Chart-Toppers
ARTS & MEDIA
RIHANNA
Born Robyn Rihanna Fenty in Barbados, Rihanna
has gone on to conquer the pop world. As of
26 Apr 2017, she was the most streamed
female act on Spotify, with 6.6 billion streams
of her songs. “Work”, featuring Drake, from the
2016 album ANTI, is Rihanna’s most popular
track with more than 600 million streams.YOUTUBE (AS OF 11 MAY 2017)
Most viewed channels Holder Views
Entertainment T-Series (IND) 1 7,93 3 ,0 2 9, 6 4 5
Male JustinBieberVEVO (CAN) 15,116,431,053
Female KatyPerryVEVO (USA) 1 1 , 8 1 6 ,0 49,7 2 7
Media GMM Grammy Official (THA) 9, 6 9 9,94 3 ,749
Group OneDirectionVEVO (UK/IRE) 7,269,976,966
Community Trap Nation (USA) 4,609,314,422
Brand Beats by Dre (USA) 26 0,03 7,674
Most viewed videos Holder Views
Male “Gangnam Style”, PSY (KOR) 2,834,806,435
Duet “See You Again”, Wiz Khalifa feat.
Charlie Puth (both USA)2 ,707,0 93,1 31Female “Shake it Off”, Taylor Swift (USA) 2,110,214,601
Group (male) “Sugar”, Maroon 5 (USA) 1,989,872,721
Children’s “Wheels on the Bus” Plus Lots More
Nursery Rhymes, LittleBabyBum (UK)1,869,854,000Group (female) “Work from Home”, Fifth Harmony
feat. Ty Dolla $ign (both USA)1,543,630,467Pre-YouTube video (i.e.,
made before Apr 2 005)“November Rain”, Guns N’ Roses
(USA), 1992788,028,638Most viewed in 24 hours “Gentleman”, PSY (KOR) 38,409,306SPOTIFY
Most streamed in 2016 Holder Streams
Male Drake (CAN) 5,800,000,000
Female Rihanna (BRB) 2,900,000,000
Group Twenty One Pilots (USA) 2,600,000,000
Track (male) “One Dance”, Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla
(CAN/NGA/UK)1,000,000,000Track (female) “Cheap Thrills”, Sia (AUS) 623,000,000
Track (group) “Don’t Let Me Down”, The Chainsmokers
feat. Daya (both USA)710,000,000Album (male) Views, Drake (CAN) 2,600,000,000
Album (female) ANTI, Rihanna (BRB) 1,600,000,000
Album (group) Blurryface,
Twenty One Pilots (USA)1,400,000,000“Breakout” artist ZAYN (UK, right) 894,000,000
All-time Holder Streams Date
Artist Drake (CAN) 11,000,000,000 26 Apr 2017
Female Rihanna (BRB) 6,600,000,000 26 Apr 2017
Track “One Dance”, Drake feat. Wizkid & Kyla
(CAN/NGA/UK)1,100,000,000 26 Apr 2017Track in 24 hours “Shape of You”, Ed Sheeran (UK) 10,000,000 26 Apr 2017
Track in one week “Shape of You”, Ed Sheeran (UK) 64,000,000 26 Apr 2017
Album Purpose, Justin Bieber (CAN) 4,600,000,000 26 Apr 2017
Album in one week ÷ (“Divide”), Ed Sheeran (UK) 374,000,000 26 Apr 2017FACEBOOK • INSTAGRAM • TWITTER • MUSICAL.LY (AS OF 11 MAY 2017)
Most Facebook fans Holder Fans
Female musician Shakira (COL) 104,547,254
Male musician Eminem (USA) 90,634,055
Deceased musician Michael Jackson (USA) 75,179,320
Music group Linkin Park (USA) 61,7 74,733
Media MTV (USA) 49,1 7 7,0 2 0
Community Music 41,721,716
Brand i Tune s ( U S A) 30,910,151
Entertainment The Voice (NLD) 1 6 ,7 59, 24 4
Most Instagram followers Holder Followers
Female musician Selena Gomez (USA) 1 20,1 3 5,0 8 9
Male musician Justin Bieber (CAN) 86,485,071
Music group One Direction (UK/IRL) 1 7,4 8 4,0 94
Most Twitter followers Holder Followers
Female musician Katy Perry (USA) 97,74 0, 2 27
Male musician Justin Bieber (CAN) 93 ,7 39, 5 24
Music group One Direction (UK/IRL) 31,747,631
Media MTV (USA) 15,091,798
Community Apple Music (USA) 9,0 4 6 , 26 9
Entertainment The X Factor (UK) 7,0 1 7,13 7
Brand SoundCloud (DEU) 2,218,096
Most Twitter engagements Holder Retweets
Male musician Harry Styles (UK) 180,607
Group (male) BTS (KOR) 1 52 ,1 1 2
Female musician Beyoncé (USA) 33,038
Group (female) Fifth Harmony (USA) 11,103
Most Musical.ly followers Holder Followers*
Female duo Lisa and Lena (DEU) 19,100,000
Female Ariel Martin (“Baby Ariel”, USA) 19,000,000
Male Jacob Sartorius (USA) 16,700,000
Female chart topper Selena Gomez (USA) 11,100,000
Male chart topper Bruno Mars (USA) 1,200,000On 11 Jan 2016, the day after his death, David Bowie (UK) attracted
51 million views of his recordings on video-sharing platform VEVO.JUSTIN BIEBER
On 22 Oct 2012,
Canadian singer Justin
Bieber became the
first musician with a
music channel viewed
3 billion times. He has
maintained a global
fanbase of “Beliebers”
and dominates social
media. His VEVO
channel is the most
viewed music channel
on YouTube, with
15.11 billion as of 11 May
2017, and the third most
viewed channel overall.*correct to 8 May 2017