Spotify have released their streaming data for 2013, showing the year’s most streamed artists in Australia and the rest of the world.
Unsurprisingly, Flume and Lorde dominated the streams for male and female artists respectively within Australia, with Daft Punk taking out the most streamed artist in Australia for 2013.
Recent ARIA Award winning artist Flume, capped off his stellar year by becoming the most streamed Australian artist in 2013. His self-titled debut was the most-streamed album within Australia, with his hit single, ‘Holdin’ On’, featuring in the top 10 highest streamed songs.
Lorde had the third most streamed single in Australia with her worldwide hit, ‘Royals’, while she also claimed the prize for most streamed female artist in Australia. In addition to these accolades, Lorde was also the most shared new artist on Spotify globally.
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were the most streamed artist globally, while their track ‘Can’t Hold Us’, taking out the most streamed song of the year. Rihanna continues her world domination by taking out the most streamed female artist for the second year in a row, followed closely by Lana Del Rey and Pink.
Spotify’s ‘Year In Review 2013’, takes into account the listening habits of its 24 million users from all over the world. In 2013, users streamed an insane 4.5 billion hours of music, which converts to almost 50,000 years of music.
Love or hate Spotify, it is clear that the platform opens up doors for new artists such as Flume, Lorde and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, who were all barely a blip on the music radar just over a year ago.
For a comprehensive look at Spotify’s ‘Year In Review 2013’, click here. Otherwise see below for a list of the most streamed artists for 2013.
Most Streamed Tracks 2013 (Global)
Most Streamed Tracks 2013 (Australia)
Most streamed artist of 2013 (Global)
1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
2. Avicii
3. Daft Punk
4. Eminem
5. Imagine Dragons
6. Jay Z
7. Bruno Mars
8. Rihanna
9. Calvin Harris
10. Drake
Most streamed artist of 2013 (Australia)
1. Daft Punk
2. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
3. Flume
4. Avicii
5. Lorde
6. Calvin Harris
7. Lana Del Rey
8. Alt-J
9. Kanye West
10. Eminem
Most streamed albums of 2013 (Global)
1. The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
2. 18 Months – Calvin Harris
3. Night Visions – Imagine Dragons
4. The Truth About Love – P!nk
5. Unorthodox Jukebox – Bruno Mars
6. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
7. Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
8. All The Little Lights – Passenger
9. Take Me Home: Yearbook Edition – One Direction
10. Born To Die – Lana Del Rey
Most streamed albums of 2013 (Australia)
1. Flume – Flume
2. The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
3. 18 Months – Calvin Harris
4. Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
5. My Head Is An Animal – Of Monsters And Men
6. Channel ORANGE – Frank Ocean
7. An Awesome Wave – alt-J
8. All The Little Lights – Passenger
9. Unorthadox Jukebox – Bruno Mars
10. + – Ed Sheeran
Most viral track of 2013
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Most viral new artist
Lorde
Most streamed females of 2013 (Global)
1. Rihanna
2. Lana Del Rey
3. P!nk
4. Katy Perry
5. Taylor Swift
6. Miley Cyrus
7. Ellie Goulding
8. Beyoncé
9. Florence + The Machine
10. Lady Gaga
Most streamed males of 2013 (Global)
1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
2. Avicii
3. Daft Punk
4. Eminem
5. Jay Z
6. Imagine Dragons
7. Bruno Mars
8. Calvin Harris
9. Drake
10. Justin Timberlake
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