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Just for fun, the earliest solo female/female group songs with at least 500 million streams: Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree (1958) - 1.0 billion Etta James - At Last (1960) - 517 million The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (1963) - 536 million Aretha Franklin - Respect (1967) - 635 million Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer (1968) - 625 million Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man (1968) - 598 million Carly Simon - You're So Vain (1972) - 504 million Dolly Parton - Jolene (1973) - 695 million Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 (1980) - 648 million The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited (1982) - 540 million Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun (1983) - 1.2 billion Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time (1983) - 886 million Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (1983) - 800 million Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) (1985) - 1.2 billion Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) (1987) - 1.2 billion Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth (1987) - 525 million Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (1988) - 936 million Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (1992) - 721 million Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994) - 1.8 billion Spice Girls - Wannabe (1996) - 1.1 billion Natalie Imbruglia - Torn (1997) - 781 million Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman! (1997) - 605 million Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On (1997) - 559 million Shania Twain - You're Still The One (1997) - 556 million Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (1998) - 896 million Cher - Believe (1998) - 643 million TLC - No Scrubs (1999) - 1.1 billion Destiny's Child - Say My Name (1999) - 868 million

The most streamed solo female/female groups, as reported by https://chartmasters.org/most-streamed-artists-ever-on-spotify/

Updated my 50s list: 1.) Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - 1.012 billion 2.) Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock - 965.5 million 3.) Dean Martin - Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! - 625.3 million 4.) Frank Sinatra - Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! - 572.2 million 5.) Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode - 524.9 million 6.) Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock - 500.9 million 7.) Paul Anka - Put Your Head On My Shoulder - 397.0 million 8.) Perry Como - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - 383.1 million 9.) Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas - 371.5 million 10.) Ella Fitzgerald - Dream A Little Dream Of Me - 322.4 million 11.) Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run - 312.2 million 12.) Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby - 284.9 million 13.) Louis Armstrong - La vie en rose - 277.3 million 14.) Elvis Presley - Hound Dog - 256.6 million 15.) The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five - 241.4 million 16.) The Platters - Twilight Time - 229.0 million 17.) Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire - 227.1 million 18.) Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea - 220.8 million 19.) Ray Charles - I've Got a Woman - 220.7 million 20.) Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me - 215.7 million 21.) Dean Martin - Baby, It's Cold Outside - 209.6 million 22.) Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me - 202.6 million 23.) Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Be-Bop-A-Lula - 202.3 million 24.) The Platters - Only You (And You Alone) - 202.3 million 25.) Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin - 202.1 million 26.) Frank Sinatra - Mistletoe And Holly - 187.6 million 27.) Bing Crosby - Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) - 186.3 million 28.) Dean Martin - That's Amore - 181.9 million 29.) Dean Martin - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - 181.0 million 30.) Marty Robbins - Big Iron - 169.8 million 31.) The Chords - Sh-Boom - 165.7 million 32.) Elvis Presley - Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - 159.3 million 33.) Domenico Modugno - Volare - 159.1 million 34.) Ella Fitzgerald - Cheek To Cheek - 158.4 million 35.) Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel - 158.2 million 36.) Miles Davis - Blue in Green - 155.1 million 37.) Peggy Lee - Fever - 153.4 million 38.) Sam Cooke - You Send Me - 152.9 million 39.) Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel - 148.3 million 40.) Bing Crosby - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - 147.9 million 41.) Nat King Cole - Unforgettable - 147.9 million 42.) Ritchie Valens - We Belong Together - 146.7 million 43.) Frank Sinatra - You Make Me Feel So Young - 142.7 million 44.) Ritchie Valens - La Bamba - 140.4 million 45.) Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes - 139.6 million 46.) Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin - 133.7 million 47.) Bill Haley & His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - 132.0 million 48.) Little Richard - Tutti Frutti - 132.0 million 49.) Elvis Presley - All Shook Up - 130.7 million 50.) Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line - 129.5 million 51.) The Moonglows - I Knew From The Start - 129.5 million 52.) The Fleetwoods - Come Softly To Me - 129.3 million 53.) Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat (Day-O) - 129.3 million 54.) The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream - 127.8 million 55.) Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime - 125.6 million 56.) Ray Charles - Hallelujah, I Love Her So - 121.8 million 57.) Chet Baker - I Fall In Love Too Easily - 120.9 million 58.) Dean Martin - Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu) - 120.0 million 59.) Bobby Darin - Dream Lover - 117.6 million 60.) Buddy Holly - Everyday - 116.8 million 61.) The Isley Brothers - Shout, Pts. 1 & 2 - 112.7 million 62.) Nat King Cole - Smile - 110.4 million 63.) The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - 109.3 million 64.) Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk - 108.8 million 65.) Perry Como - (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays - 108.6 million 66.) Julio Jaramillo - Nuestro Juramento - 106.8 million 67.) Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues - 104.3 million 68.) Little Richard - Long Tall Sally (The Thing) - 103.8 million 69.) Miles Davis - So What - 102.7 million 70.) Ricky Nelson - Lonesome Town - 101.2 million

Since data/years for pre-50s acts are pretty all over the place, to get a further idea of the most successful musical acts from before 1954, Dave Whitaker at https://davesmusicdatabase.blogspot.com/2011/07/top-100-music-makers-of-pre-rock-era.html made a pretty comprehensive list: 1. Bing Crosby 2. Frank Sinatra 3. Paul Whiteman Orchestra 4. Tommy Dorsey 5. Benny Goodman 6. Billy Murray 7. Guy Lombardo 8. Louis Armstrong 9. Perry Como 10. Nat "King" Cole 11. Glenn Miller 12. Duke Ellington 13. Henry Burr 14. Al Jolson 15. Fats Domino 16. Jimmy Dorsey 17. The Andrews Sisters 18. Byron G. Harlan 19. Arthur Collins 20. Peerless Quartet/Columbia Male Quartet 21. Billie Holiday 22. Ella Fitzgerald 23. Sammy Kaye 24. Harry MacDonough 25. Ben Selvin 26. Ted Lewis & His Band 27. Patti Page 28. Fats Waller 29. Frankie Laine 30. Jo Stafford

Felt to refine the list after doing some further research. I decided to just focus on 50s songs since sources seems more sparse on pointing out pre-50s songs, as Kworb, while generally a pretty good resource, is still slightly flawed in reporting accurate lists. I'm sure I'm still missing songs, but as for the 50s songs I did manage to find that have at least 100 million streams on Spotify, they are: 1.) Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - 1.011 billion 2.) Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock - 964.3 million 3.) Dean Martin - Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! - 624.6 million 4.) Frank Sinatra - Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! - 571.9 million 5.) Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode - 506.1 million 6.) Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock - 480.3 million 7.) Paul Anka - Put Your Head On My Shoulder - 387.8 million 8.) Perry Como - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - 382.8 million 9.) Elvis Presley - Blue Christmas - 371.2 million 10.) Ella Fitzgerald - Dream a Little Dream of Me - 316.8 million 11.) Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run - 311.7 million 12.) Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby - 284.5 million 13.) Louis Armstrong - La vie en rose - 270.3 million 14.) Elvis Presley - Hound Dog - 251.9 million 15.) The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five - 236.3 million 16.) The Platters - The Great Pretender - 223.6 million 17.) The Platters - Twilight Time - 223.6 million 18.) Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire - 220.5 million 19.) Ray Charles - I've Got a Woman - 216.6 million 20.) Bobby Darin - Beyond the Sea - 216.1 million 21.) Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me - 213.5 million 22.) Dean Martin - Baby, It's Cold Outside - 209.4 million 23.) Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me - 198.8 million 24.) Frank Sinatra - I've Got You Under My Skin - 198.6 million 25.) Frank Sinatra - Mistletoe And Holly - 187.5 million 26.) Bing Crosby - Mele Kalikimaka (Merry Christmas) - 186.0 million 27.) Dean Martin - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - 180.9 million 28.) Dean Martin - That's Amore - 177.6 million 29.) Frank Sinatra - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - 166.4 million 30.) The Chords - Sh-Boom - 159.8 million 31.) Elvis Presley - Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) - 159.2 million 32.) The Platters - Only You (And You Alone) - 158.5 million 33.) Ella Fitzgerald - Cheek to Cheek - 154.9 million 34.) Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel - 154.5 million 35.) Miles Davis - Blue in Green - 152.7 million 36.) Peggy Lee - Fever - 149.6 million 37.) Sam Cooke - You Send Me - 149.5 million 38.) Bing Crosby - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas - 147.8 million 39.) Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel - 145.9 million 40.) Nat King Cole - Unforgettable - 144.0 million 41.) Ritchie Valens - We Belong Together - 140.5 million 42.) Frank Sinatra - You Make Me Feel So Young - 140.2 million 43.) Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes - 136.6 million 44.) Ritchie Valens - La Bamba - 136.5 million 45.) Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin - 132.3 million 46.) Little Richard - Tutti Frutti - 129.6 million 47.) Bill Haley & His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - 129.1 million 48.) Elvis Presley - All Shook Up - 128.1 million 49.) Harry Belafonte - Banana Boat (Day-O) - 126.6 million 50.) The Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream - 124.8 million 51.) Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime - 123.2 million 52.) Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line - 123.2 million 53.) Ray Charles - Hallelujah, I Love Her So - 119.5 million 54.) Chet Baker - I Fall In Love Too Easily - 118.0 million 55.) Dean Martin - Volare (Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu) - 116.1 million 56.) Bobby Darin - Dream Lover - 114.9 million 57.) Buddy Holly - Everyday - 114.6 million 58.) The Isley Brothers - Shout, Pts. 1 & 2 - 111.6 million 59.) Nat King Cole - Smile - 108.2 million 60.) The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - 107.1 million 61.) Little Richard - Long Tall Sally (The Thing) - 101.9 million 62.) Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues - 101.7 million 63.) Miles Davis - So What - 100.9 million