Taylor Swift delighted her fans when she finally released From The Vault’s track “You’re Losing Me” to streaming services after being named Spotify’s top global artist of 2023.
The 33-year-old singer, who was the most listened to artist on Spotify Wrapped 2023 with more than 26.1 billion global streams, took to social media to gush about the “unreal moment.”
She wrote: “Um, ok, this is unreal??” I just wanted to say to anyone who has heard my music anywhere in the world this year: thank you.
“Being named Spotify’s Top Global Artist of 2023 is truly the best birthday/holiday present you could have given me.” We really had the most fun on tour this year and now this. Do you mean that seriously.”
“So I’ve been trying to find a way to thank you, and many of you have asked me to put ‘You’re Losing Me (From The Vault)’ on streaming…so here we go! Now you can finally listen ANYWHERE.’
Taylor Swift delighted her fans when she finally released the track You’re Losing Me on streaming services after being named Spotify’s top global artist of 2023
The 33-year-old singer, who was also the most listened to artist on Spotify Wrapped 2023 with more than 26.1 billion streams worldwide, took to social media to gush about the “unreal moment.”
The song was released digitally via her webshop back in May – with the title presumably alluding to her split from Joe Alwyn after six years.
Lyrics include: “I wouldn’t marry myself either / A pathological people lover / Who would want you to see her,” Swift sings on the track. Other lyrics include: “Do I throw away everything we’ve built or do I keep it?” / Even for a phoenix I grow weary / Always rise from the ashes / Heal all their wounds / You may just have the final blow moved.’
With currently over 108 million monthly listeners on the streaming platform, the Enchanted singer secured the top spot in the UK back in 2022.
This year has been another hugely successful year for the pop superstar, who is estimated to have generated nearly $5 billion in consumer spending during the U.S. leg of his Eras tour alone.
Only two British artists joined Taylor among the top five most streamed artists in the UK, with Drake and The Weeknd taking second and third place respectively.
Spotify Wrapped 2023 summarizes how 574 million people around the world listened to the streaming giant this year.
The brand announced that Arctic Monkeys and Ed Sheeran fought their way to fourth and fifth place in the UK.
But Taylor not only secured the title with the most listeners in Great Britain, she also took first place internationally.
Fans were quick to get excited about the track’s release on social media
Taylor secured the title of most-streamed artist in the UK and world in this year’s Spotify Wrapped – with more than 26.1 billion streams worldwide
Of the most streamed artists in the UK, only two were British, with Ed Sheeran coming in fourth. (left) and Arctic Monkeys were the fifth most listened to band/artist in the UK on Spotify, (right)
Spotify 2023 packs global top lists
The most streamed artists worldwide
1. Taylor Swift
2. Bad bunny
3. The weekend
4. Drake
5. Peso Pluma
6. Feid
7. Travis Scott
8. SZA
9. Karol G
10. Lana Del Rey
Most streamed songs worldwide
1. Flowers from Miley Cyrus
2. Kill Bill by SZA
3. As It Was by Harry Styles
4. Seven (feat. Latto) (Explicit Ver.) by Jung Kook, Latto
5. Ella Baila Sola by Eslabon Armado, Peso Pluma
6. Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift
7. Creepin’ (featuring The Weeknd & 21 Savage) by Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, 21 Savage
8. Calm Down (with Selena Gomez) by Rema, Selena Gomez
9. Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 53 by Bizarrap, Shakira
10. Anti Hero by Taylor Swift
It was the first time in three years that The Bad Bunny wasn’t the most listened to artist worldwide.
But the Puerto Rican rapper actually landed in second place after releasing the most streamed album of 2023 with “Un Verano Sin Ti,” which has racked up a whopping 4.5 billion streams since January 1st.
Third place went to The Weeknd, whose album Starboy was the fourth most-streamed album of the year worldwide despite being released in 2016.
The Weeknd was followed by Drake, Peso Pluma, Feild and Travis Scott, who released his highly anticipated album Utopia in July.
The eighth most streamed female artist worldwide was SZA, who rocked the R&B genre with her critically acclaimed album SOS.
SOS, which featured a string of hits such as Kill Bill, Snooze and Good Days, was the third most streamed album on Spotify worldwide.
Following SZA in ninth and tenth place are Karol G and pop singer Lana Del Rey from Summertime Sadness.
Swift also had great success with two songs, both of which landed in Spotify’s top ten most streamed songs worldwide.
Both her 2016 single Cruel Summer and her 2022 hit Anti-Hero ranked sixth and tenth on the list.
The title of most listened to song in the world in 2023 went to “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus with more than 1.6 billion listens since January 1st.
SZA landed in second and third place with Kill Bill and As It Was by Harry Styles.
As It Was held the crown as the most streamed song on the streaming platform in 2022 with almost 1.5 billion plays.
Swift also celebrated the same success with her albums this year.
Two of the country singer’s projects also proved to be global favorites: “Midnights” and “Lover” were featured as the second and seventh most featured albums worldwide, respectively.
Taylor Swift pushed Bad Bunny (pictured) off the top spot as the world’s most listened to artist. Previously, he was the most streamed artist worldwide for three years in a row
The Weeknd (pictured left) took third place on the list, with his 2016 “Starboy” being the fourth most-streamed worldwide. SZA (pictured right in 2022) shook up the music world with her R&B album SOS. Her single “Kill Bill” was the second most popular in the world on Spotify
Harry Styles’ “As It Was” (pictured) remained on the list of the top ten most streamed global songs, falling from number one in 2022 to third place this year
Taylor Swift also reflected her success in album streams, with both “Midnights” and “Lover” among global favorites