Taylor Swift named Spotify's most-streamed artist of all time

Taylor Swift is Spotify's most-streamed artist of all time.

To celebrate its milestone 20th anniversary on Thursday, bosses at the streaming service revealed the most-streamed artists, songs, albums, podcasts and audiobooks in its history for the first time.

The Shake It Off pop superstar topped the list of most-streamed artists, followed by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny, Hotline Bling hitmaker Drake, Blinding Lights singer The Weeknd and pop star/actress Ariana Grande.

The top 10 was rounded out by Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish, Eminem and controversial rapper Kanye West.

But when it came to most-streamed albums, Bad Bunny took the lead. The recent Super Bowl Halftime Show performer came out on top with his album Un Verano Sin Ti.

The Weeknd appeared twice in the top 10, as his album Starboy came in second and After Hours came in fourth.

Other top 10 albums included ÷ (Deluxe) by Sheeran, Sour by Olivia Rodrigo, SOS by SZA, Hollywood's Bleeding by Post Malone, Lover by Swift, AM by Arctic Monkeys and When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? by Eilish.

The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye, was also a dominant presence in the most-streamed songs list. He topped the chart with his 2020 smash hit Blinding Lights and had another entry, Starboy, in fourth place.

Sheeran also occupied two positions in the top 10 - second and ninth with his 2017 tracks Shape of You and Perfect.

Other songs in the top 10 included Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood, As It Was by Harry Styles, Someone You Loved by Lewis Capaldi, Sunflower by Post Malone and Swae Lee, One Dance by Drake and Stay by The Kid Laroi and Bieber.

In addition, The Joe Rogan Experience was named the most-streamed podcast of all time, and A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas was named the most-streamed audiobook.