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Today, Spotify’s Year In Review reveals the biggest songs and artists of 2013, according to the listening habits of Spotify’s 24 million users all over the world. For the first time, music fans can create their very own Year In Review with all the artists they have been listening to throughout the year. During 2013, the year in which Miley Cyrus made twerking a global phenomenon, and we were left wondering “What Does The Fox Say?” a whopping 4.5 billion hours – almost 50,000 years – of music was streamed on Spotify.
Spotify reveals Jay Chou and Taylor Swift are Malaysia’s most-streamed artists in 2013
• The most streamed song of 2013 was P!nk’s Just Give Me A Reason
• Imagine Dragons’ Night Visions was the most streamed album
• Spotify Year In Review 2013: www.spotify.com/2013
Closer to home, Jay Chou was the most streamed artist in 2013. P!nk’s Just Give Me A Reason took the prize for the most streamed song of this year, with almost 320,000 streams since its debut on Spotify.
Justin Timberlake’s Mirrors came in a close second with a little over 310,000 streams. Imagine Dragons featured at number 3 in the top chart with Radioactive, while Daft Punk’s Get Lucky, which received the most streams in a single day (20th April), came in fourth.
Taylor Swift proved her singing and composing prowess by emerging the most streamed female artist in Malaysia, putting P!nk and Lana Del Rey in second and third place respectively.
Globally, sixteen-year-old singer-songwriter Lorde was the most viral new artist on the Spotify Chart this year, which showcases the most shared tracks on the service each week, and Daft Punk’s Get Lucky was revealed to be the most viral track on Spotify this year.
Steve Savoca, Head of Content at Spotify, commented: “Congratulations to all the artists who achieved incredible success in 2013. It’s also amazing to see young artists like Lorde, becoming sensations almost overnight. She’s a truly thrilling discovery for Spotify users and will help to re-shape the pop music landscape.”
The Year in Review website is designed to take you on an adventure from the Spotify Universe down to you and your own 2013 listening habits in Your Year in Review. Go to http://www.spotify.com/youryear to create and share the music that has made your year.
Most streamed tracks of 2013
Top 100 tracks from 2013 – Malaysia
1. Just Give Me A Reason – P!nk
2. Mirrors – Justin Timberlake
3. Radioactive – Imagine Dragons
4. Get Lucky – Daft Punk
5. Wake Me Up – Avicii
6. Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke
7. I Need Your Love – Calvin Harris
8. Heart Attack – Demi Lovato
9. We Can’t Stop – Miley Cyrus
10. Katy Perry – Roar
Most streamed artist of 2013
1. Jay Chou
2. Taylor Swift
3. Justin Timberlake
4. Imagine Dragons
5. P!nk
6. Avicii
7. Daft Punk
8. Maroon 5
9. Calvin Harris
10. One Republic
Most streamed albums of 2013
1. Night Visions – Imagine Dragons
2. The Truth About Love – P!nk
3. 18 Months – Calvin Harris
4. Overexposed – Maroon 5
5. Random Access Memories – Daft Punk
6. Nothing But the Beat Ultimate – David Guetta
7. Native – OneRepublic
8. Red – Taylor Swift
9. The 20/20 Experience – Justin Timberlake
10. #3 Deluxe Version – The Script
Most streamed females of 2013
1. Taylor Swift
2. P!nk
3. Lana Del Rey
4. Katy Perry
5. Demi Lovato
6. Miley Cyrus
7. Rihanna
8. Avril Lavigne
9. Mariah Carey
10. Lady Gaga
Most streamed males of 2013
1. Jay Chou
2. Justin Timberlake
3. Imagine Dragons
4. Avicii
5. Daft Punk
6. Maroon 5
7. Calvin Harris
8. OneRepublic
9. David Guetta
10. One Direction
Most viral track of 2013 (Global)
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Most viral new artist (Global)
Lorde
About Spotify
Spotify is an award-winning digital music service that gives you on-demand access to over 20 million tracks. Our dream is to make all the world’s music available instantly to everyone, wherever and whenever they want it. Spotify makes it easier than ever to discover, manage and share music with your friends, while making sure that artists get a fair deal.
Spotify is now available in 32 markets: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, USA, Mexico, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan with more than 24 million active users, and over 6 million paying subscribers.
Since its launch in Sweden in 2008, Spotify has driven more than half a billion US dollars to rights holders, and aims to drive another half a billion US dollars to rights holders during 2013. Spotify is already the second biggest source of digital music revenue for labels in Europe, and the biggest and most successful music streaming service of its kind globally.
* Number of tracks licensed globally. Catalogue size varies per market.
