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The most popular artists worldwide as of February 2025. Spotify’s monthly listeners give us a clear view of currently popular artists.

Updated by Spotify every 24 hours and publicly displayed on the profiles of all artists, monthly listeners are a great indication of currently popular artists on streaming platforms.

We updated this list just last week when Bruno Mars broke the 150 million monthly listeners milestone for the first time in Spotify history, with the release of Die With a Smile and APT.

Now, it’s Lady Gaga’s turn to break a record for the most monthly listeners by a female artist, breaking Ariana Grande’s previous record. Lady Gaga currently holds 123 million monthly listeners. This achievement was made thanks to a collaboration with Bruno Mars and new single. With a new album on the horizon, we only expect this number to increase.

Since we last updated the list, Kendrick Lamar and SZA have shot up the list thanks to Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance, featuring SZA, boosting Not Like Us streams by 430% on Spotify. This has pushed Bad Bunny, Coldplay, Rihanna and Taylor Swift down the list.

Billie Eilish still holds the crown for the youngest artist on the top ten, at 23 years old. With their recent Moon Music album release, Coldplay are still the most listened to band.

As festive tunes drop out of popularity, some artists have fallen out of the top ten completely. Popularity in the Wicked soundtrack has died down, seeing Ariana Grande recently drop from the top ten, along with Justin Bieber and Ed Sheeran, who both have Christmas hits.

To see which artists have peaked over time, check out this Wikipedia article for a full breakdown of the stats. For a look at the most popular musicians since the birth of streaming, check out Spotify’s most-streamed artists of all-time here.

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Fancy yourself getting on this list? Step one, upload your music to Spotify. It’s free and easy with RouteNote.