10 Billion Streams and Counting: Spotify Singles Celebrates Its Biggest Hits

Spotify Singles, our longest-running original recorded music franchise, has officially surpassed 10 billion collective streams worldwide. That's a whole lot of listening, and a testament to the power of connecting artists with fans in exciting new ways, since the program launched in 2016.

Spotify Singles provides a unique platform for artists across genres to reimagine one of their existing tracks or pay homage to their musical heroes by covering a song of their choice. Recorded in Spotify's state-of-the-art studios in New York City, Los Angeles, London, and Stockholm, these sessions have resulted in nearly 1,000 recordings from more than 750 artists in 45 markets. In addition to our own studios, Spotify Singles have been recorded in famous studio spaces around the world, including Abbey Road and Electric Lady Studios.

Further expanding our global reach, our Stockholm Studio is now officially open to artists across Europe. The studio had previously only hosted Nordic artists. Damiano David, who fronts the Italian rock band M neskin, recently inaugurated the refreshed space with a fiery cover of Nothing Breaks Like A Heart, which has already amassed more than 6 million global streams.

Stockholm Studio

Stockholm Studio

Stockholm Studio

Stockholm Studio

Stockholm Studio

Stockholm Studio

Stockholm Studio

Stockholm Studio

Stockholm Studio

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We are thrilled to have reached the 10-billion-stream milestone for Spotify Singles, said Bryan Johnson, International Head of Artist and Industry Partnerships at Spotify. Since 2016, the program has been an outlet for hundreds of artists to express themselves, engage their fans with new music, and connect with new listeners around the world. By opening up our award-winning Stockholm Studio to artists, including emerging artists from all over Europe, we plan to enable even more beneficiaries of the program while encouraging new opportunities for creative collaboration.

Eunu Song, Manager, Global Music Programs at Spotify, added, It's an honor for our teams to celebrate this incredible milestone. We're proud that our program provides artists at all levels with a space to foster their creative visions and express themselves through new sounds. Listening back through the Spotify Singles catalog for this celebration is a path down memory lane of the songs and stories that have been special to our artists and the teams at Spotify over the past nine years. On a global scale, it's been incredible to see our expansion of Singles into new markets.

From intimate acoustic renditions to genre-bending collaborations, Spotify Singles deliver unforgettable musical moments. To celebrate, we dug into the data and tapped our expert editors to curate a list of global superlatives showcasing the program's diverse talent and cultural impact. Check them all out below.

Most-Streamed Spotify Singles

Girl Crush by Harry Styles

Dive by Luke Combs

when the party's over by Lewis Capaldi

Best of Singles by Genre

As chosen by Spotify's global editorial team

Best Jazz: Changes by Jon Batiste

Best Rock: Have You Ever Seen The Rain by The Lumineers

Best Pop: You'll Be In My Heart by NIKI

Best Electronic/Dance: It Don't Matter by Alok, Sofi Tukker, and INNA

Best R&B: Waiting in Vain by Jordan Ward

Best Hip-Hop: Life is Like a Dice Game by Nas, Freddie Gibbs, and Cordae

Best Latin: La Tierra del Corrido by Fuerza Regida, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, and Eden Mu oz

Best Indie: Friday I'm In Love by Phoebe Bridgers

Best Country: Million Reasons by Dan + Shay

Standout Singles

As chosen by Spotify's global editorial team

Most Surprising Cover: Baby One More Time by Ed Sheeran

Most Memorable Recording Day: Dunno by Mac Miller

Most Iconic Single: Wicked Game by C line Dion and Chris Isaak

Best Duet Single: Until The End Of Time by Coco Jones and Leon Thomas

Best Original Single: The Devil's Still Down in Georgia by Carter Faith

Best Acoustic Single: Everytime by Ethel Cain

Best Anniversary Single: Det kommer aldrig va ver f r mig by Veronica Maggio

Record-Breaking Singles

First Grammy-Nominated Single: DO 4 LOVE by Snoh Aalegra

First Single to Reach No. 1 on a Billboard Chart: Holiday Road by Kesha

First Single to Enter Top 50 Sweden as No. 1: Still by Hov1

Most-Streamed Single Recorded in Spotify's Stockholm Studio: All Night Long (All Night) by Benjamin Ingrosso

Global First-of-Its-Kind

First Single from Mexico: Adi s Amor by Ha*Ash

First K-Pop Single: For You (Holiday Remix) by LeeHi

First Single from India: Enjoy Enjaami by DJ Snake, Dhee, Arivu, and Santhosh Narayanan

First Single Made Entirely by Women: Mucho Peor by Kirnbauer, Joaqina Mertz, Mar a Centeno, and Noa Sainz

First South Africa x U.S. Collaboration: I'm On Fire by Ian Munsick and Riaan Benad

First U.K. x Japan Collaboration: This Hell (Gyarupi Remix) by Rina Sawayama and CHANMINA

Most-Streamed Global Music Program Singles

Most-Streamed RADAR Singles:

Raataan Chill Mix by Tanishk Bagchi, Jubin Nautiyal, and Hanita Bhambri

Itu Aku by Aziz Hedra

Most-Streamed EQUAL Singles:

Winter Wonderland by Laufey

I'm Like A Bird by Alessia Cara

Most-Streamed GLOW Singles:

Thinking of You by Joesef

I Like Me Better by Lauv

Can't get enough? Stream every Spotify Single to date in our Complete Collection, which includes an Editorial Watch Feed with dynamic on-screen insights and commentary from Spotify's editors.

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