Let’s get this straight, we’re talking Pop artists here and purposefully excluding hip-hop, rap and country.
The most streamed pop artist is Taylor Swift with 80.85B streams, which includes 78.92B as lead artist and 1.93B from features, followed by Ed Sheeran (46.26B) and Ariana Grande (44.16B).
A countdown of the most famous pop music artists in order of streams as lead artist is as follows:
- 50Lorde
- Streams as a lead artist: 7.65B
- Streams as a featured artist: 31.0M
- Most streamed song of all time: Royals with 1.25B streams
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- 49Cardi B
- Streams as a lead artist: 7.90B
- Streams as a featured artist: 7.28B
- Most streamed song of all time: Girls Like You with 1.66B streams
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- 48Clean Bandit
- Streams as a lead artist: 8.26B
- Streams as a featured artist: 21.3M
- Most streamed song of all time: Rockabye with 1.55B streams
- 47Enrique Iglesias
- Streams as a lead artist: 8.30B
- Most streamed song of all time: Bailando with 864.7M streams
- 46Ellie Goulding
- Streams as a lead artist: 8.36B
- Streams as a featured artist: 210.1M
- Most streamed song of all time: Love Me Like You Do with 1.55B streams
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- 45Melanie Martinez
- Streams as a lead artist: 8.53B
- Most streamed song of all time: Play Date with 835.6M streams
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- 44ZAYN
- Streams as a lead artist: 9.12B
- Most streamed song of all time: Dusk Till Dawn with 1.72B streams
- 43Hozier
- Streams as a lead artist: 9.12B
- Most streamed song of all time: Take Me to Church with 2.60B streams
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- 42Justin Timberlake
- Streams as a lead artist: 9.14B
- Streams as a featured artist: 779.7M
- Most streamed song of all time: CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! with 1.75B streams
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- 41Demi Lovato
- Streams as a lead artist: 9.43B
- Streams as a featured artist: 1.97B
- Most streamed song of all time: Sorry Not Sorry with 1.16B streams
- 40Lauv
- Streams as a lead artist: 9.67B
- Streams as a featured artist: 149.1M
- Most streamed song of all time: I Like Me Better with 1.80B streams
- 39Camila Cabello
- Streams as a lead artist: 9.71B
- Streams as a featured artist: 4.63B
- Most streamed song of all time: Señorita with 2.77B streams
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- 38P!nk
- Streams as a lead artist: 9.74B
- Streams as a featured artist: 577.7M
- Most streamed song of all time: Just Give Me a Reason with 1.34B streams
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- 37SZA
- Streams as a lead artist: 10.39B
- Streams as a featured artist: 4.19B
- Most streamed song of all time: Kill Bill with 1.80B streams
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- 36Twenty One Pilots
- Streams as a lead artist: 10.51B
- Most streamed song of all time: Stressed Out with 2.28B streams
- 35James Arthur
- Streams as a lead artist: 10.74B
- Streams as a featured artist: 6.6M
- Most streamed song of all time: Say You Won't Let Go with 2.89B streams
- 34Charlie Puth
- Streams as a lead artist: 10.80B
- Streams as a featured artist: 52.5M
- Most streamed song of all time: We Don't Talk Anymore with 1.90B streams
- 33Halsey
- Streams as a lead artist: 11.22B
- Streams as a featured artist: 5.12B
- Most streamed song of all time: Closer with 2.92B streams
- 32Marshmello
- Streams as a lead artist: 13.40B
- Streams as a featured artist: 1.85B
- Most streamed song of all time: Happier with 2.17B streams
- 31Jason Derulo
- Streams as a lead artist: 13.81B
- Streams as a featured artist: 14.3M
- Most streamed song of all time: Swalla with 1.12B streams
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- 30Doja Cat
- Streams as a lead artist: 13.85B
- Streams as a featured artist: 2.19B
- Most streamed song of all time: Kiss Me More with 1.79B streams
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- 29Selena Gomez
- Streams as a lead artist: 13.90B
- Streams as a featured artist: 2.47B
- Most streamed song of all time: We Don't Talk Anymore with 1.90B streams
- 28Britney Spears
- Streams as a lead artist: 14.54B
- Streams as a featured artist: 120.8M
- Most streamed song of all time: Toxic with 1.31B streams
- 27Miley Cyrus
- Streams as a lead artist: 15.04B
- Streams as a featured artist: 531.1M
- Most streamed song of all time: Flowers with 2.11B streams
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- 26Khalid
- Streams as a lead artist: 15.08B
- Streams as a featured artist: 9.10B
- Most streamed song of all time: lovely with 2.88B streams
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- 25Shakira
- Streams as a lead artist: 15.52B
- Most streamed song of all time: Hips Don't Lie with 1.69B streams
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- 24Sia
- Streams as a lead artist: 15.63B
- Streams as a featured artist: 1.96B
- Most streamed song of all time: Cheap Thrills with 1.79B streams
- 23Katy Perry
- Streams as a lead artist: 16.82B
- Most streamed song of all time: Dark Horse with 1.47B streams
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- 22Olivia Rodrigo
- Streams as a lead artist: 18.19B
- Most streamed song of all time: drivers license with 2.22B streams
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- 21One Direction
- Streams as a lead artist: 18.40B
- Most streamed song of all time: Night Changes with 1.61B streams
- 20The Chainsmokers
- Streams as a lead artist: 18.71B
- Streams as a featured artist: 1.15B
- Most streamed song of all time: Closer with 2.92B streams
- 19Avicii
- Streams as a lead artist: 19.40B
- Streams as a featured artist: 16.8M
- Most streamed song of all time: Wake Me Up with 2.37B streams
- 18Rihanna
- Streams as a lead artist: 20.57B
- Streams as a featured artist: 905.9M
- Most streamed song of all time: We Found Love with 1.61B streams
- 17Dua Lipa
- Streams as a lead artist: 20.59B
- Streams as a featured artist: 862.2M
- Most streamed song of all time: Don't Start Now with 2.65B streams
- 16Adele
- Streams as a lead artist: 20.94B
- Most streamed song of all time: Someone Like You with 1.96B streams
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- 15Lana Del Rey
- Streams as a lead artist: 22.08B
- Streams as a featured artist: 1.03B
- Most streamed song of all time: Summertime Sadness with 1.50B streams
- 14Harry Styles
- Streams as a lead artist: 22.32B
- Most streamed song of all time: As It Was with 3.42B streams
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- 13Sam Smith
- Streams as a lead artist: 22.57B
- Streams as a featured artist: 41.1M
- Most streamed song of all time: Stay With Me with 2.12B streams
- 12Lady Gaga
- Streams as a lead artist: 23.11B
- Most streamed song of all time: Shallow with 2.48B streams
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- 11Shawn Mendes
- Streams as a lead artist: 24.17B
- Streams as a featured artist: 316.6M
- Most streamed song of all time: Señorita with 2.77B streams
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- 10Coldplay
- Streams as a lead artist: 24.34B
- Streams as a featured artist: 2.79B
- Most streamed song of all time: Something Just Like This with 2.66B streams
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- 9Bruno Mars
- Streams as a lead artist: 24.52B
- Streams as a featured artist: 710.6M
- Most streamed song of all time: Just the Way You Are with 2.16B streams
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- 8Imagine Dragons
- Streams as a lead artist: 27.09B
- Streams as a featured artist: 90.6M
- Most streamed song of all time: Believer with 3.06B streams
- 7Maroon 5
- Streams as a lead artist: 29.02B
- Most streamed song of all time: Memories with 2.03B streams
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- 6Justin Bieber
- Streams as a lead artist: 30.25B
- Streams as a featured artist: 4.49B
- Most streamed song of all time: Love Yourself with 2.46B streams
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- 5BTS
- Streams as a lead artist: 31.44B
- Streams as a featured artist: 3.07B
- Most streamed song of all time: Dynamite with 1.89B streams
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- 4Billie Eilish
- Streams as a lead artist: 33.48B
- Most streamed song of all time: lovely with 2.88B streams
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- 3Ariana Grande
- Streams as a lead artist: 39.18B
- Streams as a featured artist: 4.98B
- Most streamed song of all time: 7 rings with 2.29B streams
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- 2Ed Sheeran
- Streams as a lead artist: 44.17B
- Streams as a featured artist: 2.09B
- Most streamed song of all time: Shape of You with 3.95B streams
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- 1Taylor Swift
- Streams as a lead artist: 78.92B
- Streams as a featured artist: 1.93B
- Most streamed song of all time: Cruel Summer with 2.31B streams