Who was NZ's most-streamed artist of the year? Photos / Getty Images
Who was NZ's most-streamed artist of the year? Photos / Getty Images
Spotify has revealed its annual Year in Music lists, naming the most-streamed artists, albums, tracks and moments that Kiwis - and music lovers around the world - danced to in 2018.
Hip hop megastar Drake has taken out the top spot in many of the big categories, toppling Ed Sheeranwho topped the lists last year.
Globally, Drake is the most-streamed artist, album and track, with a total of 8.2 billion streams this year alone, making him Spotify's most-streamed artist of all time.
Drake had similar success here in New Zealand, except for when it came to best album, where Kiwis seemed to prefer Post Malone's Beerbongs & Bentleys, making it the most-streamed album of the year in NZ.
The most streamed female artist - both globally and in New Zealand - was pop star Ariana Grande, who nabbed the top spot off the back of her hit fourth album Sweetener and her latest single Thank U, Next, clocking up more than 3 billion streams this year.
She's joined on the list of most-streamed female artists by the likes of Dua Lipa, Cardi B, Taylor Swift and Rihanna.
Here on home soil, Kiwis' favourite New Zealand artist was Six60, who took out the title of most-streamed NZ artist, while Lorde took the top local female artist spot.
Also on the list were Kiwi favourites like Katchafire, Fat Freddy's Drop and Sons of Zion.
One of the more interesting observations came from Spotify's top lists by age group where the top track for almost every age group was by Drake.
The exceptions were those aged 17 and under who preferred XXXTentacion, 35-44 year-olds who preferred Ed Sheeran and 30-34 year-olds, whose top two tracks were Baby Sleep Shhh: The Perfect Settling Tool for Babies and White Noise For Baby Sleep.
See the full lists below:
SPOTIFY TOP LISTS, NEW ZEALAND:
Most-Streamed New Zealand Artists Six60 Lorde Katchafire Fat Freddy's Drop Sons of Zion Drax Project Stan Walker Mitch James The Black Seeds Kings
Most-Streamed Albums Post Malone, beerbongs & bentleys Drake, Scorpion Ed Sheeran, ÷ XXXTENTACION, ? Dua Lipa, Dua Lipa
Most-Streamed Collaborations Post Malone, Psycho (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) Normani, Khalid, Love Lies Post Malone, rockstar (feat. 21 Savage) Bebe Rexha, Florida Georgia Line, Meant to Be (feat. Florida Georgia Line) SZA, Kendrick Lamar, All The Stars
Most-Streamed O&O Playlists Today's Top Hits Hot Hits Australia Hot Hits New Zealand Songs to Sing in the Car Morning Motivation
SPOTIFY'S GLOBAL TOP LISTS 2018:
Most-Streamed Artists Drake Post Malone XXXTENTACION J Balvin Ed Sheeran* *Ed Sheeran was the top-streamed artist in 2017
Most-Streamed Female Artists Ariana Grande Dua Lipa Cardi B Taylor Swift Camila Cabello
Most-Streamed Tracks God's Plan - Drake SAD! - XXXTENTACION rockstar (feat. 21 Savage) - Post Malone Psycho (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) - Post Malone In My Feelings - Drake
Most-Streamed Albums Scorpion - Drake beerbongs & bentleys - Post Malone ? - XXXTENTACION Dua Lipa - Dua Lipa ÷ - Ed Sheeran* *Ed Sheeran's ÷ was the top album in 2017
MOST-STREAMED TRACKS BY AGE GROUP
0 - 17 YO XXXTENTACION, SAD! Drake, God's Plan Post Malone, Ty Dolla $ign, Psycho (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) XXXTENTACION, Jocelyn Flores Juice WRLD, Lucid Dreams
18 - 24 YO Drake, God's Plan Post Malone, Ty Dolla $ign, Psycho (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) XXXTENTACION, SAD! Normani, Khalid, Love Lies Post Malone, I Fall Apart
25 - 29 YO Drake, God's Plan Normani, Khalid, Love Lies Post Malone, Ty Dolla $ign, Psycho (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) Bebe Rexha, Florida Georgia Line, Meant to Be (feat. Florida Georgia Line) Drake, Nice For What
30 - 34 YO littleONES, Baby Sleep Shhh: The Perfect Settling Tool for Babies! White Noise For Baby Sleep, White Noise Machine: a Lite Sleep Pillow Ambiance Bebe Rexha, Florida Georgia Line, Meant to Be (feat. Florida Georgia Line) Drake, God's Plan Normani, Khalid, Love Lies
35 - 44 YO Ed Sheeran, Shape of You Bebe Rexha, Florida Georgia Line, Meant to Be (feat. Florida Georgia Line) 5 Seconds of Summer, Youngblood Young Thug, Camila Cabello, Havana Drake, God's Plan
45 - 54 YO Drake, God's Plan 5 Seconds of Summer, Youngblood Bebe Rexha, Florida Georgia Line, Meant to Be (feat. Florida Georgia Line) Ed Sheeran, Shape of You Young Thug, Camila Cabello, Havana
55+ YO Drake, God's Plan Ed Sheeran, Perfect Fleetwood Mac, Dreams - 2004 Remastered Edition Ed Sheeran, Shape of You Elton John, Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)
OTHER
Most-Streamed Viral Tracks Dennis Lloyd, Nevermind Dynoro, In My Mind 5 Seconds of Summer, Youngblood Dean Lewis, Be Alright Jess Glynne, I'll Be There
Most-Streamed Spotify Singles Harry Styles, Girl Crush - Recorded at Metropolis Studios, London Charlotte Lawrence, Psychopath - Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC Ed Sheeran, Baby One More Time - Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC Ed Sheeran, Castle on the Hill- Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC Kaleo, All The Pretty Girls - Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC
Most 'Followed' Artists Ed Sheeran Six60 Post Malone Eminem Drake
Mood By Age 13 - 19 YO - Lit mood 20 - 29 YO - Happy mood 30 - 39 YO - Happy mood 40 - 49 YO - Happy mood 50 - 59 YO - Happy mood 60 - 69 YO - Happy mood 70 - 79 YO - Happy mood 80 - 89 YO - Lit mood 90 - 99 YO - Mellow mood
Most-Streamed K-POP Tracks BTS, FAKE LOVE BTS, DNA BTS, MIC Drop (feat. Desiigner) [Steve Aoki] BLACKPINK, DDU-DU DDU-DU - KR Ver. BTS, Blood Sweat & Tears
Most 'Hearted' On Platform Drake, God's Plan Post Malone, Psycho (feat. Ty Dolla $ign) Post Malone, Better Now Drake, Nice For What Post Malone, rockstar (feat. 21 Savage)
