This photo taken in Paris on April 19, 2024 shows a smartphone displaying American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift’s new album “The Tortured Poets Department” on Spotify. are. Queen of Pop Taylor Swift released her long-awaited record, The Tortured Poets Department, on April 19, 2024. It’s the megastar’s 11th studio album, which is already having a blockbuster year.
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spotify Wrapped 2024 is here, allowing hundreds of millions of users to see the most played songs and artists throughout the year.
The annual report, which allows users to compare their music listening habits with other fans around the world, began rolling out to all users on the streaming platform on Wednesday.
This year, Spotify added additional artificial intelligence features to enhance the Wrapped experience for individual users, including personalized AI podcasts about a user’s music listening history. Google NotebookLM was born out of a growing partnership between the two companies.
Spotify last month reported earnings that included an optimistic profit outlook for the fourth quarter, despite missing analysts’ third-quarter targets for both revenue and earnings per share. The company also announced that its platform had approximately 640 million monthly active users, slightly exceeding analysts’ expectations.
Taylor Swift is Spotify’s Global Top Artist for the second year in a row, dominating the Most Streamed Global Albums chart with “The Tortured Poets Division: The Anthology” and Sabrina Carpenter’s hit “Espresso” on both It became the most streamed song in the world and nationally as well.
This year’s chart-topping works include:
Most streamed songs in the US
Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Shabouzy’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” Post Malone’s “I Had Some Help (Feat. Morgan Wallen)” Tommy Richman’s “MILLION DOLLAR” BABY”
Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” has quickly become the second most streamed song in the US this year. Drake, Lamar’s opponent in another public rap battle earlier this spring, skyrocketed up the list of most streamed artists, but Lamar ended up coming in at No. 7 on that list.
Most streamed artist in the US
Taylor Swift Drake Zack Bryan Morgan Warren Kanye West
“The Joe Rogan Experience,” which hosted President-elect Donald Trump in October, took the No. 1 spot among top podcasts around the world. “Call Her Daddy,” featuring Vice President Kamala Harris that same month, took second place.
Both appearances represented a clear shift in presidential campaign strategy toward non-legacy media, reaching millions of listeners each week.
