With 30.4 billion streams, the 'Blinding Lights' hitmaker rose to fourth. He follows Drake and Sheeran with 33 billion streams. Puerto Rican rapper and singer Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, secured the third spot ahead of his World's Hottest Tour in August 2022. His recent legal battle against Sami Chokri and Ross O'Donoghue who allege that 'Shape of You' probably affected the singer's ranking on the list.

The expected top-notcher currently has 34 billion lead streams in second place. Thanks to his recent feats that pushed his songs to the top again, including 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards' Hip-Hop Artist of the Year and fourth highest-paid rappers of 2021 (by Forbes). DrakeĪs of March 2022, Drake ranks first among Spotify's top artists by having 45 billion lead streams. To everyone's surprise, Sheeran just got outshined by a rapper. After releasing his '=' (Equals) last year, his status soared even higher as he maintained his position on the music streaming platform.īut as the global artists released more albums, Sheeran was not able to secure his top spot and got dethroned instead.ĬhartMasters recently updated their list of Spotify's most-streamed artists. Even his old songs like 'Shape of You' managed to get billions of streams as of press time. In the past months, Ed Sheeran has continuously broken several records on Spotify.

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