In 2014, Spotify's 50 million users listened to seven billion hours of music and created more than 700 million playlists this year.
Spotify announced that Pharrell's “Happy” was the most-streamed song globally this past year, but coming in third place though was Calvin Harris' hit track “Summer.” Overall Calvin Harris was the 4th most-streamed artist in all genres of music, trailing behind Ed Sheeran, Eminem and Katy Perry.
Check out the full list below:
Top Five Global Tracks
- Happy – From “Despicable Me 2″ – Pharrell Williams
- Rather Be (feat. Jess Glynne) – Clean Bandit
- Summer – Calvin Harris
- Dark Horse – Katy Perry
- All of Me – John Legend
Top Five Global Artists
- Ed Sheeran
- Eminem
- Coldplay
- Calvin Harris
- Katy Perry
Top Five Global Albums
- x – Ed Sheeran
- In The Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
- The New Classic – Iggy Azalea
- G I R L – Pharrell Williams
- My Everything – Ariana Grande
Most streamed artists in the US
- Eminem
- Drake
- Kanye West
- Lana del Rey
- Ariana Grande
Most streamed tracks in the US
- Fancy – Iggy Azalea
- Dark Horse – Katy Perry
- Happy – From “Despicable Me 2″ – Pharrell Williams
- Problem – Ariana Grande
- All of Me – John Legend
Most streamed albums in the US
- x – Ed Sheeran
- The New Classic – Iggy Azalea
- In The Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
- Native – OneRepublic
- My Everything – Ariana Grande
Top Five Global Females
- Katy Perry
- Ariana Grande
- Lana Del Rey
- Beyoncé
- Lorde
Top Five Global Males
- Ed Sheeran
- Eminem
- Calvin Harris
- Avicii
- David Guetta
Top Five Global Groups
- Coldplay
- Imagine Dragons
- Maroon 5
- OneRepublic
- One Direction
