Now that 2023 has come to an end, it is time to compile what was the most outstanding and popular among the audience in terms of music, and in this section some will be very surprised, since in the last days of the year it is a Change of leadership came regarding the most listened to artist worldwide, according to Spotify.
The music streaming platform announced its long-awaited debut a few weeks ago Wrapped upwhere he reported that the American pop singer Taylor Swift She was the most listened to female artist of the year worldwide, surpassing several “giants” in the industry.
Who was the most listened to artist in 2023?
But in a truly heartbreaking finale, Swift was ousted from his place of honor by another North American artist, Canadian rapper Abel Tesfaye, better known as The weekndcompleted the full year, registering 110 million 394 thousand 962 monthly listeners, for 109,817,523 from the girlfriend of Travis Kelce.
The achievement of The weeknd All the more surprising is the fact that he didn't release any new albums this year, but rather his popularity was based solely on his old songs, mainly from his most successful productions such as Afer Hours and Starboyalready a few years behind it.
Despite the latter, it is important to note that the Land of the Maple Leaf had a busy 2023 with a great year World Travel who visited numerous countries, which helped him to be on everyone's lips to promote his achievement.
How many people have listened to Bad Bunny in 2023?
Another big surprise was the fact that the Puerto Rican artist Bad bunny He was not the leader either, although he has topped the list of listeners for the past three years and his popularity continues to rise even after the release of his production “Nobody Knows What Will Happen Tomorrow” in 2023.
On this occasion the Reggaetonero was pushed out of the top spots despite the not insignificant number of 76,106,349 monthly listeners.