That’s up from 626 million customers and 246 million subscribers from this time ultimate yr, respectively.

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