
Although this record has since been broken by ‘Butter’, it still remains the fastest video by a Korean artist to reach 1 billion views. ‘Dynamite’ also achieved numerous other accomplishments, including the biggest YouTube premiere for a music video with 101.1 million views in 24 hours. This was also the first time a South Korean act had topped the Hot 100 chart. The first English-language song from BTS, ‘Dynamite’ was also the group’s first number-one single on Billboard Hot 100. ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ also ascended to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, giving the singer her fifth number-one single and ousting Luis Fonsi’s ‘Despacito’ from the top position after 16 weeks.Īrguably the biggest summer hit of 2020, ‘Dynamite’ places ninth on the list with 7.77 million Spotify streams on opening day. The track racked up 7.9 million streams on Spotify upon release, making it the eighth biggest debut in the platform’s history. One of the most iconic comebacks in contemporary pop, ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ was the lead single from Swift’s 2017 LP, Reputation. ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ - Taylor Swift The single debuted at number 100 and rose to number two within a week, blocked only by then-number one ‘Old Town Road’. ‘ME!’ also currently holds the record for the biggest single-week jump on the Billboard Hot 100. Featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco, it debuted atop the global Spotify chart with 7.94 million streams, overtaking Swift’s previous record set by ‘Look What You Made Me Do’.

‘ME!’ was the lead single off Taylor Swift’s seventh studio album, Lover. It received a nomination for Best Melodic Rap Performance at the 2021 Grammy Awards, and a remix featuring Lil Baby and Rosalía was also released in December 2019. The song debuted at number one on the Hot 100, making it Scott’s second number-one single after ‘Sicko Mode’. With 8 million Spotify streams upon its release in 2019, the song ranks sixth in the biggest Spotify debuts of all time. ‘HIGHEST IN THE ROOM’ was a single from ‘Sicko Mode’ rapper Travis Scott. It was also nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance at the 62nd Grammy Awards. With this achievement, the singer joined pop icons Mariah Carey and Britney Spears as the only female artists with multiple number-one debuts in Hot 100 history.

‘7 rings’ also debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming Grande’s second number one single after ‘thank u, next’. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), ‘7 rings’ was the fifth-best selling single of 2019, with 13.3 million units sold. It debuted on Spotify with 8.55 million streams, and also broke the weekly record with 70 million hits on the platform within its first week of release. ‘7 rings’ was the lead single from Ariana Grande’s fifth studio album, thank u, next. The rapper, who was just honoured as Billboard’s Artist of the Decade, is also Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the 2010s. Taken together, Scorpion attained a grand total of 132 million plays within 24 hours of release, smashing Spotify's record for most album streams in a single day.Īs of January 2021, Drake became the first artist to surpass 50 billion Spotify streams, according to Variety.

Another cut from Scorpion, ‘Survival’ ranks fourth with a debut of 8.61 million streams on Spotify’s global chart.
