Rounding out the list of top albums are Ed Sheeran’s “ =” (#4) and Doja Cat’s Planet Her (#5).Įd Sheeran supporting his home team, Ipswich Town via BBC

Top Global Albums: The most-streamed album globally of 2021 is Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour followed by Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia (#2) and Justin Bieber’s Justice (#3).The fourth most-streamed song of the year is another one from Olivia Rodrigo with good 4 u (#4), followed by Levitating (feat, DaBaby) by Dua Lipa (#5). In the second and third spots respectively, are Lil Nas X’s Montero ( Call Me By Your Name) (#2) and Stay (with Justin Beiber by The Kid LAROI (#3). Top Global Songs: The most-streamed song of 2021 is Olivia Rodrigo’s drivers license with more than 1.1 billion streams this year.The second most-streamed artist – and most streamed female artist of the year – is Taylor Swift (#2), followed by BTS (#3), Drake (#4) and Justin Bieber (#5). Top Global Artists: With more than 9.1 billion streams this year, Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny is the most-streamed artist of 2021.Aussie’s couldn’t get enough of Olivia Rodrigo’s album Sour, which topped the country’s most streamed album, followed by Ed Sheeran’s “ =” and The Kid LAROI’s F*CK Love (Savage) which came in at third.Three of his songs were also in Australia’s most streamed tracks by Australian artists, including Stay (with Justin Bieber) taking out #1 spot, Without You at #2 and So Done at #4.

The Kid LAROI has featured heavily in this year’s lists, not only in the global list but also coming out on top as Australia’s most streamed local artist.Pop icon Taylor Swift was Australia’s most streamed artist of the year, and Glass Animal’s Heat Waves took the top spot as the country’s most streamed track.

So here’s some information about how people listened this year, followed by Spotify’s annual 2021 Global Top Lists for the 381 million users worldwide:

Most streamed song on spotify