Spotify Wrapped 2024: What are the biggest songs and artists of the year?

Spotify Wrapped is finally here, with the streaming giant’s annual feature revealing the listening habits of music lovers from the past 12 months.  

These include the Global and UK lists for Most-Streamed Artists, Most-Streamed Song, Most-Streamed Album, Top Podcasts, and Top Audiobooks and Authors.  

Let’s dive straight in, and to no one’s surprise, Taylor Swift comes in at Number One on the Global, US and UK Top Artists lists.  

Her 11th studio record ‘The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology’ tops the Most-Streamed Globally list, followed by Billie Eilish’s ‘HIT ME HARD AND SOFT’ and ‘Short N’ Sweet’ by Sabrina Carpenter.  

Swift’s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ came in at Number Six on the Global list, Number 10 on US and Number Five on UK, while her 2019 album ‘Lover’ made both Global and UK charts (at Number 8 and 9 respectively). 

Both Global and UK versions also feature artists like The Weeknd, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Kanye West and surprisingly, Drake – especially considering the annus horribilis he’s had. Still, streams are streams. Won rap battles and brilliant new albums are forever. And Kendrick Lamar does feature heavily on the US lists, with his hit diss track 'Not Like Us' coming in at Number 2 on the US Most-Streamed Songs list.

Globally, Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Espresso’ was named the most-streamed track on Spotify in 2024. ‘Beautiful Things’ by Benson Boone and ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ by Billie Eilish make up the Top 3.  

Spotify has also shared the chart for its Most Viral Songs Globally.

Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga’s duet ‘Die With A Smile’ tops the list, with Billie Eilish (‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’), Benson Boone (‘Beautiful Things’), Teddy Swims (‘Lose Control’) and Chappell Roan (Good Luck, Babe!’) completing the Top 5.

Here are Spotify’s 2024 end-of-year lists:  

GLOBAL LISTS

Most-Streamed Artists Globally 

1. Taylor Swift 

2. The Weeknd 

3. Bad Bunny 

4. Drake 

5. Billie Eilish 

6. Travis Scott 

7. Peso Pluma 

8. Kanye West 

9. Ariana Grande 

10. Feid

Most-Streamed Songs Globally 

1. ‘Espresso’ by Sabrina Carpenter 

2. ‘Beautiful Things’ by Benson Boone 

3. ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ by Billie Eilish 

4. ‘Gata Only’ by FloyyMenor, Cris MJ 

5. ‘Lose Control’ by Teddy Swims 

6. ‘End Of Beginning’ by Djo 

7. ‘Too Sweet’ by Hozier 

8. ‘One Of The Girls’ (with JENNIE, Lily-Rose Depp) by The Weeknd 

9. ‘Cruel Summer’ by Taylor Swift 

10. ‘Die With A Smile’ by Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga

Most-Streamed Albums Globally 

1. ‘The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology’ by Taylor Swift 

2. ‘HIT ME HARD AND SOFT’ by Billie Eilish 

3. ‘Short N’ Sweet’ by Sabrina Carpenter 

4. ‘MAÑANA SERÁ BONITO’ by Karol G 

5. ‘Eternal Sunshine’ by Ariana Grande 

6. ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ by Taylor Swift 

7. ‘SOS’ by SZA 

8. ‘Lover’ by Taylor Swift 

9. ‘Fireworks & Rollerblades’ by Benson Boone 

10. ‘Starboy’ by The Weeknd

Most Viral Songs Globally 

1. ‘Die With A Smile’ by Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga 

2. ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ by Billie Eilish 

3. ‘Beautiful Things’ by Benson Boone 

4. ‘Lose Control’ by Teddy Swims 

5. ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ by Chappell Roan 

6. ‘Too Sweet’ by Hozier 

7. ‘We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love)’ by Ariana Grande 

8. ‘End Of Beginning’ by Djo 

9. ‘Espresso’ by Sabrina Carpenter 

10. ‘Not Like Us’ by Kendrick Lamar

Top Podcasts Globally 

1. The Joe Rogan Experience 

2. Call Her Daddy 

3. Huberman Lab 

4. This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von 

5. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett 

6. Serial Killers 

7. Relatos de la Noche 

8. Crime Junkie 

9. Café Com Deus Pai | Podcast oficial 

10. El Podcast de Marian Rojas Estapé

Top Audiobooks in Premium Globally 

1. A Court of Thorns And Roses by Sarah J. Maas 

2. The Fellowship Of The Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien 

3. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy 

4. A Court Of Mist And Fury by Sarah J. Maas 

5. It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover 

6. The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene 

7. A Court Of Wings And Ruin by Sarah J. Maas 

8. A Game Of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One by George R. R. Martin 

9. Icebreaker: A Novel by Hannah Grace 

10. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Top Authors Globally 

1. Sarah J. Maas 

2. J.R.R. Tolkien 

3. Stephen King 

4. Colleen Hoover 

5. Freida McFadden 

6. George R. R. Martin 

7. Robert Greene 

8. Emily Henry 

9. Jenette McCurdy

10. Hannah Grace

US LISTS

US Most-Streamed Artists 

1. Taylor Swift

2. Drake

3. Zach Bryan

4. Morgan Wallen

5. Kayne West

6. Future

7. Kendrick Lamar

8. Travis Scott

9. The Weeknd

10. Metro Boomin

US Most-Streamed Songs 

1. “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter 

2. “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar 

3. "A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey  

4. “I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen)” by Post Malone  

5. “MILLION DOLLAR BABY” by Tommy Richman 

6. “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan 

7. “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone 

8. “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” by Billie Eilish 

9. “I Remember Everything (feat. Kacey Musgraves)” by Zach Bryan  

10. “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan

US Most-Streamed Albums 

1. THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY by Taylor Swift  

2. One Thing At A Time by Morgan Wallen 

3. Short N' Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter  

4. Stick Season by Noah Kahan 

5. The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan  

6. HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish  

7. SOS by SZA 

8. Dangerous: The Double Album by Morgan Wallen 

9. Zach Bryan by Zach Bryan  

10. 1989 (Taylor's Version) by Taylor Swift

US Top Podcasts 

1. The Joe Rogan Experience

2. Call Her Daddy

3. This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

4. Crime Junkie

5. The Daily

6. The Tucker Carlson Show

7. Huberman Lab

8. Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard

9. Smosh Reads Reddit Stories

10. Shawn Ryan Show

UK LISTS

UK Most-Streamed Artists 

1. Taylor Swift 

2. Drake 

3. Kanye West 

4. Billie Eilish 

5. The Weeknd 

6. Eminem 

7. Sabrina Carpenter 

8. Rihanna 

9. Travis Scott 

10. Noah Kahan

UK Most-Streamed Songs 

1. ‘Stick Season’ by Noah Kahan 

2. ‘Espresso’ by Sabrina Carpenter 

3. ‘Beautiful Things’ by Benson Boone 

4. ‘Too Sweet’ by Hozier 

5. ‘Lose Control’ by Teddy Swims 

6. ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ by Billie Eilish 

7. ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ by Chappell Roan 

8. ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’ by Shaboozey 

9. ‘Please Please Please’ by Sabrina Carpenter 

10. ‘Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)’ by Dasha

UK Most-Streamed Albums 

1. ‘The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology’ by Taylor Swift 

2. ‘Short N’ Sweet’ by Sabrina Carpenter 

3. ‘Stick Season’ by Noah Kahan 

4. ‘HIT ME HARD AND SOFT’ by Billie Eilish 

5. ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ by Taylor Swift 

6. ‘Fireworks & Rollerblades’ by Benson Boone 

7. ‘The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess’ by Chappell Roan 

8. ‘GUTS’ by Olivia Rodrigo 

9. ‘Lover’ by Taylor Swift 

10. ‘Eternal Sunshine’ by Ariana Grande

UK Top Podcasts 

1. The Joe Rogan Experience 

2. The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett 

3. The Rest Is Football 

4. The Rest Is Politics 

5. The Rest Is History 

6. The Louis Theroux Podcast 

7. Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster 

8. The Rest Is Entertainment 

9. Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe 

10. Call Her Daddy

UK Top Audiobooks 

1. The Fellowship Of The Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien 

2. Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken 

3. Politics On The Edge by Rory Stewart 

4. Spare by Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex 

5. A Game Of Thrones (Song of Ice And Fire, Book 1) by George R.R. Martin 

6. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman 

7. Unruly by David Mitchell 

8. And Away… by Bob Mortimer 

9. How To Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie 

10. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

There you have it.

And if you can’t get enough of lists, Apple Music also launched its 2024 Replay experience – check it out here.

So, how many of your favourites made it onto the lists this year?

Stay tuned to Euronews Culture for our End of Year 2024 Best Ofs, which kick off next week with our Best Albums of 2024.