Gotye and David Guetta top Spotify most-streamed lists for 2012
Spotify have revealed the artists making waves through their music streaming service in 2012, publishing the lists of most streamed albums, tracks, and artists, both globally and in the UK, as well as the most used apps in the desktop Spotify application.
Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ is by far this year’s most popular song on Spotify, topping the global and UK streaming lists, as well as being the most shared song on Spotify. Gotye himself also places 5th on the ‘Most-streamed male artists’ list on Spotify too
Moving onto albums and David Guetta’s ‘Nothing But The Beat’ takes the top spot, followed again by Gotye with ‘Making Mirrors’.
Rihanna bags the most-streamed female artist award, while Guetta claims the same title for blokes, with Coldplay topping the list of most streamed bands.
When it comes to applications within Spotify, TuneWiki, the sing-along karaoke app with (sometimes dodgy) crowd-sourced lyrics tops the charts.
Check out the full breakdown of artists and albums topping the Spotify streaming charts during 2012 below.
Most-streamed tracks of 2012 (global)
1. Gotye featuring Kimbra – ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’
2. Carly Rae Jepsen – ‘Call Me Maybe’
3. Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe – ‘We Are Young’
4. Flo Rida – ‘Whistle’
5. Flo Rida featuring Sia – ‘Wild Ones’
6. Train – ‘Drive By’
7. Nicki Minaj – ‘Starships’
8. Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa – ‘Payphone’
9. David Guetta featuring Sia – ‘Titanium’
10. Loreen – ‘Euphoria’
See the full list of the Top 100 most popular tracks of 2012.
Most-streamed tracks of 2012 in the UK
1. Gotye featuring Kimbra – ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’
2. Carly Rae Jepsen – ‘Call Me Maybe’
3. David Guetta featuring Sia – ‘Titanium’
4. Fun featuring Janelle Monae – We Are Young
5. Nicki Minaj – ‘Starships’
6. Flo Rida featuring Sia – ‘Wild Ones’
7. Rihanna – ‘We Found Love’
8. Alex Clare – ‘Too Close’
9. Train – ‘Drive By’
10. Jessie J – ‘Domino’
See the full list of the Top 100 most popular tracks in the UK of 2012.
Most-streamed albums of 2012
1. David Guetta – ‘Nothing But The Beat’
2. Gotye – ‘Making Mirrors’
3. Drake – ‘Take Care’
4. Lana Del Ray – ‘Born To Die’
5. One Direction – ‘Up All Night’
6. Fun. – ‘Some Nights’
7. Rihanna – ‘Talk That Talk’
8. Coldplay – ‘Mylo Xyloto’
9. Carly Rae Jepsen – ‘Call Me Maybe’
10. Flo Rida – ‘Wild Ones’
See the full list of the Top 20 Most Streamed Albums of 2012.
Most-shared tracks by Spotify users (the most-shared tracks to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Spotify user’s Inboxes)
1. Gotye ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’
2. Carly Rae Jepsen ‘Call Me Maybe’
3. Fun. ‘We Are Young – feat. Janelle Monáe’
4. Flo Rida featuring Sia ‘Wild Ones’
5. David Guetta ‘Titanium – feat. Sia’
6. Flo Rida featuring Sia – ‘Whistle’
7. Train – ‘Drive By’
8. Maroon 5 – ‘Payphone’
9. Rihanna – ‘We Found Love’
10. Michel Teló – ‘Ai Se Eu Te Pego – Live’
See the full list of the Top 20 Most-shared Tracks of 2012.
Most-streamed female artists
1. Rihanna
2. Nicki Minaj
3. Adele
4. Lana Del Ray
5. Katy Perry
6. Carly Rae Jepsen
7. Beyonce
8. Taylor Swift
9. Loreen
10. Kelly Clarkson
Click here for the playlist featuring the Top 20 Most- Streamed Female Artists of 2012.
Most-streamed male artists
1. David Guetta
2. Flo Rida
3. Eminem
4. Skrillex
5. Gotye
6. Drake
7. Pitbull
8. Jay-Z and Kanye West
9. Chris Brown
10. Avicii
Click here for the playlist featuring the Top 20 Most-Streamed Male Artists of 2012.
Most-streamed bands
1. Coldplay
2. Maroon 5
3. Fun.
4. Mumford and Sons
5. Florence and the Machine
6. Linkin Park
7. LMFAO
8. One Direction
9. Train
10. Glee Cast
Click here for the playlist featuring the Top 20 Most Streamed Bands of 2012.
Most popular apps by usage
1. TuneWiki
2. Soundrop
3. We Are Hunted
4. Last.fm
5. Pitchfork
6. Digstr
7. musiXmatch
8. Billboard
9. Filtr
10. Moodagent
