Worldwide, Spotify’s most popular song in 2013 was Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ “Can’t Hold Us,” but domestically the top track was “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons.
Those stats and many more were revealed today by Spotify as the most popular songs and artists of 2013 are tallied.
Spotify has quickly grown as one of the most popular ways to listen to music online legally. We here at Hypable are fans of the service thanks to its affordable pricing structure and the speed at which new music by today’s biggest artists is added. The service currently has 6 million paying subscribers and 24 million active users. SPotify says they have over 20 million songs in their database and add over 20,000 songs per day.
Most streamed tracks of 2013 (Global)
1. Can’t Hold Us – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
2. Wake Me Up – Avicii
3. Thrift Shop – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
4. Get Lucky – Daft Punk
5. Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
6. Let Her Go – Passenger
7. Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke
8. Just Give Me A Reason – P!nk
9. Ho Hey – The Lumineers
10. I Need Your Love – Calvin Harris
Most streamed tracks of 2013 (US)
1. Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
2. Thrift Shop feat. Wanz – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
3. Can’t Hold Us – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
4. Get Lucky – Daft Punk
5. Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke
6. Royals – Lorde
7. Ho Hey – The Lumineers
8. Mirrors – Justin Timberlake
9. Wake Me Up – Avicci
10. Sail – AWOLNATION
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 (US)
1. Drake
2. Jay Z
3. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
4. Imagine Dragons
5. Kanye West
6. Eminem
7. Justin Timberlake
8. Daft Punk
9. Lana Del Rey
10. Mumford & Sons
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 (US)
1. Night Visions – Imagine Dragons
2. The Heist – Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
3. The Lumineers – The Lumineers
4. Unorthodox Jukebox – Bruno Mars
5. Magna Carta…Holy Grail – JAY Z
6. Nothing Was The Same – Drake
7. Born To Die – The Paradise Edition – Lana Del Rey
8. 18 Months – Calvin Harris
9. Good kid, m.A.A.d city – Kendrick Lamar
10. Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
Most viral track (Most shared) of 2013
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Most viral new artist (Most shared)
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
What was YOUR favorite song of 2013?
Thanks to The Wrap for the 2013 stats.
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