charts discussion Taylor Swift streaming thread: "Cruel Summer" reaches 2.6 billion streams

[By the Water]

26 minutes ago, Enrique523 said:

Does anyone knows the numbers for the other female artists? I'm curious to see how big the difference is.

The biggest is Ariana 83M the day tun came out, I believe

[Enrique523]

1 hour ago, By the Water said:

The biggest is Ariana 83M the day tun came out, I believe

I think i should've formulated my question better, i was talking about streams from yesterday, not overall biggest numbers 

[What_A_Mess]

It’s crazy to think that just a few years ago there was a time when she was only no. 10 in these spotify top 10 female list and n/a in the overall artist list. Now her streams are bigger than bad bunny and Drake which I never thought was possible. Her career needs to be studied tbh.

[Cruel Summer]

7 minutes ago, Enrique523 said:

Thank you, i'll do some research and see what i can find 

 

Especially for female artists. I genuinely believe no other female artist EVER had a year as big as 2023 has been for Taylor 

I'd really like to see a breakdown of biggest years by total album-equivalent units. I have no doubt that her 2023 would demolish the next closest year at this point. 

[Enrique523]

1 hour ago, Cruel Summer said:

I'd really like to see a breakdown of biggest years by total album-equivalent units. I have no doubt that her 2023 would demolish the next closest year at this point. 

Oh yeah, we definitively need a detailled breakdown once 2023 is over. Taylor's success this year has been a one-in-a-century kind of success, i really need to see who's the second biggest artist overall (and i bet it won't be a woman ).

[Galah]

It's weird to think that in a year or so when TS11 drops we could be looking back at this moment like, "Wow, she's even bigger now than she was during 1989TV release week!"  The trajectory just keeps going up.

[Mocha]

say what you want  but we need to be grateful that she's blocking drake, travis and phone thrower from leading the top spots

[dumbsparce]

I'm confused. How is 1989 TV the most streamed album in a single day when it did 10 million less than Midnights?

[Enrique523]

1 hour ago, dumbsparce said:

I'm confused. How is 1989 TV the most streamed album in a single day when it did 10 million less than Midnights?

...what? 

[dumbsparce]

Just now, Enrique523 said:

...what? 

Wrong thread but the swifties will be able to provide an answer regardless.

[Bosque]

45 minutes ago, Enrique523 said:

Thank you, i'll do some research and see what i can find 

 

Especially for female artists. I genuinely believe no other female artist EVER had a year as big as 2023 has been for Taylor 

Lana was the 2nd most streamed female that day, with roughly 25m streams 

[Bosque]

She did 10x as much as the next female artist (which is Lana del Rey at 24m)

[Enrique523]

1 hour ago, Dephira said:

Lana was the 2nd most streamed female that day, with roughly 25m streams 

Thank you 

 

 

[Bosque]

52 minutes ago, Enrique523 said:

Thank you, i'll do some research and see what i can find 

 

Especially for female artists. I genuinely believe no other female artist EVER had a year as big as 2023 has been for Taylor 

You can see the numbers for all artists here, although it hasn't updated for yesterday yet: Spotify Most Streamed Artists of All Time (kworb.net)

 

Lana Del Rey and Karol G are the next female artists after Taylor, but they both did about 1/10 of her streams 

Edited October 29, 2023 by Dephira

[Kyle-x]

34 minutes ago, dumbsparce said:

I'm confused. How is 1989 TV the most streamed album in a single day when it did 10 million less than Midnights?

1989 TV's release day contributed to her having the biggest single day overall. 1989 TV is the most streamed in a single day this year.

[PoisonedIvy]

49 minutes ago, Cruel Summer said:

I'd really like to see a breakdown of biggest years by total album-equivalent units. I have no doubt that her 2023 would demolish the next closest year at this point. 

 

45 minutes ago, Enrique523 said:

Oh yeah, we definitively need a detailled breakdown once 2023 is over. Taylor's success this year has been a one-in-a-century kind of success, i really need to see who's the second biggest artist overall (and i bet it won't be a woman ).

I don’t know this for sure but I’d imagine Celine has to be one of these right? Maybe even Mariah? Some point mid-90s. 
 

36 minutes ago, dumbsparce said:

I'm confused. How is 1989 TV the most streamed album in a single day when it did 10 million less than Midnights?

It is for 2023 specifically. Taylor as an -artist- has the highest streams for a single day today because of her entire discography combined beating out the numbers her discography as a whole pulled on Midnights release day 

[Enrique523]

1 hour ago, PoisonedIvy said:

I don’t know this for sure but I’d imagine Celine has to be one of these right? Maybe even Mariah? Some point mid-90s. 

Yeah, Celine was a pretty big one in the 90s. Maybe Shania too.

[TayGod]

37 minutes ago, dumbsparce said:

I'm confused. How is 1989 TV the most streamed album in a single day when it did 10 million less than Midnights?

The 260 million is for the Artist's total consumption: 1989 and any other albums and songs that are streamed. So Taylor has 176 million streams for 1989, but she also happens to have an additional 84 million streams for other albums and songs such as Cruel Summer, etc.

[Cruel Summer]

10 minutes ago, PoisonedIvy said:

I don’t know this for sure but I’d imagine Celine has to be one of these right? Maybe even Mariah? Some point mid-90s. 

Not sure on the numbers, but a couple solid guesses in my opinion would be Celine in 1997, Mariah in 1993, Madonna in 1986, Shania in 1998, and for men, Michael Jackson in 1983. The latter and Madonna's are a lot tougher to accurately figure out because it's before Soundscan and other similar systems. The Beatles might have also had a couple crazy individual years, but it's even harder to tell exact figures that far back unless they were published in an industry source (and even then the reliability isn't perfect).

[dumbsparce]

20 minutes ago, PoisonedIvy said:

 

I don’t know this for sure but I’d imagine Celine has to be one of these right? Maybe even Mariah? Some point mid-90s. 
 

It is for 2023 specifically. Taylor as an -artist- has the highest streams for a single day today because of her entire discography combined beating out the numbers her discography as a whole pulled on Midnights release day 

This makes sense. Spotify put out a tweet that implied it's the biggest debut of all time but then I looked at the numbers vs Midnights and I was left scratching my head.

Edited October 29, 2023 by dumbsparce

[By the Water]

1989 (Taylor's Version) unfiltered numbers:

Style (Taylor's Version) - 11,722,782

"****!" - 11,528,443

Blank Space (Taylor's Version) - 10,372,577

Say Don't Go - 10,490,680

Is It Over Now? - 10,269,408

Now That We Don't Talk - 9,965,296

Welcome To New York (Taylor's Version) - 9,855,561

Out Of The Woods (Taylor's Version) - 9,548,896

Suburban Legends - 8,519,620

All You Had To Do Was Stay (Taylor's Version) - 7,979,064

Shake It Off (Taylor's Version) - 7,929,855

Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version) - 7,886,125

Bad Blood (Taylor's Version) - 7,450,225

I Wish You Would (Taylor's Version) - 7,092,157

New Romantics (Taylor's Version) - 7,079,395

Clean (Taylor's Version) - 6,879,044

How You Get The Girl (Taylor's Version) - 6,524,643

I Know Places (Taylor's Version) - 6,155,844

Wonderland (Taylor's Version) - 5,960,775

This Love (Taylor's Version) - 5,945,658

You Are In Love (Taylor's Version) - 5,598,924

 

Total: 177,502,825

Bad Blood (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - 2,747,853

Edited October 29, 2023 by By the Water

[By the Water]

Streams Yesterday (October 27, 2023): 260M

Overall Rank: #1

Female Rank: #1

 

Albums Daily Streams (October 27, 2023):

1. 1989 (Taylor's Version) - 177,502,825 NEW

2. Lover - 13,142,828

3. 1989 - 12,172,007 -2

4. Midnights - 11,168,403 -1

5. folklore - 8,286,226 -1

6. reputation - 7,870,535 -1

7. Speak Now (Taylor's Version) - 5,831,336 -1

8. Red (Taylor's Version) - 5,356,743 -1

9. Fearless (Taylor's Version) - 4,760,380

10. evermore - 4,190,968 -2

11. Speak Now - 1,525,529 -1

12. Red - 1,363,960 -1

13. Fearless - 1,201,162

14. Taylor Swift - 1,122,878 -2

 

Top 10 most streamed songs yesterday (October 27, 2023):

1. Style (Taylor's Version) - 11,722,782 NEW

2. "****!" - 11,528,443 NEW

3. Blank Space (Taylor's Version) - 10,372,577 NEW

4. Say Don't Go - 10,490,680 NEW

5. Is It Over Now? - 10,269,408 NEW

6. Now That We Don't Talk - 9,965,296 NEW

7. Welcome To New York (Taylor's Version) - 9,855,561 NEW

8. Out Of The Woods (Taylor's Version) - 9,548,896 NEW

9. Suburban Legends - 8,519,620 NEW

10. All You Had To Do Was Stay (Taylor's Version) - 7,979,064 NEW

[mael]

Where did Swifties find time to stream another 80 million times? Unless it’s the GP…

[Theluckyone]

56 minutes ago, By the Water said:

Streams Yesterday (October 27, 2023): 260M

Overall Rank: #1

Female Rank: #1

 

Albums Daily Streams (October 27, 2023):

1. 1989 (Taylor's Version) - 177,502,825 NEW

2. Lover - 13,142,828

3. 1989 - 12,172,007 -2

4. Midnights - 11,168,403 -1

5. folklore - 8,286,226 -1

6. reputation - 7,870,535 -1

7. Speak Now (Taylor's Version) - 5,831,336 -1

8. Red (Taylor's Version) - 5,356,743 -1

9. Fearless (Taylor's Version) - 4,760,380

10. evermore - 4,190,968 -2

11. Speak Now - 1,525,529 -1

12. Red - 1,363,960 -1

13. Fearless - 1,201,162

14. Taylor Swift - 1,122,878 -2

 

Top 10 most streamed songs yesterday (October 27, 2023):

1. Style (Taylor's Version) - 11,722,782 NEW

2. "****!" - 11,528,443 NEW

3. Blank Space (Taylor's Version) - 10,372,577 NEW

4. Say Don't Go - 10,490,680 NEW

5. Is It Over Now? - 10,269,408 NEW

6. Now That We Don't Talk - 9,965,296 NEW

7. Welcome To New York (Taylor's Version) - 9,855,561 NEW

8. Out Of The Woods (Taylor's Version) - 9,548,896 NEW

9. Suburban Legends - 8,519,620 NEW

10. All You Had To Do Was Stay (Taylor's Version) - 7,979,064 NEW

Slaying so hard that it’s so crazy. 

[wastedpotential]

37 minutes ago, mael said:

Unless it’s the GP…

Surely it can't be, they don't use her music