Apple Music shared the most listened to artists in the platform’s history with the public for the first time. The company announced the list it prepared together with Chart Data, known for music data. Thus, a comprehensive ranking based on the listenings of Apple Music users since the service was launched in 2015 was created.
According to the announced data, Canadian rap artist Drake is at the top of the list. The artist, who has attracted attention with the high streaming figures he has achieved on digital music platforms in recent years, has become the most listened to name in the history of Apple Music. In second place was Taylor Swift, one of the biggest names in pop music. It is known that Swift maintains a strong streaming performance on the platform, especially with the albums and re-recording projects she has released in recent years.
American rapper Future was in third place on the list, followed by YoungBoy Never Broke Again and Bad Bunny, one of the prominent representatives of Latin music on a global scale. The ranking also reveals the impact of hip-hop, rap and pop music on digital streaming platforms over the last decade.
The data announced by Apple Music covers approximately 11 years of usage history of the platform. Apple Music was launched in June 2015 and has become one of the largest music streaming services in the world over the years. Although the company has previously shared streaming data for specific periods or specific charts, this is the first time an artist ranking of this scale covering all time has been published.
Apple Music reflects global music listening habits
The announced list reveals not only the popularity of artists but also trends in digital music consumption. The fact that names such as Drake, Future and YoungBoy Never Broke Again are at the top confirms the strong position of the hip-hop genre in recent years. In addition, the fact that artists from different musical genres such as Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny are at the top shows that Apple Music’s user base has a wide and diverse listener profile.
On the other hand, Bad Bunny’s place in the top five indicates the size of the audience that Spanish music reaches on a global scale. One of the remarkable developments in recent years is that Latin music genres have reached high streaming numbers not only in certain regions but also around the world. Additionally, Taylor Swift’s second-place position reveals a strong performance in the balance between physical sales and digital streams.
Today, Apple Music is available in Türkiye with a monthly price tag of 59.99 TL for individual subscriptions. In addition, different subscription options are offered for students and families, and access is also available within the scope of Apple One packages. This new list announced by the company offers a remarkable data set in terms of showing who the most popular artists were on the platform in the last 11 years. Although listening habits continue to change over time, the names at the top of the list appear to be among the most influential artists of the digital music age.