drake has most monthly listeners on spotify 2018.
drake has most monthly listeners on spotify 2018.
who has most monthly listeners on spotify 2018?
drake
in october 2015, "thinking out loud" by ed sheeran became the first song to pass 500 million streams. a month later, spotify announced that "lean on" by major lazer and dj snake featuring mø was its most streamed song of all time with over 525 million streams worldwide. in april 2016, rihanna overtook justin bieber to become the biggest artist on spotify, with 31.3 million monthly active listeners. in may 2016, rihanna was overtaken by drake with 3.185 billion total streams. in december 2016, drake's just-under 36 million monthly listeners were overtaken by the weeknd's 36.068 million. later that month, drake's song "one dance" became the first song to hit one billion streams on spotify. upon its release in august 2017, the single "look what you made me do" by taylor swift earned over eight million streams within 24 hours, breaking the record for the most single-day streams for a track. on june 19, 2018, xxxtentacion's hit single "sad!" broke swift's single-day streaming record, amassing 10.4 million streams the day after he was fatally shot in florida.
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he recreationally performs monthly gigs as a disc jockey under the stage name "dj d-sol" () producing a variety of electronic dance music (edm). he has performed at nightclubs and music festivals around new york, miami, and the bahamas. solomon maintains the instagram account "@djdsolmusic" to catalogue his exploits as a music producer. on january 9, 2018, he released a remix of fleetwood mac's song, "don't stop". hours after its release, the song was played on sirius xm's bpm: electronic dance music hits at 9:14 pm est. solomon performed a remix of the pink panther theme at a charity event for the opioid epidemic hosted by hamilton college on april 8, 2018. under crowd records solomon released his debut single "don't stop" with an extended version on spotify in june 2018. the song debuted at no. 39 on billboard's electronic dance music charts. "don't stop" was listed in spotify's 263,361-follower playlist "happy summer beats". his spotify profile has 550,000 monthly listeners with his debut single garnering 1.2 million listens. shortly after his debut release solomon opened a soundcloud account where he posts extended musical sets and concert performances.
david m. solomon