Drake is first artist to earn 10 billion streams in a 12 months, whereas complete on-demand streams totaled 901 billion in 2018 — up 43 %.
Drake
was the king of streaming in 2018, as he completed the 12 months because the most-streamed artist within the U.S., in keeping with Nielsen Music. The celebrity collected 11.13 billion on-demand streams for his catalog of songs (in each audio and video streams) -- a yearly file for an artist, surpassing his personal file of 6.four billion in 2017.Drake can also be the primary act to earn 10 billion streams for his songs in a calendar 12 months.
Drake’s streaming haul represented 1.2 % of complete streams throughout all artists in all genres. In complete, 901 billion on-demand streams have been registered in 2018 -- up 42.6 % over 2017.
Drake’s streams have been fueled enormously by the success of his album Scorpion, which generated four.57 billion on-demand audio streams -- the most-streamed album of 2018. (Meanwhile, the set’s songs collected one other 1.76 billion in on-demand video streams.)
R&B/HIP-HOP DOMINATES STREAMING: The mixed style of R&B/hip-hop continues to be the heaviest hitter on streaming providers, with the style accounting for 30 % of all on-demand streams in 2018 (267.four billion clicks of the 901 billion complete).
The second-largest style in 2018 streaming was rock music, with a 14.2 % share of the market (127.5 billion streams).
Overall on-demand audio streams vaulted 49 % to 611 billion, whereas on-demand video streams surged 30 % to 290 billion.
RAP RULES AMONG MOST-STREAMED ARTISTS: Following Drake on the checklist of the most-streamed acts of 2018 are eight extra hip-hop acts: Post Malone (7.51 billion), XXXTentacion (6.91 billion), Eminem (four.82 billion), YoungBoy Never Broke Again (four.46 billion), Migos (four.17 billion), Travis Scott (four.01 billion), Cardi B (three.99 billion) and Lil Baby (three.32 billion). Rounding out the highest 10 most-streamed acts of 2018 is pop celebrity Ariana Grande, with three.28 billion clicks.
“GOD’S PLAN” IS YEAR’S MOST-STREAMED SONG: Drake’s smash single “God’s Plan” finishes 2018 because the most-streamed tune of the 12 months, because it gathered 1.566 billion on-demand audio and video streams -- a calendar-year file for a tune. It was one among 4 titles to surpass 1 billion streams in 2018, up from only a single billion-streamer in 2017 (Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito,” that includes Justin Bieber, with 1.32 billion).
The high 10 most-streamed songs of 2018 have been unsurprisingly dominated by hip-hop titles, with Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” being the one non-hip-hop effort within the area (at No. 9, with 797.27 million streams).
Nielsen Music’s 2018 monitoring 12 months ran from Dec. 29, 2017, by means of Jan. three, 2019. Due to a quirk within the calendar, there have been 53 weeks in 2018 as an alternative of the same old 52. So for 2018 quantity comparisons to 2017, a corresponding 53-week interval is utilized by Nielsen Music for 2017: Dec. 30, 2016 by means of Jan. four, 2018. Numbers on this story are rounded.
| TOP 10 MOST STREAMED SONGS OF 2018 IN U.S., ON-DEMAND AUDIO & VIDEO COMBINED | ||
| Rank | Artist, Title | Streams |
| 1 | Drake, "God's Plan" | 1,565,711,000 |
| 2 | Juice WRLD, "Lucid Dreams" | 1,107,289,000 |
| three | Drake, "In My Feelings" | 1,100,534,000 |
| four | XXXTentacion, "Sad!" | 1,026,294,000 |
| 5 | Post Malone that includes Ty Dolla $ign, "Psycho" | 924,496,000 |
| 6 | Post Malone that includes 21 Savage, "Rockstar" | 905,440,000 |
| 7 | Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin, "I Like It" | 873,494,000 |
| eight | Drake, "Nice for What" | 844,403,000 |
| 9 | Ed Sheeran, "Perfect" | 797,274,000 |
| 10 | BlocBoy JB that includes Drake, "Look Alive" | 766,073,000 |
| Source: Nielsen Music, for the monitoring interval Dec. 29, 2017 by means of Jan. three, 2019. | ||
| TOP 10 ON-DEMAND STREAMS OF 2018 IN U.S., AUDIO-ONLY | ||
| Rank | Artist, Title | Streams |
| 1 | Drake, "God's Plan" | 917,872,000 |
| 2 | Post Malone that includes Ty Dolla $ign, "Psycho" | 594,516,000 |
| three | Drake, "Nice for What" | 576,214,000 |
| four | Juice WRLD, "Lucid Dreams" | 572,972,000 |
| 5 | XXXTentacion, "Sad!" | 565,324,000 |
| 6 | Post Malone that includes 21 Savage, "Rockstar" | 525,971,000 |
| 7 | Drake, "In My Feelings" | 522,591,000 |
| eight | BlocBoy JB that includes Drake, "Look Alive" | 522,155,000 |
| 9 | Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin, "I Like It" | 508,202,000 |
| 10 | Travis Scott, "Sicko Mode" | 479,509,000 |
| Source: Nielsen Music, for the monitoring interval Dec. 29, 2017 by means of Jan. three, 2019. | ||
| TOP 10 ON-DEMAND STREAMS OF 2018 IN U.S., VIDEO-ONLY | ||
| Rank | Artist, Title | Streams |
| 1 | Drake, "God's Plan" | 647,839,000 |
| 2 | Drake, "In My Feelings" | 577,943,000 |
| three | Juice WRLD, "Lucid Dreams" | 534,317,000 |
| four | XXXTentacion, "Sad!" | 460,970,000 |
| 5 | Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee that includes Justin Bieber, "Despacito" | 422,743,000 |
| 6 | Maroon 5 that includes Cardi B, "Girls Like You" | 415,292,000 |
| 7 | Camila Cabello that includes Young Thug, "Havana" | 399,510,000 |
| eight | Ella Mai, "Boo'd Up" | 398,445,000 |
| 9 | Post Malone that includes 21 Savage, "Rockstar" | 379,468,000 |
| 10 | Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin, "I Like It" | 365,292,000 |
| Source: Nielsen Music, for the monitoring interval Dec. 29, 2017 by means of Jan. three, 2019. | ||