Spotify Just Revealed the Most-Streamed Songs of Summer 2018
Every summer has a few defining songs, and this summer was no exception. It’s hard to pick our favorites from the bunch, but luckily we don’t have to — Spotify did it for us. The music streaming service just released the numbers on what we listened to the most over the past few months, and the top spot, perhaps unsurprisingly, went to Drake’s “In My Feelings.”
The success of the song was no doubt bolstered by the viral Keke dance challenge. Drake’s video for the song even featured numerous celebrities doing the now-iconic moves. According to Spotify, between June 1 and August 20, the track was streamed 393 million times.
The number-two spot in songs streamed globally belongs to Maroon 5 and Cardi B’s inescapable hit “Girls Like You,” the video for which also featured tons of celeb cameos. It racked up 293 million streams.
Cardi B showed up again at number three: “I Like It,” featuring Bad Bunny and J Balvin, was streamed 289 million times in the past two months.
In the US, the top three songs vary slightly from the global picks, with Drake still holding onto the number one spot, but Chicago rapper Juice WRLD taking number two with “Lucid Dreams,” and the late rapper XXXTENTACION taking number three with “SAD!”
Drake had multiple songs crack the top 20 both globally and in the US. Aside from his top song, “Nice For What,” “God’s Plan,” “Nonstop,” and “Don’t Matter To Me” all ranked, as did other songs from his most recent album Scorpion.
Other songs that made both charts include Post Malone’s “Better Now” and XXXTENTACION’s “Moonlight.” Check out both the global and US lists of the most-streamed songs of the summer below.
GLOBAL
1. “In My Feelings” – Drake
2. “Girls Like You” – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
3. “I Like It” – Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny, J Balvin
4. “Lucid Dreams” – Juice WRLD
5. “SAD!” – XXXTENTACION
6. “Better Now” – Post Malone
7. “One Kiss” – Calvin Harris featuring Dua Lipa
8. “Solo” – Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato
9. “Taste” – Tyga featuring Offset
10. “Youngblood” – 5 Seconds of Summer
11. “God’s Plan” – Drake
12. “Nice For What” – Drake
13. “Te Boté” – Remix – Nio Garcia featuring Casper Magico, Darrell, Ozuna, Bad Bunny and Nicky Jam
14. “Jackie Chan” – Tiësto, Dzeko featuring Post Malone, Preme
15. “Back To You” – Selena Gomez
16. “no tears left to cry” – Ariana Grande
17. “Moonlight” – XXXTENTACION
18. “Don’t Matter To Me” – Drake featuring Michael Jackson
19. “Rise” – Jonas Blue
20. “Nonstop” – Drake
US
1. “In My Feelings” – Drake
2. “Lucid Dreams” – Juice WRLD
3. “SAD!” – XXXTENTACION
4. “I Like It” – Cardi B featuring Bad Bunny, J Balvin
5. “Nice For What” – Drake
6. “Better Now” – Post Malone
7. “Taste” – Tyga featuring Offset
8. “Moonlight” – XXXTENTACION
9. “Nonstop” – Drake
10. “Yes Indeed” – Lil Baby & Drake
11. “Girls Like You” – Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B
12. “I’m Upset” – Drake
13. “God’s Plan” – Drake
14. “Psycho” – Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla $ign
15. “All Mine” – Kanye West
16. “Jocelyn Flores” – XXXTENTACION
17. “Don’t Matter To Me” – Drake featuring Michael Jackson
18. “All Girls Are The Same” – Juice WRLD
19. “Look Alive” – BlocBoy JB featuring Drake
20. “changes” – XXXTENTACION
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(photo via Vaughn Ridley/Getty + Nicholas Hunt/Getty for MTV)