It’s The Beginning Of The Year And Cardi B and Selena Gomez Have Already Topped Spotify’s Most-Streamed Female Artists
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Spotify released a list of the music streaming service’s most-popular female artists, and it’s filled with Latina singers.
The platform, which has tens of millions of subscribers from across the world, including Latin American countries like Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and the Dominican Republic, created catalogs for its most-streamed female artists worldwide and in the US between January 1 and March 1 of 2019.
Globally, Dominicana-Trinidadian rapper Cardi B came out higher than any other Latina artist at No. 8, unsurprisingly as the Bronx hitmaker followed her 2018 platinum debut album “Invasion of Privacy” with several more bangers like “Money” and, most recently,” “Please Me” with Bruno Mars.
Behind Cardi is Selena Gomez (No. 9), whose 2018 hits “Taki Taki” and “Back To You” continue to dominate just about everyone’s playlists.
Latin American artists also made the list, with colombiana Karol G at 13. Cuban-Mexican breakout Camila Cabello followed at 14, Chicana Becky G at 16 and Demi Lovato at 18.
Similar to Spotify’s worldwide streams, there were also six Latinas on the platform’s 20 most-listened to female artists in the US.
Once again, Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar leads her compañeras, this time making the top five at No. 4. Following behind her is Kehlani (No. 9), Camila Cabello (No. 10), Selena Gomez (No. 12), Demi Lovato (No. 16) and the Puerto Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter Julia Michaels at No. 18.
The list shows the growing strength of Latinas in music, especially the rise of Spanish-language urbano hits, as artists like Cardi (“I Like It”), Selena (“Taki Taki”), Camila (“Havana”), Karol G (“Mi Cama”), Becky G (“Sin Pijama”) and Demi Lovato’s (“Échame La Culpa”) chart-toppers in the last year were partly or fully sung in Spanish.
Check out Spotify’s full lists of the most-streamed female artists of 2019 worldwide and in the US below.
The 20 most-streamed female artists in the world:
1. Ariana Grande
2. Billie Eilish
3. Lady Gaga
4. Halsey
5. Dua Lipa
6. Taylor Swift
7. Rihanna
8. Cardi B
9. Selena Gomez
10. Nicki Minaj
11. Sia
12. Bebe Rexha
13. Karol G
14. Camila Cabello
15. Anne-Marie
16. Becky G
17. Beyoncé
18. Demi Lovato
19. Miley Cyrus
20. Adele
The 20 most-streamed female artists in the US:
1. Ariana Grande
2. Billie Eilish
3. Halsey
4. Cardi B
5. Taylor Swift
6. Nicki MInaj
7. Lady Gaga
8. Rihanna
9. Kehlani
10. Camila Cabello
11. Dua Lipa
12. Selena Gomez
13. Bebe Rexha
14. Beyonce
15. Ella Mai
16. Demi Lovato
17. SZA
18. Julia Michaels
19. Sia
20. Lana Del Rey
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