March 7, 2015

Women love Beyoncé, and men love Katy Perry

At least according to Spotify!

Spotify has released a list of the most streamed female artists worldwide and divided the list by gender. It turns out that among women, Beyoncé is the most streamed, and among men, it's Katy Perry!

The lady that takes the cake, cake, cake, cake though is Rihanna, who was named the most streamed woman of all time worldwide for the third year in a row.

Here's a source for the info and here are the lists:

All-Time Most Streamed Female Artists, Worldwide
01. Rihanna
02. Katy Perry
03. Beyoncé
04. Lana Del Rey
05. Lady Gaga
06. Ariana Grande
07. Nicki Minaj
08. Ellie Goulding
09. Taylor Swift*
10. Lorde

All-Time Most Streamed Female Artists By Women, Worldwide 
01. Beyoncé
02. Katy Perry
03. Lana Del Rey
04. Rihanna
05. Ariana Grande
06. Lorde
07. Miley Cyrus
08. Taylor Swift*
09. Ellie Goulding
(No, this is not a mistake, there is no #10 on any source I could find)

All-Time Most Streamed Female Artists by Men, Worldwide 
01. Katy Perry
02. Lana Del Rey
03. Lorde
04. Ariana Grande
05. Rihanna
06. Beyoncé
07. Ellie Goulding
08. Miley Cyrus
09. Lady Gaga
10. Iggy Azalea

What I found particularly interesting was that Lady Gaga was not even in the top ten of the All-Time Most Streamed Female Artists in the U.S. She doesn't even appear in the top ten for women listeners, and among men, she's last on the list. Here are the lists with U.S. data:

All-Time Most Streamed Female Artists, U.S.
01. Lana Del Rey
02. Beyoncé
03. Katy Perry
04. Lorde
05. Ariana Grande
06. Rihanna
07. Nicki Minaj
08. Taylor Swift*
09. Miley Cyrus
10. Ellie Goulding

All-Time Most Streamed Female Artists by Women, U.S.
01. Beyoncé
02. Lana Del Rey
03. Katy Perry
04. Ariana Grande
05. Lorde
06. Rihanna
07. Taylor Swift*
08. Miley Cyrus
09. Nicki Minaj
10. Iggy Azalea

All-Time Most Streamed Female Artists by Men, U.S.
01. Lorde
02. Lana Del Rey
03. Katy Perry
04. Beyoncé
05. Rihanna
06. Nicki Minaj
07. Ellie Goulding
08. Iggy Azalea
09. Taylor Swift*
10. Lady Gaga

*Taylor Swift removed her music from Spotify last year 


So, what do YOU think of these lists?