Top 10 most-streamed songs in a single day on Spotify in 2022
With Harry Styles’ latest single gaining a lot of attention, here’s how the top ten currently stack up on Spotify as of April 2022.
English singer-songwriter Adele released her lead single from her fourth studio album 30 back in October last year. Within a few days of release, Easy On Me broke records across music streaming platforms such as Spotify and Amazon Music for the most number of streams in a single day.
On 1st April this year, Harry Styles released the lead single from his upcoming third album Harry’s House. On release day, As It Was broke Spotify’s record for the most-streamed song in the US in a single day, closing the day with 8.3 million streams, beating Olivia Rodrigo’s drivers license with 8 million streams. Alongside the US record, Styles’ new single also achieve the record for the most-streamed song globally in a single day for 2022. But outside of this year, how does the track stack up globally among the most-streamed songs in a single day?
You know it's not the same As It Was. @Harry_Styles just broke some records 🏆 pic.twitter.com/VT2cq87Vg0
— Spotify (@Spotify) April 2, 2022
Here’s how the top ten looks on Spotify at the moment. Warning, it’s mostly Christmas songs.

1. Adele – Easy On Me
19.7 million streams
Date released: 15 October 2021
Date achieved: 15 October 2021

2. Mariah Carey – All I Want for Christmas Is You
17.4 million streams
Date released: 29 October 1994
Date achieved: 24 December 2021

3. Harry Styles – As It Was
16.1 million streams
Date released: 1 April 2022
Date achieved: 1 April 2022

4. Wham! – Last Christmas
15.8 million streams
Date released: 3 December 1984
Date achieved: 24 December 2020

5. Olivia Rodrigo – drivers license
13.7 million streams
Date released: 8 January 2021
Date achieved: 15 January 2021

6. Olivia Rodrigo – good 4 u
12.5 million streams
Date released: 14 May 2021
Date achieved: 25 May 2021

7. Drake – Girls Want Girls (with Lil Baby)
12.3 million streams
Date released: 3 September 2021
Date achieved: 3 September 2021

8. Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me
12.2 million streams
Date released: 24 November 2014
Date achieved: 24 December 2020

9. Brenda Lee – Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree
12.1 million streams
Date released: 19 October 1958
Date achieved: 24 December 2021

10. Bobby Helms – Jingle Bell Rock
12.0 million streams
Date released: 28 November 1957
Date achieved: 24 December 2021