Talk:List of Spotify streaming records

Can the page be shortened?
This page is growing longer and will only continue to do so as new weekly number-one songs are added. Is there a need to shorten the page? My suggestion is to move the weekly number-one songs to separarate page(s), perhaps one page per year with links from this page to each year. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Weenilly (talk) 16:33, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Christmas song dominance
Due to the dominance of Christmas songs during the 2020 holiday season, should there be separate lists made for Christmas songs and non-Christmas songs for the largest single-day streams? Otherwise, the entirety of the list will be replaced by streams on the 24th of December 2020. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BenAMPalmer (talk • contribs) 11:39, 25 December 2020 (UTC)

Yes, I think so. We should have one overall most streams in a single day and another for non-holiday songs. Janahones (talk) 11:16, 25 February 2021 (UTC)

I agree. Be good to separate the two. Weeneilly (talk) 12:28, 7 March 2021 (UTC)


 * I am very happy with the decision to split the most streamed songs in a single day into two groups but am uncomfortable with the 'non-holiday' and 'holiday' lables. The latter gives the mood of the red faced child who is too embarrassed to say the 's' word in a sex ed class.  Let's call the list what it is, a list of Christmas songs and the other could be 'non-seasonal' or similar. Weeneilly (talk) 22:13, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Expansion
Can we possibly expand the top 50 most streamed songs to the top 100 most streamed songs? 2601:8C:4001:DCB9:5C90:D6E7:9239:B393 (talk) 00:00, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

Please make a separate page about the most streamed songs on Spotify with 500 songs in it.

And also, the main page will publish Spotify 1 billion streamed songs club. Andrelikemovies (talk) 17:51, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

kworb as source
Kworb.net is not a reliable source
 * Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_241
 * WikiProject_Electronic_music/Sources
 * WikiProject_Albums/Sources

Making the "Global Spotify records" lists invalid. Those numbers aren't reliable. Cornerstonepicker (talk) 19:58, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Most-streamed songs by release year
Why not "thank u, next from" Ariana Grande in 2019? This Song has 40 Mio more streams. --2003:6:3DC:2034:1C90:C073:D593:49A3 (talk) 08:39, 22 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I just saw, released in 2018, so everything is fine. --2003:6:3DC:2034:1C90:C073:D593:49A3 (talk) 08:52, 22 August 2019 (UTC)

I'm doing some research on older songs that are still popular today. How was the list of "Most-streamed songs by release year" created? Iammucow (talk) 21:02, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Why was this section removed recently? 94.191.136.90 (talk) 15:46, 22 February 2021 (UTC)


 * @Iammucow No reliable sources; it counts as original research 24.180.22.222 (talk) 18:16, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

What to do when 100 most-streamed songs all pass 1 billion streams
Seems like in the next couple of weeks or so all of the 100 most-streamed songs will have surpassed 1 billion streams. I wanted to start a conversation and see if there is any interest in maintaining a list of all songs that have hit the 1 billion stream milestone. For the artists with the most songs table, the 1 bil+ songs column is going to become difficult to keep accurate if we don't have a reference somewhere listing all songs that meet that criteria. Of course, the simple alternative would just be to remove that column. Just thought it would be a good idea to see if there is a consensus on which route to go before we hit that decision point. JeremiahWooten (talk) 17:02, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Please make a separate page about the most streamed songs on Spotify with 500 songs in it.

And also, the main page will publish Spotify 1 billion streamed songs club. Andrelikemovies (talk) 17:52, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

How do we do it now?
Well, 100th now has one billion streams. Should we change the commas to dots to represent 1.000 billion instead of the “1,000 million” that we have right now? TTTUser (talk) 16:18, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

- Just expand to top 150 or top 200 lol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.178.255.244 (talk) 00:27, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

Please make a separate page about the most streamed songs on Spotify with 500 songs in it.

And also, the main page will publish Spotify 1 billion streamed songs club Andrelikemovies (talk) 17:52, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Album streams source.
Out of interest, whats the source for album streams? Arrowmouse (talk) 05:58, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Spotify itself via their desktop app. I use ChartMasters' Spotify tool as a quick resource to update them, but it requires some manual work at times as it combines country-specific album editions. Pre  fall  06:56, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Biggest Spotify Days
On 26th of May there is Despacito - Remix - 8,525,474 sterams & Despacito - 3,092,719 The first one is among the 20 biggest days.

On the 27th there is only 1 version (they seem to have combined them) Despacito - 11,381,520 streams

Shouldn't this be among the biggest days? - It is #2. Link to the chart: https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/daily/2017-05-27

Edit: *wasn't logged in* Strongerq (talk) 18:32, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Most streamed song in a single week — Drivers License
Please discuss here and abstain from removing well-sourced explicitly-verified sources, which could constitute WP: VANDALISM. According to Spotify themselves, Drivers License has broken the record. This has also been reported by highly-reliable secondary sources (1, 2). This is indisputable. BawinV (talk) 17:36, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Drivers License will surpass 7 Rings' record in a few days anyway, but I just want to emphasize how annoying it is that Spotify are contradicting their own charts with that statement. Pre  fall  20:37, 20 January 2021 (UTC)


 * The thing is, actual Spotify first day/week numbers tend to change the second day. The one who archived that chart did it prematurely. There are counter streams and then the actual streams. Counter streams contain some 2nd day streams (due to time zones), which Spotify eliminates and doesn't count. The actual streams are what should be taken into account. I don't know why this has never been noticed, but I came across this article only yesterday and it looks like some of it are counter streams, with no other secondary sources. Some of the numbers don't even have sources, and cite Kworb.net as the source, which is not a WP: RS. Spotify is not contradicting itself, but rather emphasizing who broke the actual record. BawinV (talk) 20:53, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't pay as much attention to this article as I used to, but as far as I can tell, none of its listings are counter streams. Here is 7 Rings' record on the official chart, compared to Drivers License. Pre  fall  21:09, 20 January 2021 (UTC)


 * I have checked the figures on the Spotify Charts and they are correct. Drivers License was released on 8th Jan, when it recorded 1.5m streams, from the 9th to 14th Jan 4.6m, 7.5m, 11.5m, then 13.4m, 13.6m, and 13.7m which makes a total of 65.9m for the week ending 14th Jan, which is the same figure given in the weekly chart for 14th Jan.  The chart does not seem to have been prematurely archived.  The "Most Streams songs in a single week" is based on these figures and these are verifiable by visiting the Spotify charts website, which is the first source.  It is more likely that the Spotify Tweet dated 15th Jan was sent in error and the subsequent CNN article is, therefore, also in error.  May I suggest that we stick to the figures given in the Spotify Charts?  The placing of Drivers Licence at #1 when the official number of weekly streams is lower than other songs looks nonsensical and will confuse readers.  I propose that the Drivers Licence is returned to #4 and a footnoted added to say Spotify has announced, contrary to official figures, that Drivers License had broken the record.  This debate will be rendered obsolete by Friday.  Drivers Licence has clocked up 60m streams in five days and is heading for 74m this week. weeneilly 21:20 20 Jan 2020 (UTC)


 * I don't believe everything I read on Twitter or CNN and would rather check the facts for myself. Would you be willing to do the same by checking that my calculations are correct? weeneilly 21:20 20 Jan 2020 (UTC)


 * No I don't think that's the right idea. Wikipedia operates on WP: RS. You're suggesting that you're doing WP: OR ("Wikipedia editors must not base their contributions on their own original research. Wikipedia editors must base their contributions on reliable, published sources"). BawinV (talk) 04:23, 21 January 2021 (UTC)

No, official tweets can't be simply “sent in error” and have been reported by numerous media platforms. You just can't pick your favorable source and call it a day. If anything, when two “contradicting” sources exist, then it is INDEED a better option to have what Spotify stated than Spotify charts (the Way Billboard articles are a better source where they state the chart information than the actual Billboard chart tables), with the placement of maintenance tags nearby the info. If “this debate is gonna be rendered obsolete by Friday,” then the current version should exist till Friday. Because, in no way, a piece of false information should be fed to readers, not even for a day. BawinV (talk) 04:21, 21 January 2021 (UTC)


 * I've added the trusted source citations for the number of streams per week for five of the top twenty as requested. Can you please add the citation for the number of streams for Drivers License?  You will find it here https://spotifycharts.com/regional/global/weekly/latest   weeneilly 20:27 21 Jan 2021 (UTC)


 * "Reported by numerous media platforms" seems irrelevant here when, as is often the case, those platforms are just parroting the tweet. To be clear, I agree that your overall thinking is what aligns with Wikipedia policy, but I share weeneilly's frustration that a self-contradiction by Spotify had to be reported as absolute fact when the original research was more accurate. ... And I hate to ask this, but how isn't this entire article original research? 148.59.195.169 (talk) 23:06, 26 February 2021 (UTC)

Deleting original research
I have removed the "Most-streamed albums" and "Most-streamed albums by release year" section as they are original research. The references are given simply go to the title on Spotify, which provides no information on current or historical streaming counts. -- Mikeblas (talk) 15:57, 20 February 2021 (UTC)

Historical most-streamed songs
From looking online, it seems like Thrift Shop by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis actually held the record for the most-streamed song instead of Radioactive. I had found an article confirming it https://observer.com/2013/12/the-10-facts-from-spotifys-year-in-review-that-prove-were-all-basic-as-hell/ and there seem to be a lot of tweets confirming it too, I'm not 100% sure though. -- Jonathon3378 (talk) 22:14, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

Sourcing Information
For your information, if you go to the web player version of Spotify, you can search an artist, click on the artist's page, and you can see the artist's most popular songs. On that most popular songs list, you will see the number of streams that it has between the length of the song and the song's name. Please make sure to cite those pages if one of the songs is in fact on the artist's most popular list. I have already cited many songs using this method and a quick way to do citations is to simply use the web citation template. As a quick reminder, I added a sources column to add those citations. -- ( talk) 18:58, 10 March 2021 UTC

Non-single list?
Eminem's "'Till I Collapse" is the most-streamed non-single in history so I think it should be on this article somewhere. Possibly a list for most-streamed non-singles is needed. 14:40, 7 April 2021 UTC

1 billion streams songs.
Currently there are more of 100 songs that had reached the 1 billion dollar mark. I think we should expand the list to 500 hundred most streamed songs like it was planned the last year to mark the most streamed songs. I see that the plan never went through as the one with the ideas are no longer existing. But I think we should expand the list because now there are many songs currently with one billion of songs. Ulises1126 (talk) 17:11, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

On of the issues is that data on how many streams a song has, apart from the top 10 on the artist's page, is only accesible on the desktop app not the mobile app nor the web player. The YouTube channel Music 25 does have videos on that, but it may count as original research -Michael Ly on School Chromebook

Changing article Description
I propose changing the article description to, "Most streamed songs on the streaming service Spotify". Is this appropriate? Lord Clayton7 (talk) 07:53, 19 September 2021 (UTC)

I don't see "Omae Wa Mou" in this list.
According to what I saw on Spotify, "Omae Wa Mou" by deadman 死人 has 73,856,670 plays, so it should be included in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.188.213.248 (talk) 15:38, 14 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Why should it be included? It doesn't have enough streams for the lists. 99.6.253.145 (talk) 09:39, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Why was the albums column deleted?
The album column was really interesting context. If there is no good reason why it shouldn't be displayed I would like to see it restored. Timestamp for this edit was 08:51, 2 February 2022. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stenella (talk • contribs)

How often is this list updated?
I'm a new user but i've been watching this list for a while. I've also been watching the streaming numbers for Montero (Call Me By Your Name) by Lil Nas X which today have just passed Psycho to enter the list. I was wondering how often this list is updated, because currently Montero is being streamed nearly 2 million times and at that rate it will soon pass many of the songs in the list. Should we wait until the song isn't in the Top 50 songs being streamed to add it to this list, or should it be consistantly updated to keep up with it's rise. Any guidance is appreciated. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deathro21 (talk • contribs) 19:44, 6 February 2022 (UTC)


 * It's updated by whoever is last on this page. There is no "schedule" unless a user like you decides to edit yourself on one. 99.6.253.145 (talk) 06:39, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Most-streamed songs in a single day
The column stating the date published for the song is quite confusing. It gives the impression that the song was released on Spotify on such day. However, for Mariah Carey as an example, Spotify did not exist when the song was actually published. This should be fixed. Callmemirela &#127809; talk 03:24, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Biggest album debuts
I think it'd be good if we added a new table for the biggest album debuts on its release day at the Album Milestones section — Preceding unsigned comment added by Perea16 (talk • contribs) 11:36, 21 May 2022 (UTC)

The table it's wrong
The chart where you show the albums that had the record of more streams in a single day you need to add Bad Bunny's new album un verano sin ti which it's only behind  Certified Lover Boy with 146 million of streams in a single day 2806:261:417:FE4:74AE:80B0:BB2A:9330 (talk) 02:35, 24 May 2022 (UTC)


 * The chart only includes songs that went to the stop spot. "Un Verano Sin Ti" did not reach #1 and thus doesn't belong on the list. 99.6.253.145 (talk) 09:30, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

Error.
problems with the links of the songs and more links are needed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tirso Gutiérrez (talk • contribs) 02:56, 18 June 2022 (UTC)


 * You need the desktop app to look at the streams of a song on Spotify directly; does links only work for those with the desktop app. 99.6.253.145 (talk) 10:46, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Dua Lipa photo is actually Lady Gaga
Hello,

Dua Lipa's photo identifying her as the female artist with the most streamed songs is actually Lady Gaga's photo. 24.117.132.2 (talk) 15:26, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

XXXTENTACION is Capitalized
It is stylized as XXXTENTACION. I am reverting this vandalism or hopefully faithful mistake this one time, but I am sick of this edit war and as the person who updates this article weekly, I am taking a side now. Michael Ly Vietnam (talk) 09:20, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Per MOS:ALLCAPS: "Avoid writing with all caps (all capital letters) [...] when they have only a stylistic function. Reduce them to title case, sentence case, or normal case, as appropriate." - Ïvana (talk) 17:33, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

1 trillion plays all I want for Christmas is you
Mariah carey has over 1 trillion plays on her song all I want for Christmas is you on spotify 2601:586:401:11C0:612F:A20F:B3D7:C9A1 (talk) 17:40, 9 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Simply impossible 24.180.22.221 (talk) 22:51, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

Historical Records
I noticed that for the Before Spotify Charts sub-section, previous records are in purple but in the Spotify charts sub-section of the Weekly Number Ones section the current records are marked in green but there is no indication for the previous records. Can I edit the article to show previous records in the Spotify Charts sub-section? Is there a reason why previous records are not shown on the Spotify Charts sub-section? 24.180.22.222 (talk) 19:54, 16 December 2022 (UTC)


 * The person who made the formal records on "before Spotify charts" https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_most-streamed_songs_on_Spotify&diff=next&oldid=1119880179 didn't use sources so idk if it's true. The reason that there aren't any formal record in the "Spotify charts" section, is because no one added it. But if you have any good sources to add formal records on the "Spotify charts" section, you can reply and I can add them to the page. An o niem ja (talk) 18:56, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
 * @An o niem ja"Formal Records"? Do you mean former records? Anyway if the previous records markings "Before Spotify Charts" subsection is unsourced then why are they still marked? Are you going to edit to remove them? Michael Ly Vietnam (talk) 01:15, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Yeah I mean former records An o niem ja (talk) 11:54, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Also I asked if 24.180.22.222 has any good sources for it, so if he has, than i'm gonna edit it An o niem ja (talk) 11:58, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Blinding Lights number 1
When exactly did Blinding Lights became the number 1 song, 31 December or 1 January? An o niem ja (talk) 20:51, 1 January 2023 (UTC)

Most Streamed Songs Weekly
In one of the most recent edits, the song "Shakira: Bzrp Music Sessions Vol. 53" was marked as having been streamed 84 million times in a week, with a note saying the total streams did not come from Spotify's weekly chart because of its day of release. Why wasn't the song just counted with the weekly chart streams (that comes out tomorrow)? If the table/ranking goes by "most-streamed in a single week, as registered on the Spotify Global Weekly chart." Shouldn't it follow this methodology? And if instead the most streams in a 7 day period is counted, shouldn't other entries (that also might've peaked in a different 7-day period) be updated as well? Enigmajk13 (talk) 01:07, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

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I am interested in significantly changing this article, but I don't know how to correctly
Hello everyone.

First of all, I clarify that I am writing this message since there is no Wikipedia tool to address what I am going to explain. The peer review is only for articles prepared for a status, while the request for comments is only to address the neutrality of the article.

I'm thinking of converting the article to a Featured List (FL), as I see a lot of obvious issues with the list. I see a somewhat informal and poorly structured summary, unattractive tables, incomplete and neglected areas, and, above all, a lack of images and a lot of primary sources.

However, I cannot improve anything, absolutely nothing, in this article. That's why I ask for a "review" of the article by one or more trained users —they don't have to be 100% professionals— to start improving this list, which has a structure that I vomit. Why do I say "I can't change anything in this article? Because this is precisely my first time getting involved in something like this, and I'm afraid of damaging the article worse instead of improving it, as happened in Su Presencia Worship at the Spanish Wikipedia. Also, if this process is carried out, it would be the first FL to address a popularity list related to a very popular platform on the Internet, such as a social network.

I hope that each user who is reading can prepare to improve the list, since little by little it is getting worse. For example, a user is starting to introduce a column called "Change", which shows with signs the change of position of the songs daily in the table, but that makes it more informal.

Thanks for reading everything and I hope you have a good time on Wikipedia. 186.29.38.170 (talk) 17:48, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

#1 History
I noticed that the table for weekly number one songs has had the most recent #1 songs removed. Even though the paragraph states that "Ella Baila Sola" is number one, the most recent #1 song is shown as ABCDEFU. Is there something I'm missing here? What happened, when, and why? Also can someone restore the data in the table to the most recent #1? Michael Ly Vietnam (talk) 08:34, 5 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, Michael Ly Vietnam.
 * What happened is that myself and another user have created two lists for the number one songs of 2022 and 2023, respectively. However, those lists have been deleted after a deletion discussion. I'll try to restore recent number ones.
 * Thanks for comment. 186.29.227.74 (talk) 21:57, 6 June 2023 (UTC)

Change source for songs with over 1 billion streams?
I haven't edited much. Would it be a good idea to change the source for songs with over 1 billion streams from the Billions Club playlist to https://kworb.net/spotify/songs.html? It seems to be updated automatically there. LeviEdits (talk) 04:27, 10 September 2023 (UTC)


 * @LeviEdits Generally, speaking kworb.net is not considered a reliable. This article used to have a before Spotify Charts #1 section, but it was deleted because the primary source was kworb.net. WP:Charts is a good resource to see what music charts and websites Wikipedia generally regards as reliable and unreliable for music articles. Michael Ly Vietnam (talk) 07:40, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

No WP:CHARTS
Hello everyone. I'm not adept enough at spotting compliant articles from verifiable sources, but I notice that these two lists (List of Spotify streaming records and List of most-streamed artists on Spotify) are not comply with WP:CHARTS, because it clearly mentions that Spotify is not a reliable source, since it is a list belonging to a single retailer specific. Likewise, the source used for the most interesting lists (Spotify itself) is an excuse to "make more reliable" where the information came from (ChartMasters and kworb.net), sources that are unreliable because the first falls under WP:SPS, and there's no indication of where the figures are from; while the second mostly compiles airplay data from Mediabase along with normalized popularity values for tracks in the iTunes Store; in particular, the sales estimates page should not be cited under any circumstance, as the provided figures on the page are merely estimated and are not based on official data.

So far I remain neutral regarding Spotify Charts, since they could be used under specific circumstances. Due to the abusive strategies to support the existence of these lists, I suggest that a Articles for deletion query should be opened for both, where the most convenient result must be delete.

Thanks for reading. Santi (talk) 01:49, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Historical Most Streamed Song in a Single Day - record progression - possible and desirable?
As there is a table showing the historical most streamed song, would it be possible and desirable to show a table with the historical progression of the most streamed song in a single day record? Weeneilly (talk) 23:19, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

locked out of Heaven
I'm adding the song by bruno mars cause it once held the record for most streamed song yk SaintAntoineLaurent (talk) 12:34, 21 February 2024 (UTC)