Spotify releases rankings that look back at the music and podcasts that were popular in 2024

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Audio streaming service Spotify has announced various rankings looking back on 2024 based on this year’s listening data such as music and podcasts.

The most listened to song in the world this year was Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso,” which has been played over 1.6 billion times. It caused a sensation as his first song to top the Spotify global chart and surpass 1 billion plays on Spotify, making him one of the world’s top artists.

In addition, Taylor Swift, who broke numerous attendance and box office records during her world tour “The Eras Tour” held throughout the year following last year, and which attracted a lot of attention at her Tokyo performance in February, has been viewed 26.6 billion times worldwide. He became the most listened to artist in the world for the second year in a row, recording a total of more than 20,000 plays per year. Taylor Swift’s artist page will feature special badges celebrating the artists who achieved the most throughout the year, and the play button on the song playback screen will feature special animations for each decade of her discography. The special production will be rolled out sequentially from today.

Creepy Nuts’ “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” was the most played song in Japan this year. The song became the fastest domestic song in history to reach 100 million, 200 million, and 300 million plays, and also topped the Spotify Japan daily chart for 125 days from January 18th to May 21st. It was a hit that symbolized the domestic music scene this year. The number of monthly listeners is approaching 10 million, and the song has become a long-running hit that is consistently listened to throughout the year.

In addition, Mrs. GREEN APPLE won 2nd place “Lilac,” 4th place “Que Sera Sera,” 6th place “Ao to Natsu,” and 7th place “Dancehall,” not only songs released in 2024 but also songs from a wide range of generations. He made it into the top 10. In addition, Omoinotake (3rd place “Hillions of Light Years”), tuki. (5th place “Supper Song”), and Number_i (10th place “GOAT”) have entered the top 10 for the first time in the annual ranking published by Spotify. I accomplished it.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE took first place as the most listened to artist in Japan for the second year in a row. The group has topped the weekly category of Spotify’s “Top Artists – Japan” chart every week in 2024, setting a new record for the longest consecutive number one spot (163 consecutive weeks). Furthermore, it has remained at No. 1 in the daily category of the same chart for 1,139 consecutive days, continuing to update the longest record.

Back number, which has many streaming hits such as “Hyoroshiin” and “Takamine no Hanako-san”, has moved up from 4th place last year to 2nd place, and Yorushika, who has been listened to a wide range of songs from her early days to new songs, has entered the ranking for the first time. He finished in the top five. This is the first time that all of the top 10 in this category are made up of domestic artists since 2017, when various rankings of Spotify Matome began to be announced in Japan.

In the “Most shared artist on SNS in Japan” category, which has been announced since last year, JO1 took first place for the second time last year. Number_i was in second place, followed by Travis Japan in third place, and like last year, groups with strong fan bases occupied the top three.

Also ranked in this category are Mrs. GREEN APPLE and back number, who are at the top of the artist rankings, as well as artists who have attracted attention this year, such as Hikaru Utada and Kenshi Yonezu.

Mrs. GREEN APPLE dominated the 1st and 2nd place for the most listened to album in Japan this year. Both “ANTENNA,” which ranked first, rising from third place last year, and “Attitude,” which jumped from fifth place last year to second place, were listened to by listeners of a wide range of age groups throughout the year.

Due to the characteristics of streaming, many past works continue to be listened to, and Kenshi Yonezu’s “LOST CORNER”, released in August of this year, ranks in 4th place. When the album was released, the popular Spotify-only playlist series “Liner Voice+”, in which the artists themselves talked about the thoughts and production episodes behind all the songs, was released along with a special version of the video podcast, which received a lot of attention.

In addition, Hikaru Utada’s 25th Anniversary Best, which was featured in “Artist CHRONICLE”, a popular Spotify limited content that delves deep into the history of the artist, and is popular as a “listening documentary”, and the 17-year cover jack project of “Throwback THURSDAY” The album “SCIENCE FICTION” (released in April 2024) also entered the top 10.

The most played song by a Japanese artist overseas this year was “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” by Creepy Nuts. The song was also selected as the most played song in Japan, making it the first song in Spotify history to win two titles in both categories in Japan.

Immediately after its release, “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” became a viral hit in the United States, Central and South America, and Europe, mainly Spanish-speaking countries, and peaked at number 52 on the global daily chart. .

[Creepy Nuts comment]

Thank you for informing me that “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” has been selected as the most played domestic song on Spotify in 2024 both domestically and internationally. We are happy that so many people have listened to our music, not only in Japan but all over the world! I hope you continue to listen to Creepy Nuts!

In second place is Fujii Kaze’s “Die ga Iiwa”, which held the number one spot for two years in a row last year. “It’s Better to Die” has surpassed 626 million views and continues to be a long-running hit all over the world, especially in the United States, India, and Southeast Asian countries.

This year, Spotify is implementing an overseas strategy focused on anime, including the global renewal of Anime Hub, which aggregates official anime playlists and related podcasts, and a partnership with Crunchyroll, the world’s leading anime streaming service. We have been focusing on strengthening our website and providing listeners around the world with a diverse range of anime music.

This ranking also includes anime-related entries, including two songs that gained popularity as the opening theme for the second season of the TV anime “Jujutsu Kaisen” (3rd place: King Gnu “SPECIALZ”, 6th place: Tatsuya Kitani “Ao no Sumika”). The songs accounted for 6 of the top 10 songs, proving the worldwide popularity of anime culture.

The most played domestic artist overseas this year was YOASOBI, who successfully held their first American solo concerts in Los Angeles/San Francisco in April and New York/Boston in August, taking the number 1 spot for the fourth consecutive year. In addition to the long hit “Yoru ni Kakeru” which has exceeded 632 million plays and continues to break records for domestic songs, “Idol”, which took the domestic music scene by storm last year, has become popular not only in Japan but also in Japan. It has been listened to for a long time even overseas. In addition, he has 14 of his songs that have been played over 100 million times, the most by any Japanese artist.

Ado, who came in second place, has moved up significantly from last year’s sixth place. As the popularity of Vocaloid culture increases around the world, attention has been focused on efforts to deepen relationships with listeners by effectively utilizing setlists, playlists, SNS, etc., in addition to holding tours in Asia, Europe, and America. There is.

Also, Atlas Sound Team, which made it into the ranking for the first time, suddenly rose to 3rd place. Starting with the distribution of the “Persona 3 Reload” soundtrack from the world-famous game series “Persona” in April of this year, the official Spotify playlist “PERSONA SERIES” was launched, and the “Megami Tensei” series Coupled with the expansion of peripheral catalogues, including

Continuing from last year, the top three most played official Spotify playlists in Japan were “Tokyo Super Hits!,” “Reiwa Pops,” and “Hot Hits Japan: Western & Japanese Music Hits.”

The playlist “100 MILLION+: Over 100 Million Hits”, which collects only songs that have been played over 100 million times on Spotify, is the first to be ranked in the list with 142 songs from a variety of streaming hits that are popular both domestically and internationally. Ta.

In Japan’s official Spotify playlist category, which was the most listened to overseas in 2024, due to the influence of the global renewal of “Anime Hub” mentioned earlier, “Anime Now” ranked first, “Anime On Replay” ranked second, and anime Playlists took the top spot.

Additionally, “Gacha Pop” was launched last year with the aim of introducing Japan’s diverse pop culture overseas, including not only anime but also Vocaloid/singers/VTubers/game-derived music, city pop, and viral hits from SNS. It rose from 5th place to 3rd place.

Creepy Nuts “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born”, which topped the domestic song rankings listened to overseas, showed stability in the country rankings, with the rankings announced, with the United States, Brazil, and France taking first place. It finished in the top five in all seven countries.

Fujii Kaze, who has been expanding his global base since the worldwide viral hit of “Die ga Iiwa” in 2022, has monopolized three of the top five songs in Thailand, where the buzz started. It also showed its strength by reaching number one in India and Indonesia, where it has many monthly listeners.

On the other hand, in South Korea, which is showing its own presence as a new trend in Japanese content exports, Vaundy “Doriko”, which became a hot topic after covering it at the New Jeans performance in Japan, took first place, and Yuri ” J-Pop filled with emotion such as “Betelgeuse” and tuki.“Supper Song” are gaining a lot of support.

Looking at domestic songs by release year, Southern All Stars topped the list in both the 70’s and 80’s, and also ranked in the 90’s, demonstrating the strength of their popularity that continues to be loved across generations.

Other artists representing each era include Yumi Arai from the 70s, Spitz from the 90s, and GReeeeN from the 2000s, all of whom have sent multiple songs to the top.

Additionally, the most viewed podcast episode in Japan this year was also announced for the first time. The podcast “Anoto Soshina no Dendendenwa”, which started in October 2023 as a spin-off of TV Tokyo’s music talk variety show “Anochan no Dendendenpa♪”, dominated the first and second place. The program, which broadcasts unscripted chats by Anonchan, Shimofuri Myojo, and Soshina, has gained popularity as a place to enjoy natural conversation, which is the appeal of audio content, and has gained over 800,000 new listeners this year.

Spotify today released its annual year-end project “Spotify Summary 2024,” which allows users around the world to look back on their past year from their listening history on Spotify. In addition to the artists, songs, and music genres you listened to the most this year, you can enjoy data such as music playback time and the podcast programs you listened to the most on the Spotify app.

Results can also be easily shared as share cards on Instagram stories, X, Facebook, and other social media. In addition, there is a playlist just for you called “2024 Your Top Songs” that collects the songs you listened to this year, and a playlist called “2024 Your Music Journey” where you can look back on your music journey in 2024. Delivered to each user individually.

■Spotify summary 2024

This year, as a first attempt, in collaboration with ZOZO Co., Ltd., we are planning to sell T-shirts printed with jacket designs of 10 popular songs this year from the playlist of “Spotify Matome 2024” on ZOZOVILLA. “Spotify Summary 2024 in ZOZOVILLA” is available from today. Check the special page for details.

■Spotify summary 2024 in ZOZOVILLA special page

In addition, in conjunction with the release of “Spotify Matome 2024”, “Spotify Matome 2024 POP UP EVENT” will be held from December 13th (Friday) to December 15th (Sunday) at the atrium plaza on the 2nd floor of MIYASHITA PARK SOUTH, Shibuya, Tokyo. For detailsSpotify Japan Official XCheck it out.

■Spotify Newsroom “For The Record”


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