December Avenue Is The First Local Act To Top Spotify's 'Most Streamed Artists' In The PH

It's that time of the year again: Spotify just released their lists of most streamed artists, aka the artists Filipinos listen to the most on the app, and coming out on top is local band December Avenue. It's the first time that a homegrown musical act topped Spotify's list for the Most Streamed Artist in the Philippines, even beating this generation's music legends Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran, who came in second and third, respectively. Coming in fourth on the list is Ben&Ben (another local fave!) while Ariana Grande sits at number five.

The local music scene seems to be thriving this year as December Avenue and Ben&Ben also dominated the Most Streamed Groups category, beating global groups like LANY, BTS, and Blackpink, who take the last three spots in the top five.

Aside from the list of artists, Spotify is also allowing its subscribers to see a personalized roundup of the artists, songs, music genres, and podcasts each user listened to the most through their personalized Spotify "Wrapped." The feature will be made available on the Spotify app itself later this week, so stay tuned if you're curious about your listening habits this week! 

Curious to see if your faves made any of the lists? Check out the entire roster below:

Most Streamed Artists

1. December Avenue
2. Taylor Swift
3. Ed Sheeran
4. Ben&Ben
5. Ariana Grande

Most Streamed Male Artists

1. Ed Sheeran
2. Khalid
3. Post Malone
4. Lauv
5. Shawn Mendes

Most Streamed Female Artists

1. Taylor Swift
2. Ariana Grande
3. Moira dela Torre
4. Camilla Cabello
5. Billie Eilish

Most Streamed Local Artists

1. December Avenue
2. Ben&Ben
3. Moira dela Torre
4. This Band
5. I Belong to the Zoo

Most Streamed Groups

1. December Avenue
2. Ben&Ben
3. LANY
4. BTS
5. BLACKPINK

Most Streamed Tracks

1. “Kung Di Rin Lang Ikaw” - December Avenue, Moira dela Torre
2. “Sana” - I Belong to the Zoo
3. “Kahit Ayaw Mo Na” - This Band
4. “Maybe the Night” - Ben&Ben
5. “Sunflower” - Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse - Post Malone, Swae Lee

Most Streamed Albums

1. Lover - Taylor Swift
2. Malibu Nights - LANY
3. Hollywood’s Bleeding - Post Malone
4. thank u, next - Ariana Grande
5. Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes

Spotify Wrapped 2019 Global Top Lists

Most Streamed Artists

1. Post Malone
2. Billie Eilish
3. Ariana Grande
4. Ed Sheeran
5. Bad Bunny 

 Most Streamed Albums

1. WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? - Billie Eilish
2. Hollywood’s Bleeding - Post Malone
3. thank u, next - Ariana Grande
4. No.6 Collaborations Project - Ed Sheeran
5. Shawn Mendes - Shawn Mendes

Most Streamed Tracks

1. “Señorita” - Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes
2. “bad guy” - Billie Eilish
3. “Sunflower” - Post Malone, Swae Lee
4. “7 Rings” - Ariana Grande
5. “Old Town Road - Remix” - Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus

Most Streamed Female Artists

1. Billie Eilish
2. Ariana Grande
3. Taylor Swift
4. Camila Cabello
5. Halsey

Most Streamed Male Artists

1. Post Malone
2. Ed Sheeran
3. Bad Bunny
4. Khalid
5. J Balvin

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