Most streamed standard versions of female albums on Spotify.

[KatyPrismSpirit]

#1 SOUR - 9.94B

#2 When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? - 9,91B

#3 thank u, next - 6.99B

#4 Future Nostalgia - 6.64B

#5 Lover - 6.45B

#6 Planet Her - 6.37B

#7 25 - 5.75B

#8 21 - 5.73B

#9 1989 - 5.64B

#10 ANTI - 5.61B

#11 reputation. - 5.57B

#12 DUA LIPA - 5.51B

#13 dont smile at me EP - 5.18B

#14 A Star Is Born (Soundtrack) - 5.07B

#15 Dangerous Woman - 5.06B

#16 folklore - 4.93B

#17 So Good - 4.85B

#18 SOS - 4.83B

#19 Midnights - 4.58B

#20 Sweetener - 4.53B

[Zaram]

Not gagas second peak being on that list

[shelven]

The gap between Olivia/Billie and the rest is insane

[unclefloprry]

59 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

4 Future Nostalgia - 6.64B

coming for Ariana with just ONE smash hit omg 

[Jjang]

TUN was/is massive. I'll never get why ATRL is obsessed with discrediting it. 

[Blue Monday]

Just now, Jjang said:

TUN was/is massive. I'll never get why ATRL is obsessed with discrediting it. 

They’d like to live in a world where it’s forgotten and inflated but that’s simply not the case 

[LCTV]

So Dua is still massively popular. Yup.

[KatyPrismSpirit]

2 minutes ago, LCTV said:

So Dua is still massively popular. Yup.

It is quite remarkable how her debut goes from #1 to #12 if you only count the standard version tho

[GentleEarthquake]

What is "So Good"?

[Feanor]

'Lover' is moving up the ranks soon.  

[wantedyoutogrow]

Ariana in the top 3 and she barely did anything for that album, like she's mother

[KatyPrismSpirit]

1 hour ago, GentleEarthquake said:

What is "So Good"?

So Good by Zara Larsson. 

[byzantium]

I actually feel like this does a better job expressing the popularity of these respective albums.  The only things I would adjust for to represent the popularity of the album is I think remixes of songs originally released on the album should be included (like the levitating remix) and deluxe editions released at the same time as the standard edition should be included.  

[Tm4074]

19 hours ago, Jjang said:

TUN was/is massive. I'll never get why ATRL is obsessed with discrediting it. 

 

19 hours ago, Blue Monday said:

They’d like to live in a world where it’s forgotten and inflated but that’s simply not the case 

This.  ATRL seems to conveniently forget that TUN set every pop & female album streaming record in 2019.  It literally set the standard.  It wasn't until Midnights in October 2022 that the U.S on-demand streaming record for a female album was broken after TUN set that record in early 2019.  SOUR, 30, WWAFAWDWG, Red (TV), Fearless (TV), folklore, evermore, HTE, etc. weren't able to break it.  It was the eighth biggest on-demand steaming week in the U.S for an album and the only pop album in the top 20 for on-demand streaming weeks at the time.  ATRL discrediting its impact on streaming, especially for pop releases is disingenuous at best. 

 

[DoubleRainbow!]

3 minutes ago, Tm4074 said:

 

This.  ATRL seems to conveniently forget that TUN set every pop & female album streaming record in 2019.  It literally set the standard.  It wasn't until Midnights in October 2022 that the U.S on-demand streaming record for a female album was broken after TUN set that record in early 2019.  SOUR, 30, WWAFAWDWG, Red (TV), Fearless (TV), folklore, evermore, HTE, etc. weren't able to break it.  It was the eighth biggest on-demand steaming week in the U.S for an album and the only pop album in the top 20 for on-demand streaming weeks at the time.  ATRL discrediting its impact on streaming, especially for pop releases is disingenuous at best. 

 

This

TUN felt like the first time a pop girl was smashing on streaming 

[chiliam]

Wait SOS outstreamed Midnights? 

 

[chiliam]

5 minutes ago, DoubleRainbow! said:

This

TUN felt like the first time a pop girl was smashing on streaming 

Anti should be the 1st pop girl album that smash smash on streaming though.

Thank u next is also massive but Anti was the 1st.

[Taylena]

7 minutes ago, chiliam said:

Wait SOS outstreamed Midnights? 

 

Well, it's the standard edition of Midnights with just 13 songs.

SOS has 23 songs and pre-release singles. 

[Blue Monday]

24 minutes ago, Tm4074 said:

 

This.  ATRL seems to conveniently forget that TUN set every pop & female album streaming record in 2019.  It literally set the standard.  It wasn't until Midnights in October 2022 that the U.S on-demand streaming record for a female album was broken after TUN set that record in early 2019.  SOUR, 30, WWAFAWDWG, Red (TV), Fearless (TV), folklore, evermore, HTE, etc. weren't able to break it.  It was the eighth biggest on-demand steaming week in the U.S for an album and the only pop album in the top 20 for on-demand streaming weeks at the time.  ATRL discrediting its impact on streaming, especially for pop releases is disingenuous at best. 

 

Come through with this incredibly accurate and detailed take! It's why it's so frustrating to see people continue to act like Ariana is forgotten. Like how do you end up as the second most streamed female of the year without an official release and get called a flop? 

[Blue Monday]

15 minutes ago, chiliam said:

Anti should be the 1st pop girl album that smash smash on streaming though.

Thank u next is also massive but Anti was the 1st.

No shade but Anti took awhile to really get going. thank u, next was an immediate smash out of the gate 

[Tm4074]

24 minutes ago, chiliam said:

Anti should be the 1st pop girl album that smash smash on streaming though.

Thank u next is also massive but Anti was the 1st.

ANTI has been very consistent on streaming, but never was a huge immediate smash on streaming.  Dangerous Woman was for a long time was the biggest female album of 2016 on Spotify until ANTi took over earlier this year.  My Everything held the top spot for most streamed female album on Spotify from 2014 until 2019 when TUN took over.  If anything My Everything was the first pop album to really take advantage of streaming. ANTI was/is huge don't get it twisted but it didn't set any notable streaming records to take this title. 

 

Every pop album that followed TUN had to go through a record TUN set.  It was the first pop album to smash on streaming and the records it set speak for itself.  The biggest on-demand streaming week for a female album before TUN was IOP which did 202M on-demand streams in the U.S. TUN out did that by over 100M streams (307M) less than a year after IOP.  

 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

1 hour ago, chiliam said:

Wait SOS outstreamed Midnights? 

 

This list in the op is the standard versions of albums only. Deluxe editions are not counted in.