Bad Bunny’s latest album, A Summer Without You (2022), takes the position for the most listened to album of 2022, a ranking that he already topped in 2020 when he released YHLQMDLG. Now both titles slip into the classification of the most listened to songs, artists and podcasts of 2022 that Spotify prepares. A milestone that already makes him the ‘king of streaming’. The artist has accumulated this 2022 a total of 18,300 million reproductions.
Although globally English pop has not lost strength -As it was, by Harry Styles, is the song that has played the most-, the data shows the rise of music in Spanish, especially in the urban genre, in the world. The list is dominated by Latino men, while the female presence is scarce: only Rosalía -in Spain- and Taylor Swift -in the world- are among the ten most listened to. Only one in five artists on the charts is a woman.
In second position is the singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, whose album, Midnights, has been around the world this year. In third place is Drake, the American rapper who has reached the record of 50,000 million views on Spotify this year; in fourth place The Weeknd, and in fifth position BTS, the South Korean pop group. And when it comes to the global success of Spanish artists, Rosalía occupies the first position, followed by Quevedo as the second favorite Spanish artist by fans worldwide.
Regarding the top 5 most listened to female artists in the world, in addition to Taylor Swift, Doja Cat, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande are in the ranking.
And with regard to the ranking of the most listened to songs of 2022 globally, the most played is As It Was by Harry Styles, a world anthem since its release date last April and which already accumulates more than 1,500 million songs. reproductions all over the world. Second place goes to Heat Waves, from Glass Animals; third place STAY” the collaboration of The Kid Laroi with Justin Bieber, who repeats in the ranking for another year as one of the favourites; and in fourth and fifth place, respectively, are two songs by Bad Bunny, Me porto bonito and Tití me pregunta, from his latest album, A Summer Without You (2022).
In Spain, the Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny also rises to the top position as the most listened to in 2022 on a list full of Spanish-speaking artists, both from Latin America and Spain. The second position is occupied by Rauw Alejandro, and the third by Quevedo, who is crowned as the most listened to Spanish artist of the year in Spain. Thus, Quevedo continues this year accumulating record after record after also being the most listened to artist of the summer thanks to his collaboration with Bizarrap, the renowned Argentine producer.
This top 10 most listened to artists in Spain is completed, in order of ranking, by Bizarrap, Anuel AA, Duki, Myke Towers, Mora, Rosalía and Feid. The reality is that the only representative on the national list of a style other than urban is Melendi, who appears as the tenth most listened to Spanish artist.
And as for the most listened to female artists in Spain, the number one position is occupied by Rosalía, who this year has toured the world with Motomami, her latest album released last March. The second most listened to artist is Aitana, followed by Karol G, in third position; Shakira, in fourth place, and Taylor Swift, in fifth place. The list of the most listened to female artists in our country is completed with Ana Mena, Maria Becerra, Nicki Nicole, Bad Gyal and Becky G.
In the top 10 most listened to songs in our country, is Quevedo: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 52, Bizarrap’s collaboration with Quevedo, better known to the public as Quédate. The song, which was published on July 6, has managed to stay number one for up to seven weeks in the platform’s Global Top 50, the list with the most listened to hits worldwide. In fact, it also appears within the ten most listened to songs in the world on Spotify.
In second position in the ranking of songs in Spain is Tití me pregunta, by Bad Bunny; Bachata, by Manuel Turizo, in third place; Me porto bonito, another Bad Bunny hit, and Tiago PZK: Bzrp music sessions, Vol. 48, Bizarrap’s theme with rapper Tiago PZK, in fifth place. The list of the ten most followed is completed with the night fell, the remix of the most popular Canarian artists of the moment, Abhir Hathi, Bejo, Cruz Cafuné, EL IMA, Juseph, La Pantera and Quevedo; Desperados by Rauw Alejandro; Despechá, from Rosalía; and two songs by Bad Bunny, Ojitos lindos and Tarot.
All these hits of the year can be found already compiled in the Wrapped 2022 hub that Spotify has enabled for all users. In this special section, users will be able to find various playlists such as the top most listened to songs and artists of the year, urban music lists such as Lo mejor de PEGAO, pop such as Lo mejor de Pop con Ñ or urban flamenco such as Lo mejor of Flamenco Flow, among others.
Podcasts continue to gain followers this year. In fact, according to the report on podcast consumption habits in Spain prepared by Spotify in 2022, more than 40% of Spotify users in Spain listen to podcasts and their consumption has doubled in just one year, experiencing growth of 106%.
Number one in Spain is The Wild Project, the podcast of interviews directed by Jordi Wild, followed by Etirando el chicle, one of the greatest hits presented by Carolina Iglesias and Victoria Martín. In third place is Nadie sabe nada, by Andreu Buenafuente and Berto Romero; fourth, Understand your mind, Spotify’s exclusive podcast on psychology and well-being, and fifth, another exclusive to the platform, The Marian Rojas Estapé podcast.
This top 10 most listened to podcasts in Spain in 2022 closes with In case the voices return; AM, Spotify’s original podcast about daily news in brief pills; Morning newscast Ángel Martín; The SER news and You don’t know this, the original Spotify podcast launched in 2022 about curiosities from history, science, culture, geography or psychology in five-minute pills.
When it comes to the most listened to podcasts internationally, number one is The Joe Rogan experience, followed by Call her daddy, Anything goes with Emma Chamberlain, Caso 63 and Crime Junkie.
Starting today, all Spotify users will be able to access the personalized Wrapped experience through the Spotify mobile app (app upgrade recommended). Apart from knowing what their favorite contents of the year have been, they will be able to discover new functionalities to connect with their favorite creators and artists.
