Nielsen reveals the most-streamed US Artists of 2010s.
Nielsen has provided the data for the most streamed artists in the US of this past decade and it is topped by Canadian rap star Drake. He topped the list with a gigantic 36.3 billion streams (Video & Audio Streams Combined) in the past 10 years.
Drizzy’s reign as the leading artist of the streaming era has been marked by five studio albums, all of which have debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 list, four mixtapes (If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, More Life, and Dark Lane Demo Tapes), and a B-sides collection (Care Package).
Rapper/Singer Post Malone is ranked number 2, who’s streamed around half of Drake with 18.9 billion. He is followed by Eminem on number three with 17.8 billion streams in the 2010s.
The Weeknd comes in sixth place with 13.6 billion streams, followed by Taylor Swift in seventh place with 13.3 billion, XXTentacion in eighth place with 13 billion, Ed Sheeran in ninth place with 12.9 billion, and Rihanna in tenth place with 12.8 billion. Rap and hip-hop in general became not only the most popular genre of the decade, but also of the year 2020.
Hip-hop has been the dominating music during the previous ten years, according to government statistics. Rap and hip-hop, in general, became not only the most popular genre of the decade but also of the year 2020. Juice WRLD, who was one of the most played artists on Spotify in 2020, and Lil Baby, whose album My Turn became the most-streamed album of the year, are among the honorable mentions.
Check out the Top 10 below.
Most streamed artists of the 2010s decade (US audio & video; via Nielsen)
#1 @Drake 36.3B
#2 @PostMalone 18.9B
#3 @Eminem 17.8B
#4 @ArianaGrande 13.9B
#5 @1future 13.9B
#6 @theweeknd 13.6B
#7 @taylorswift13 13.3B
#8 XXXTentacion 13B
#9 @edsheeran 12.9B
#10 @rihanna 12.8B— chart data (@chartdata) January 10, 2021
