Taylor Swift at the top of the Spotify annual charts

Berlin (dpa) – Taylor Swift’s music has been streamed the most on Spotify this year. The music streaming provider announced this in its annual review “Wrapped”. The 34-year-old will be in first place both in Germany and internationally in 2024.

Spotify states that the American singer, who was on a major world tour this year, has almost 90.4 million monthly listeners. Swift will release her eleventh studio album in 2024. “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology” was the most streamed album of the year worldwide.

That was the most streamed music in Germany

In Germany, the most listened to album was “In Liebe” by the 26-year-old musician Ayliva from Recklinghausen. Her song “Wunder,” which she recorded with Apache 207, was the second most streamed song. The song “I like the way you kiss me” by the British musician Artemas is at number one.

The US musician Benson Boone takes third place among the most listened to songs in Germany with “Beautiful Things”. This was followed by “Time that something turns” by Soho Bani and Herbert Grönemeyer before “Vois sur ton chemin (Techno Mix)” by the German DJ Bennett.

Ayliva is not only in first place among the most streamed albums among users in Germany, but also in third place with “Schwarzes Herz”. In between, Taylor Swift came in second with “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology.” The album “Seducing” by the German rapper Luciano is in fourth place, Billie Eilish with “Hit Me Hard and Soft” is in fifth place.

The most streamed podcast in Germany was “Gemischtes Hack” by Felix Lobrecht and Tommi Schmitt. Behind it are the podcasts “Mordlust” by Paulina Krasa and Laura Wohlers and “Kaulitz Hills – Mustard from Hollywood” by Bill and Tom Kaulitz.

Those were the international hits

Internationally, the most streamed song was Sabrina Carpenter’s hit “Espresso”. This is followed by “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone, “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish, “Gata Only” by the Chilean singer FloyyMenor and “Lose Control” by the American Teddy Swims.

After Swift, the internationally popular albums on Spotify come from Billie Eilish (“Hit Me Hard and Soft”), Sabrina Carpenter (“Short n’ Sweet”), Karol G (“Mañana será bonito”) and Ariana Grande (“eternal sunshine”) ) ).

Spotify currently has 640 million monthly active users and 252 million paying subscribers worldwide. The music streaming service offers a personal music annual review every year, which is very popular. Apple Music announced its annual charts on Tuesday.