Drake becomes Most-Streamed Artist of 2020, beats Juice WRLD, Pop Smoke and more

Rapper and singer Drake topped charts and became most streamed artist in 2020. According to Spotify list in UK and HITS Daily Double, Drake beats 49 or musicians to become most streamed artist with more than five billion streams. On January 2, HITS Daily Double posted ir final list of most-streamed artists of year. Drake sits at top of list at 5.6 billion streams. 

Drake’s streams went high after his sole project of 2020,  Dark Lane Demo Tapes, and his booming single Laugh w, Cry Later featuring Lil Durk. Or artists who me it to top five include late Juice WRLD, who garnered 5.3 billion streams after he passed away from an accidental drug overdose. His streams got a boost after his posthumous project Legends Never Die dropped in July. Coming in third place is Youngboy Never Broke Again, who topped Billboard 200 chart in 2020 after he released projects like Still Flexin, Still Steppin, 38 Baby 2, Until I Return and Top. Lil Uzi Vert and Post Malone closed out top five.

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In Spotify UK list, Juice WRLD stands second while Eminem is third, Ed Sheeran is fourth and Weeknd rounds off top five. top of year-end list of HITS Daily Double also includes or table artists like late Pop Smoke, who also got a boost in streams when his posthumous album Shoot for Stars, Aim for Moon dropped in July. Lil Baby, Taylor Swift, Weeknd and Dababy me it to list as well after having more than 3.3 billion streams.

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Most streamed songs and albums

People have been loving Weeknd’s Blinding Lights in 2020, as it became most-streamed song on Spotify UK this year.  In second place is Imanbek’s remix of SAINt JHN’s Roses. top five features rapper Roddy Ricch twice – in third place for Rockstar with DaBaby, and fourth for his viral hit Box – with Dance Monkey and Tones I in fifth place. Spotify UK has also put out most streamed albums of 2020 with Lewis Capaldi’s Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent in first place. Lewis Capaldi's album beats One Direction star Harry with his second album Fine Line, Pop Smoke’s Shoot For Stars Aim For Moon, Weeknd’s After Hours and Dua’s Future stalgia in Spotify UK album's list. 

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