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Dec 9, 2020 · Here are the artists and trends that shaped the year in music.
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You might not have expected YougBoy Never Broke Againto take the top spot in the US, but he leads by a very good margin at 2.66 billion streams. Rap is extremely dominant as a whole with no pop artist in the top 10 at all. Bad Bunnyis huge too, a showing that Latinos use YouTube a lot. We’ll get back to this later.
In Canada the ranking is surprisingly different from the US with a much more diverse list genre wise. Eminem with 154m streams is the clear leader. Local stars like Justin Bieber and The Weekndare naturally stronger as well.
Australia seems to be very similar to Canada with many of the same artists in the top 10. Eminem leads this market as well with 106m streams. Surprisingly, no Australian artist makes the list.
Eminemclaims his 3rd #1 spot already with the UK at 263m. Ed Sheeran is very high as well, unsurprisingly, at #2 with 236m streams. Among strong local acts we can mention both KSI and Lewis Capaldi.
Let’s move on to non-English speaking markets now. Germany has always been seen as very open to International artists but YouTube at least seems to disagree. Local rappers are extremely dominant with Samra, Joker Bra and Capital Braall over 300m. BTSin the only non-German act hitting the top tier at #10.
In Poland we see a very similar situation to the one in Germany with local rappers dominating. Although some non-rappers like Sanahchart, in this case at 4th. Local rapper Tymektakes the top spot yet with 338m streams. Also notice how big numbers are in this country compared to Germany and the UK in spite of a fairly lower population.
Let’s move further east to a big one, Russia. Local band Little Big leads with 527m, a gap of over 100m from Nilettoat #2. There is a big difference from what’s popular at audio platforms as Little Big has so far not even been close to the top 50 on Spotify on Russian’s ranking. BTS once again is the only international act of the list.
Did you expect France to have so much larger numbers than the UK or Germany? Jultakes the top spot with a massive 844m streams. Just like Poland, there are no international artist to be seen.
Italy too is very strong posting greater numbers than both Germany and the UK. Rocco Hunt has a clear lead at 341m streams. Although there is no English speaking artist, are Latin stars like Ozuna and J Balvindoing wonders at 3 and 6, respectively.
I mentioned Spanish speakers streaming a lot of YouTube earlier, does it seem clear now? Over 5 artists are over 500m streams in Spain with Anuel AAin the lead at 734m.
United States recorded music revenues grew 9.2% in 2020 to $12.2 billion at estimated retail value. This is the fifth consecutive year of growth for the industry, as paid subscription services continued to be the primary driver of revenue increases, and reached a record number of subscriptions.
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