drake is currently the most listened to artist on spotify.
drake is currently the most listened to artist on spotify.
who is currently the most listened to artist on spotify?
drake
spotify's most streamed artist of 2016 was drake with 4.7 billion streams that year. he topped the list for a second year in a row.









































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spotify's most streamed artist of 2015 was drake with 1.8 billion streams that year.









































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spotify's most streamed artist of 2014 was ed sheeran with 860 million streams that year.









































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spotify's most streamed artists of 2013 were macklemore & ryan lewis.









































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bullet::::- list of most-streamed songs on spotify









































bullet::::- list of most-subscribed youtube channels









































bullet::::- list of most-followed twitter accounts









































bullet::::- list of most-followed instagram accounts
list of most-streamed artists on spotify
in march 2014, spotify announced that it had acquired the echo nest, a music intelligence company that has "in depth musical understanding and tools for curation to drive music discovery for millions of users around the globe". in june 2015, spotify acquired seed scientific, a data science consulting firm and analytics company. in a comment to "techcrunch", spotify said that seed scientific's team would lead an advanced analytics unit within the company focused on developing data services. in april 2016, spotify acquired crowdalbum, a "startup that collects photos and videos of performances shared on social networks", and would "enhance the development of products that help artists understand, activate, and monetize their audiences". in march 2017, spotify acquired sonalytic, an audio detection startup, for an undisclosed amount of money. spotify stated that sonalytic will be used to improve the company's personalised playlists, better match songs with compositions, and improve the company's publishing data system. spotify also acquired mightytv later in march, an app connected to television streaming services, including netflix and hbo go, that recommends content to users. spotify will mainly be using mightytv to improve its advertising efforts on the free tier of service. in april 2017, spotify acquired mediachain, a blockchain startup with several technologies that can aid spotify's effort in connecting artists and rights-holders with the tracks on its service. in may 2017, spotify acquired artificial intelligence startup niland, and will use its technology to improve its personalisation and recommendation features for users. in november 2017, spotify acquired soundtrap, an online music studio startup. on 12 april 2018, spotify acquired the music licensing platform loudr. on 6 february 2019, the company announced it would acquire new york podcasting companies gimlet media and anchor fm inc., establishing itself as a major player in podcasting. on 26 march 2019, spotify announced to acquire another podcast network, parcast.
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