Who’s the most popular music artist in the world right now? Check out the cross-platform best-performing artists in July 2025.

Here are the artists racking up the most streams and gaining the most new fans across the music world in 2025. As an artists gets more follows and listens on Spotify and Apple Music, Pandora, Deezer, SoundCloud and other streaming platforms, and the better they perform on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and across the rest of social media, the closer they get to becoming the biggest artist in the world.

Since we last checked the ranking in January, there’s been a fair amount of movement among the top 10. Justin Bieber claims the top spot thanks to a boost in streams following his new album SWAG. There are new entries from Ed Sheeran and KAROL G at number five and ten respectively, who have both released new music in the last couple of months. They have pushed Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga out of the top 10. Drake, Taylor Swift and Rihanna have climbed in the top ten, while Bad Bunny, The Weeknd, Bruno Mars and Billie Eilish have all dropped places.

Any surprises here amongst the most popular artists in 2025?

The number one biggest artist

1. Justin Bieber

Score: 99.4

The number two biggest artist

2. Drake

Score: 99.2

The number two biggest artist

3. Bad Bunny

Score: 99.1

The number one biggest artist

4. Taylor Swift

Score: 99.0

The number five biggest artist

5. Ed Sheeran

Score: 98.9

The number four biggest artist

6. The Weeknd

Score: 98.8

The number one biggest artist

7. Bruno Mars

Score: 98.7

The number eight biggest artist

8. Rihanna

Score: 98.7

The number three biggest artist

9. Billie Eilish

Score: 98.6

The number ten biggest artist

10. KAROL G

Score: 98.6

The data is based on Chartmetric’s cross platform performance analysis, which takes into account the artist’s overall reach with listeners in terms of listens, views and consumption, and how many followers the artist has in their fanbase across the web.

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