Green Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Let's see which ones were the biggest streaming artists in the US between 2009 and 2019. * For 2013, 2014 and 2015 I had to use the Billboard year-end charts because I couldn't find a Top 10 Streaming Artists chart on the Soundscan reports. 2009 Nielsen BDS: 2009 Top 10 Artists - Internet Streams 1. Taylor Swift 46,135,000 2. Beyonce 42,962,000 3. Michael Jackson 39,358,000 4. Nickelback 35,290,000 5. Mariah Carey 33,696,000 6. Britney Spears 32,381,000 7. P!nk 28,925,000 8. Lady Gaga 27,580,000 9. Kelly Clarkson 26,204,000 10. Ne-Yo 24,624,000 2010 Nielsen BDS: Top 10 Artists - Internet Streams 1. Eminem 94,000,000 2. Taylor Swift 77,000,000 3. Lady Gaga 58,000,000 4. Rihanna 57,000,000 5. Ke$ha 53,000,000 6. Nickelback 52,000,000 7. Lady Antebellum 52,000,000 8. Black Eyed Peas 49,000,000 9. Beyonce 46,000,000 10. Mariah Carey 45,000,000 2011 Nielsen BDS: Top 10 Artists - Streams 1. Lady Gaga 135,606,000 2. Rihanna 131,351,000 3. Nicki Minaj 126,244,000 4. Adele 123,642,000 5. Taylor Swift 123,585,000 6. Eminem 114,023,000 7. Beyoncé 104,002,000 8. Britney Spears 82,738,000 9. Katy Perry 78,789,000 10. LMFAO 71,371,000 2012 2012 Top Ten Streamed Artists 1. TAYLOR SWIFT 216,000,000 2. NICKI MINAJ 210,000,000 3. RIHANNA 204,000,000 4. KATY PERRY 177,000,000 5. EMINEM 174,000,000 6. ONE DIRECTION 168,000,000 7. ADELE 163,000,000 8. BEYONCÉ 141,000,000 9. CHRIS BROWN 139,000,000 10. CARLY RAE JEPSEN 135,000,000 2013 Billboard Top 10 Streaming Artists 1. Baauer 2. PSY 3. Miley Cyrus 4. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis 5. Imagine Dragons 6. Drake 7. Bruno Mars 8. One Direction 9. Justin Timberlake 10. Rihanna 2014 Billboard Top 10 Streaming Artists 1. Katy Perry 2. Iggy Azalea 3. Jason Derulo 4. Pharrell Williams 5. Ariana Grande 6. Nicki Minaj 7. Miley Cyrus 8. John Legend 9. Idina Menzel 10. Meghan Trainor 2015 Billboard Top 10 Streaming Artists 1. The Weeknd 2. Fetty Wap 3. Drake 4. Taylor Swift 5. Ed Sheeran 6. Meghan Trainor 7. Silento 8. Mark Ronson 9. Maroon 5 10. Nicki Minaj 2016 1. Drake 6,053,703,020 2. Rihanna 3,297,671,731 3. twenty one pilots 2,635,459,821 4. The Weeknd 2,524,860,083 5. Future 2,492,554,102 6. Kanye West 2,456,355,930 7. Justin Bieber 2,430,063,560 8. Kevin Gates 2,096,428,953 9. Beyoncé 2,093,171,487 10. Eminem 1,947,445,547 2017 1 Drake 6,464,134,000 2 Future 4,635,494,000 3 Kendrick Lamar 4,118,827,000 4 Ed Sheeran 3,603,674,000 5 Post Malone 3,517,206,000 6 Migos 3,481,549,000 7 Lil Uzi Vert 3,459,534,000 8 Kodak Black 3,123,113,000 9 The Weeknd 3,028,442,000 10 Eminem 2,669,880,000 2018 1. Drake (11.13 billion) 2. Post Malone (7.51 billion) 3. XXXTentacion (6.91 billion) 4. Eminem (4.82 billion) 5. YoungBoy Never Broke Again (4.46 billion) 6. Migos (4.17 billion) 7. Travis Scott (4.01 billion) 8. Cardi B (3.99 billion) 9. Lil Baby (3.32 billion) 10. Ariana Grande (3.28 billion) 2019 1. Post Malone 6,696,620,688 2. Drake 6,349,718,163 3. Billie Eilish 4,994,958,225 4. Ariana Grande 4,980,576,340 5. Youngboy Never Broke Again 4,883,246,982 6. Juice Wrld 3,910,372,219 7. XXXTentacion 3,640,134,352 8. Taylor Swift 3,536,133,707 9. Eminem 3,480,661,688 10. Khalid 3,263,909,797 I'll post the 2020 chart when the Soundscan report is released. ------------------------------------------------------- Bonus: Top 10 Streaming Acts of the 10's (2010-2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idkwiam Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Wow. I actually didn't know Taylor's slayage 2010-2012. Only knew about 2009 streams. We love to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgos Groove Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Not a single female artist in 2017. Jesus, that was a dry year for pop girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamsjamsjams Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Wow at Drake streaming numbers literally doubledpost Malone streams. Also, #10-#4 are really close together, hopefully Taylor can reach 20b soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrgVisual Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Ariana streaming queen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillingYourCareer Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 2017 was truly the worst year, ZERO females in the top ten Katy got 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawBreaker Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 The way our girls used to DOMINATE Now we only have Taylor, Billie and Ari also Taylor must be the #1 most streamed female artist now INSANE who would've thought that 3 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoto Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Drake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Shameless v2 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurem Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 35 minutes ago, Green said: 2010 Nielsen BDS: Top 10 Artists - Internet Streams 3. Lady Gaga 58,000,000 2011 Nielsen BDS: Top 10 Artists - Streams 1. Lady Gaga 135,606,000 Queen thingz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 From 5 females in the top 5 in 2011 to 0 Females in the top 10 in 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slw84 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 wow I am shocked Britney outdid Gaga in 2009 I wish we were able to get the data from 1980-2008. I just know Britney, MJ, Whitney, Nirvana, Spice girls, BSB have massive streams which don't count and are not retroactively paid back to them in SPS now. beyonce ranking in 2011 but not in 2013/4 is a shock too. 4 WON! I always stan the best albums also cardi being the top female in 2018 drake the emperor no surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovemehateme Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) Britney Jean really ruined everything huh? She started off the decade quite well... Edited January 1, 2021 by lovemehateme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuanyu Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Eminem He's almost 50 years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev8 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 2 hours ago, slw84 said: wow I am shocked Britney outdid Gaga in 2009 I wish we were able to get the data from 1980-2008. I just know Britney, MJ, Whitney, Nirvana, Spice girls, BSB have massive streams which don't count and are not retroactively paid back to them in SPS now. beyonce ranking in 2011 but not in 2013/4 is a shock too. 4 WON! I always stan the best albums also cardi being the top female in 2018 drake the emperor no surprised. I think Anticipating had receipts of what streaming stats could be found in the early 00s Britney was truly doing great, even MATM was a big streamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brinny Baby Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Between this thread, your digital thread and the pop radio one, Britney was quite the sh*t in 2009 huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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